[windows2000] Re: Blog Post: Preventing Adobe Flash, Shockwave and Adobe Acrobat Reader from AutoUpdating
- From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:11:02 +0100
Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms <> scribbled on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 4:47 PM:
> When you set up mandatory profiles for your users or you want to limit
> access on a computer that is a locked down workstation one of the greatest
> frustrations are programs that inject their own autoupdate feature and
> constantly go out and check and try to install updates whether you want
> them or not. Then when users without proper access try to load the updates
> they fail and get frustrated prompting a help desk call. Adobe Flash,
> Acrobat Reader and Shockwave are such culprits. Read more at the below
> link on how to disable autoupdate:
>
> http://kenzig.blogspot.com/2008/10/preventing-adobe-flash-shockwave-and.html
Nice call. Did this just the other day. Had to google a bit until I found it.
Check hyperlite1215's note on
http://www.appdeploy.com/packages/detail.asp?id=1382 for more info. Below is
the
script (between the ---) I use to deploy Flash on our domain using a GPO with
AD. The file mms.cfg contains the line AutoUpdateDisable=1 only.
Might be usable for you guys.
Have a script for deploying Shockwave too, if anybody's interested. Let me know
in that case.
HTH.
---
@echo off
echo Installing Flash Player v10.12.36 for FF and IE. Please wait...
if not exist "%windir%\system32\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg" copy
"\\domain\dfs\msi\Adobe Players\Flash Player 10\mms.cfg"
"%windir%\system32\Macromed\Flash"
if exist "%windir%\System32\Macromed\Flash\Flash10a.ocx" goto FLASHINSTALLED
echo Installing for Internet Explorer...
msiexec /i "\\domain\dfs\msi\Adobe Players\Flash Player
10\install_flash_player_10_active_x.msi" /qb
echo Installing for Firefox...
msiexec /i "\\domain\dfs\msi\Adobe Players\Flash Player
10\install_flash_player_10_plugin.msi" /qb
:FLASHINSTALLED
---
--
BW,
Sorin
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