How to install firefox silent without maintenance service installed

if you run /S with Firefox 12.0, the maintenance service gets installed too by default.
is it possible to install firefox without the update service?
i know i can later deinstall it but it would be good to not have it installed by default.

Block ''Mozilla Maintenance Service'' from installing by running the following command BEFORE you run the ''Firefox Setup X.X.X.exe'' installer:
* REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\MaintenanceService /v Attempted /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
More info plus links to supporting documentation:
http://go.vertigion.com/MozillaMaintenanceService
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If you have an older IBM system the directory may be named
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It's a Lenovo MBR
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        MBR Sector 6 Index: 8   Checksum: 7F    Passed
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3   0x00   0x00      0   0   0     0   0   0            0            0
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C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien\Lenovo\BMGR>bmgr32 /Fbootmgr.bin /m0 /IBM /v
installing MBR
finding free sectors
Sector 9 is free
Sector 10 is free
Sector 11 is free
Sector 12 is free
Sector 13 is free
Sector 14 is free
Sector 15 is free
Sector 16 is free
Opened Master Boot Record to see whose MBR it is.
It's a Lenovo MBR
Opened drive for reading
Partition 0 the SP? no, type 0x07 is not correct
Partition 1 the SP? no, type 0x07 is not correct
Partition 2 the SP? (512) Label is SERVICEV
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Partition 1 the SP? no, type 0x07 is not correct
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