I use T' bird and if you click on the tools menu>options>Advanced >
Updates tab, you can uncheck the "automatically check for updates" and
the "automatically download and install updates". unless I missed
something in previous posts this should stop the nagging reminders.
Gregg in Wisconsin
On 5/14/2012 6:43 PM, Joyce A wrote:
> Thanks, Don; I wish there were any such option! I've tried about
> everything in the T'bird menu and can't find it. Went to Mozilla Help
> and can't really find anything there either. It'd take me a week!
>
> I didn't spot anything in MSCONFIG relating specifically to T'bird;
> would that be in the update scheduler somewhere?
>
> One other option may be to download the update to my laptop -- but it
> is a 64-bit machine running W7 and past experience has taught me that
> this 32-bit machine (XP) is not compatible. I can't "read" _any_ kind
> of memory created on the laptop here: not a CD, not a DVD, and not a
> USB memory stick. I guess the speeds don't match? Is there a way
> around that? Thanks again...
>
> Joyce in SE Ohio
>
>
>
> On 5/13/2012 11:19 AM, don penlington wrote:
>> Joyce wrote:
>> <<is there a way to turn off T'bird updates? >>
>>
>> I don't use T'Bird, so can't say for certain, but there ought to be
>> an option for this somewhere in its tools/options.
>>
>> Failing that, run msconfig (Start Menu, click Run, type msconfig
>> then hit Enter), click on the startup tab at the top, and see if
>> there's anything relating to TBird updates. If so, untick it and OK.
>> While you're there, also untick anything else you don't need running
>> at startup. You're not disabling the program, just telling it you
>> don't want it running in the background all the time. A lot of
>> software these days is way too invasive in this way (printers are
>> usually the worst offenders).
>>
>> On restart, msconfig will remind you that you have made this change.
>> Tick the box that says "Don't remind me again". Remove anything you
>> are in doubt about---if anything doesn't work later, you can always
>> re-tick it again. Msconfig is very safe to use, it won't allow you to
>> untick anything vital to the system. It will remember what you have
>> unticked.
>>
>> Failing that, go into Services and see if there's a Tbird update
>> service that you can set to manual rather than automatic (or disable
>> it if necesary).
>>
>> Don Penlington
>>
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