Blog
Projects
About
Backtrack:
Blog
›
Unable to disable Java Update
Email this to a friend
Unable to disable Java Update
posted on October 8th 2010, at 11:16
by
lunarg
There is a problem with disabling Java Update when you're running Vista/2008/7 with UAC enabled. Trying to disable automatic updates through the control panel does not work as the setting will not "stick"
The problem is caused by an oversight of Sun. Running the configuration applet from Control Panel means it gets started as a unprivileged user, and the automatic update setting cannot be changed by such a user.
Rather than simply kick out jusched.exe from the registry (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Run, there's another way. Open an Explorer and manually find the control panel file (called javacpl.exe); default is this: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javacpl.exe. Right-c
...
read more
Send a link to this post to yourself or a friend.
Send to e-mail
:
Your name:
Your e-mail:
Captcha:
Type the letters and numbers as shown.
Not readable?
Get another
.
Information entered is solely used for sending a one-time e-mail, and is not retained and/or passed on to a third party.
Tags
computer
windows
software
vmware
microsoft
linux
exchange
hardware
network
news
mac
powershell
home
office365
msoffice
ad
sqlserver
server
dell
soaring
mssql
internet
esx
rds
sbs
events
powercli
terminalserver
virtualization
antivirus
Archive
«
‹
December 2024
›
»
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Links
-
@harkx
-
Cats & Dogs
-
Jargon-free Security Guide
Quote
«
Safety is not a coincidence.
»
Contact
© 2009-2024 Black Manticore – all rights reserved
code by
lunarg
, design by
SuriAmanah
, hosted at Cats&Dogs