This document contains instructions for turning off or disabling the automatic check for updates when you start an Adobe Creative Suite 3 product.
If your computer is connected to the internet, then you can change the Adobe Updater preferences to not check for updates.
To Change the Adobe Updater preferences, do the following:
If your computer does not have an internet connection, then you can manually edit the AdobeUpdaterPreferences.dat file.
To manually edit the AdobeUpdaterPreferences.dat file, do the following:
If your computer is connected to the internet, then you can change the Adobe Updater preferences to not check for updates.
To Change the Adobe Updater preferences, do the following:
If your computer does not have an internet connection, then you can manually edit the AdobeUpdaterPreferences.dat file.
To manually edit the AdobeUpdaterPreferences.dat file, do the following:
To disable automatic updates prior to deploying the software, see the preserialization and suppression settings section in the Enterprise Deployment Options for Adobe Creative Suite 3 Editions and Components white paper (PDF).
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