[Mozilla Enterprise] NPAPI (Disable updates to keep the 52.9 for a while...)

Mon Jul 30 09:20:47 UTC 2018

Hello,

This finally works for us, even for the “Check for updates” button in Help/About. Thanks to all guys that provided the information:

Use a file autoconfig.js, to put into the defaults/pref subdirectory of the installation directory. It should contain the following two lines:
pref("general.config.filename", "firefox.cfg");
pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);

Use a file firefox.cfg to put in the installation directory. It should contain the following lines:
(I do not know exactly which line disables the “Check for updates” button but it works: tested on the version 52.8, it prevents the 52.9 update to arrive automatically or to be triggered by the user, so it should work also on the 52.9 to prevent the 60.2)
// Force the Firefox settings. (This first line is mandatory)

// Auto-update: disabled
lockPref("app.update.enabled", false);
lockPref("app.update.auto", false);
lockPref("app.update.service.enabled", false);

// Disable other Firefox update related settings
lockPref("app.update.badge", false);
lockPref("app.update.checkInstallTime", false);
lockPref("app.update.log", false);
lockPref("app.update.silent", false);
lockPref("app.update.staging.enabled", false);

// Disable button "Show Update History"
lockPref("app.update.disable_button.showUpdateHistory", true);

( For details about the autoconfig method see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-using-autoconfig  )

Denis Gautier

From: Mike Kaply [mailto:mkaply at mozilla.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2018 20:24
To: Sirko Pöhlmann
Cc: GAUTIER Denis OBS/OGSB; Mozilla.org
Subject: Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] NPAPI

> However how can we disable the button “Check for updates” in Help/About?

If you lock the preferences, that button shouldn't be available.

Mike

On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 4:12 AM, Sirko Pöhlmann <poehlmann at gmbu-jena.de<mailto:poehlmann at gmbu-jena.de>> wrote:
One way to block user- updates:

 Use the new Group Policities , and activate the point "MOZILLA / FIREFOX / DISABLE UPDATE"

In your case, also take a lookt to " DISABLE SYSTEM ADDON UPDATES "

Regards,

Am 24.07.2018 um 11:20 schrieb denisrennes.gautier at orange.com<mailto:denisrennes.gautier at orange.com>:
The decision is not yet made but my company may also need to prevent Firefox update, hopefully only for a month or two: we have many old internal apps no ready yet and probably some of them do not work correctly on IE or Edge…

So thanks, I tested app.update.enabled and app.update.auto to false : it works, it is required, but it is not enough:

we have also to uninstall or disable the Mozilla Maintenance Service. Typically this works on Windows 64-bit: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\uninstall.exe" /S
(The Mozilla Maintenance Service should be re-installed when will finally install the ESR 60.2 or 60.3)

However how can we disable the button “Check for updates” in Help/About?

Denis Gautier

From: Enterprise [mailto:enterprise-bounces at mozilla.org] On Behalf Of Mike Kaply
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 14:58
To: Eddy Mendez
Cc: Robert Ernst; Mozilla.org
Subject: Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] NPAPI

You could use autoconfig and set the values

app.update.enabled and app.update.auto

to false

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox-enterprise/autoconfiguration-enterprise

Mike Kaply

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 6:13 AM, Eddy Mendez <mendez.eddy at gmail.com<mailto:mendez.eddy at gmail.com>> wrote:
But, how could it be possible?  I mean how to block the automatic updates?

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:38 PM Mike Kaply <mkaply at mozilla.com<mailto:mkaply at mozilla.com>> wrote:
Yes, they'll need to continue using Firefox 52 and not update.

Mike Kaply

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:45 AM, Robert Ernst <rob at callcentrehosting.com<mailto:rob at callcentrehosting.com>> wrote:

Hello All,

    We currently use an NPAPI web phone (Zoiper). A number of our clients do not wish to switch over to IE preferring to continue using ESR 52.9 32 bit for the time being.

Will they need to disable updates currently set to the ESR channel to avoid prompts to update to 60.

Sincerely,

Robert Ernst
Director, Technical Operations
Call Centre Hosting Inc.

888.986.8571
rob at CallCentreHosting.com<mailto:rob at CallCentreHosting.com>

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