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,→Disable Automatic Update: Add new method to disable automatic updates, and separate it from the old methods.
====Disable Automatic Update====
===== Latest Version =====
Since approximately 1.6.18, Sun has included Java Auto Updater as a separate package that is automatically installed with the JRE. You can disable automatic updates by uninstalling the Java Auto Updater after the JRE is installed or upgraded, by adding the following to your package definition:
<source lang="xml">
<install cmd='msiexec /qn /x {4A03706F-666A-4037-7777-5F2748764D10}' />
<upgrade cmd='msiexec /qn /x {4A03706F-666A-4037-7777-5F2748764D10}' />
</source>
===== Previous Versions =====
Automatic updates can be disabled with JAVAUPDATE=0 JU=0 AUTOUPDATECHECK=0; if these command line switches should not work for you, then you can alter the registry (read [[Adding Registry Settings]] for that) to disable autoupdate: