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Adobe Update
--Adobe Creative Suite 6 and Adobe Creative Cloud include an automatic update mech
anism that is part of the Adobe Application Manager and Adobe Creative Cloud des
ktop application (respectively). By default, this update mechanism uses an Inter
net connection to check Adobe servers for available updates to installed CS6 or
Creative Cloud applications. In certain circumstances, system administrators wan
t to disable these connections. You can disable these connections at the time of
deployment using features in the Creative Cloud Packager.
This document explains how to disable the connections after deployment, or when
using other deployment methods.

Machine-wide disablement
To disable access to updates for all users on a given machine, administrators ca
n create an admin preference file. (This file disables access to updates both fr
om the Help > Updates menu, as well as automatic update checks.) Create a plaintext file named AdobeUpdaterAdminPrefs.dat with the following contents:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Preferences>
<Suppressed>1</Suppressed>
</Preferences>
Put the file in the following location:
Mac OS <Startup Disk>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AAMUpdaterInventory/1.0
/AdobeUpdaterAdminPrefs.dat
Windows 7.0 and Higher (32 bit)
C:\Program files\common files\adobe\AAM
UpdaterInventory\1.0\AdobeUpdaterAdminPrefs.dat
Windows 7.0 and higher (64 bit) C:\Program files(x86)\common files\adobe\AAMUpda
terInventory\1.0\AdobeUpdaterAdminPrefs.dat
Note: It also prevents administrators from checking for updates and installing u
pdates through that update check. This is easily dealt with by simply renaming t
he AdobeUpdaterAdminPrefs.dat file, running the update check and installation wi
th the Adobe Application Manager, then restoring the file to its original name.
Alternatively, with the system-wide update disablement in place, administrators
can install updates by downloading them from the Adobe product updates page.

User account disablement

Note: This method disables onyl the automatic update check and notification. Use
rs can still manually initiate checks for and installations of, updates through
the Updates command on the Help menu in any Adobe Creative Suite 6 or Creative C
loud application. If it's necessary to prevent users from calling update checks
and installations, use the system-wide method described above.
Disabling updates based on user accounts
aking place at the time of installation,
sage. In both cases, create a plain-text
ontents that vary based on the situation

varies based on whether the action is t

or post-installation and post-product u
file named AdobeUpdaterPrefs.dat with c
as follows:

At time of installation
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Preferences>
<UpdaterPrefSchedCheckFreq>3</UpdaterPrefSchedCheckFreq>
<IsScheduledTaskAdded>0</IsScheduledTaskAdded>
<IsScheduledTaskNeeded>0</IsScheduledTaskNeeded>
</Preferences>
Post-install, post-product usage
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Preferences>
<UpdaterPrefSchedCheckFreq>3</UpdaterPrefSchedCheckFreq>
<Automatic>3</Automatic>
</Preferences>
In both of the above cases, put the file in the following location, overwriting
the existing file in the later case:
Mac OS /Users/<user name>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/AAMUpdater/1.0/Adob

eUpdaterPrefs.dat
Windows 7.0 and Higher
C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Adobe\AAMUpdater\1.
0\AdobeUpdaterPrefs.dat
Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application
Data\Adobe\AAMUpdater\1.0\AdobeUpdaterPrefs.dat