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mbovet-rzg
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March 31, 2015
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Flash updater keeps appearing even with updates disabled

  • March 31, 2015
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We have a Remote Desktop Services environment and we've disabled the Flash Updater in the control panel. This is being done by a CPL (FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl) that we move at install time.

The box "Never check for updates' is selected.

We also deployed mms.cfg with the following contents:

AutoUpdateDisable=1

AutoUpdateInterval=0

However users still receive a Update notification. This started with Flash 15. How can we configure Flash that it actually honors the control panel settings?

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    Correct answer _maria_

    Hi mbovet-rzg,

    We did have a bug where, on some systems, users continued to get the notification update even though Updates had been disabled.  This bug has been fixed in a more recent version of Flash Player than what is currently installed on the system (15.0.0.189 as per your screenshot). 15.0.0.189 is quite old and we have released numerous security fixes since then.  Please install the latest vesrion, 17.0.0.134.  It not only has the fix for the behaviour you are observing, but it also contains the latest security fixes that 15.0.0.189 is vulnerable to.

    Also, there is no need to 'move' the FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl from one system to another.  All that is needed is to disable AutoUpdates via the mms.cfg file, which you indicate you are doing.

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    Maria

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    Legend
    March 31, 2015

    Hi mbovet-rzg,

    We did have a bug where, on some systems, users continued to get the notification update even though Updates had been disabled.  This bug has been fixed in a more recent version of Flash Player than what is currently installed on the system (15.0.0.189 as per your screenshot). 15.0.0.189 is quite old and we have released numerous security fixes since then.  Please install the latest vesrion, 17.0.0.134.  It not only has the fix for the behaviour you are observing, but it also contains the latest security fixes that 15.0.0.189 is vulnerable to.

    Also, there is no need to 'move' the FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl from one system to another.  All that is needed is to disable AutoUpdates via the mms.cfg file, which you indicate you are doing.

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    Maria

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    mbovet-rzgAuthor
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    April 1, 2015

    Hi m_vargas,

    thanks for your reply.

    We'll update the flash player to 17.0.0.134.

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