Disabling java auto update

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I tried to uncheck checkbox and visually compare content of registry path. EDIT : 1. Improve this question. Jerry1 Jerry1 1 1 gold badge 4 4 silver badges 15 15 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Jason Jason 6, 4 4 gold badges 25 25 silver badges 42 42 bronze badges.

Community Bot 1. Click Apply, then click OK, and restart the computer for this to take effect. Note: in Windows 8, this setting has moved to the Startup tab of the Task Manager. Make sure you run it as a machine admin to change the setting for all users. No kidding! Well, I am trying the fix suggested by ictmanager. So far, it seems to be working. I will update this after I let the policies populate throughout the network.

Thanks for the suggestion! Any update on this. We're implementing a new POS system that has to be locked to a specific version of Java. Our corporate AV does not have any application control features. Does deleting registry values really seem like a better "safer" alternative to disabling it via msconfig? We have computers to do this on.

Home Software General Software How-tos. Turn off Java Autoupdater. Shelly This person is a verified professional. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. Last Updated: Apr 18, 2 Minute Read. We obviously uncheck the box, apply the change, and click "OK". But the problem is, when you re-open the Java Preferences, the check magically re-appears!!!!! It seems that there is no way to turn it off!!!

We thought that maybe it's a glitch and we were hoping the auto-updating feature is actually staying off, but our employees are getting pop-up windows asking them to update Java!!! Posted on Jul 7, PM. Page content loaded. Jul 7, PM in response to richardzulu In response to richardzulu. Jul 7, PM. While your company might want all updates disabled, Not updating Flash and Java leaves you vulnerable to security threats.

Rather than run old software, I would completely remove. You don't have to have either Flash or Java. Jul 7, PM in response to dianeoforegon In response to dianeoforegon. I always have then up and running.

I'm responsible for my security. Jul 8, PM in response to disguise In response to disguise. That worked!!! Thank you so much!!!! But I think you had a typo in your script I cannot believe that it worked!!!!!!!!!!!