(imported topic written by slybel)
Will there be a fixlet created for this?
Thank you.
S
(imported comment written by Masso91)
You might already know this - but I found the easiest way to deal with auto updates was just to create a custom fixlet containing the file C:\WINDOWS\System32\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg (for XP), with the single line ‘AutoUpdateDisable=1’
(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)
​​​​​Disable Adobe Flash Update on Windows x32 Fixlet
Target OS: Windows XP 32bit, Windows Vista 32bit, Windows 7 32bit
Purpose: to disable Adobe Flash from checking for updates system wide, without using Group Policy.
Description:
This task will Disable the Flash update check.
This task is applicable on: Windows XP x32, Windows Vista x32 and Windows 7 x32.​
Relevance 1:
(name of it = “WinXP” OR (name of it = “WinVista” AND product type of it = nt workstation product type AND NOT x64 of it) OR (name of it = “Win7” AND NOT x64 of it)) of operating system
Relevance 2:
not (exists file (system folder as string & “\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg”) AND exists lines whose (it contains “AutoUpdateDisable” AND following text of first “=” of it contains “1” AND preceding text of first “AutoUpdateDisable” of it does not contain “#”) of file (system folder as string & “\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg”))​
Action 1:​
// If no MMS.CFG file exists, create one
if{not exists file (system folder as string & “\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg”)}
delete __createfile
delete mms.cfg
createfile until @end_create_file
#Disables Adobe Flash auto update
AutoUpdateDisable = 1
@end_create_file
move __createfile {system folder as string & “\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg”}
else
//If an MMS.CFG file exists, then append “AutoUpdateDisable = 1” to the MMS.CFG file, while removing any other “AutoUpdateDisable”'s
delete __appendfile
appendfile {concatenation “%0a%0d” of lines whose (not(it contains “AutoUpdateDisable” AND preceding text of first “AutoUpdateDisable” of it does not contain “#”)) of file (system folder as string & “\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg”)}
appendfile {"%0a%0d"}AutoUpdateDisable = 1
delete {(system folder as string & “\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg”)}
copy __appendfile {(system folder as string & “\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg”)}
References:
(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)
Disable Flash Update on Windows x64 Fixlet
Target OS: Windows XP x64, Windows Vista x64, and Windows 7 x64
Purpose: to disable Adobe Flash from checking for updates system wide, without using group policy.
Description:
This task will Disable the Adobe Flash update check using the mms.cfg file documented here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/167/16701594.html​​
This task is applicable on: Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.​
Relevance 1:
(name of it = “WinXP-2003” OR (name of it = “WinVista” AND product type of it = nt workstation product type AND x64 of it) OR (name of it = “Win7” AND x64 of it)) of operating system
Relevance 2:
not (exists file (system wow64 folder as string & “\mms.cfg”) AND exists lines whose (it contains “AutoUpdateDisable” AND following text of first “=” of it contains “1” AND preceding text of first “AutoUpdateDisable” of it does not contain “#”) of file (system wow64 folder as string & “\mms.cfg”))​
Action 1:
// If no MMS.CFG file exists, then create one
if{not exists file (system wow64 folder as string & “\mms.cfg”)}
delete __createfile
delete mms.cfg
createfile until @end_create_file
#Disables Adobe Flash auto update
AutoUpdateDisable = 1
@end_create_file
move __createfile {system wow64 folder as string & “\mms.cfg”}
else
//If an MMS.CFG file exists, then append “AutoUpdateDisable = 1” to the MMS.CFG file, while removing any other “AutoUpdateDisable”'s
delete __appendfile
appendfile {concatenation “%0a%0d” of lines whose (not(it contains “AutoUpdateDisable” AND preceding text of first “AutoUpdateDisable” of it does not contain “#”)) of file (system wow64 folder as string & “\mms.cfg”)}
appendfile {"%0a%0d"}AutoUpdateDisable = 1
delete {(system wow64 folder as string & “\mms.cfg”)}
copy __appendfile {(system wow64 folder as string & “\mms.cfg”)}
References:
(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)
Check the “Adobe Flash Player - Disable Flash Player Update” that is now apart of the “Updates for Windows Applications” site.
Also, this is related: