Stop Airport Extreme blinking orange -Restore to Green

I stupidly upgraded my Airport Extreme base station firmware from 7.4.2 to 7.5.2 and computer crashed, etc. Thanks to this great discussion group I downgraded back to 7.4.2 without further problems. Everything works perfectly.
Now A.E. base station orange light comes back on and wants to upgrade firmware back to 7.5.2.
My QUESTION: How do I refuse any future A.E. firmware updates AND restore the blinking orange light back to green? I'm happy with firmware version 7.4.2. Thanks for any help with this matter and Happy New Year.
p.s. Dear Apple, please leave me alone and stop screwing up my simple system with this buggy update. I'll buy a new Imac with OS 10.6..... when I'm ready to!

My QUESTION: How do I refuse any future A.E. firmware updates AND restore the blinking orange light back to green? I'm happy with firmware version 7.4.2.
o Open AirPort Utility - Click Manual Setup
o Click the Base Station tab below the Printers and Disks icons
o Click the Options button
o Remove the check mark next to Check for Firmware Updates
o Click Done, then click Update

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