Adobe CS4 Disable Updates

I hate automatic updates, especially ones that aren't easy to disable.

Heres how to disable it from the CS4 iteration of their software offerings.

1. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\
2. Set "AdobeOnlineDefault" to "0" (zero).
   If it doesnt exist, create it as a new String Value.
3. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\CSXSPreferences\
4. Set "UpdatesAllowed" to "0" (zero).
   If it doesnt exist, create it as a new String Value.
   

These should work for both XP/Vista and presumably Windows 7.

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*edit - 29/01/2009*
Just to make things a little easier, I've translated the instructions above into a command you can run from the start menu.

REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe" /f /v AdobeOnlineDefault /d "0"
and
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\CSXSPreferences" /f /v UpdatesAllowed /d "0"

*edit - 24/03/2009*
Sadly, the instructions from Adobe just don't work.
After being annoyed even futher, I've discovered yet another way to disable the updates.

Go to "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Updater6" and run "Adobe_Updater.exe".
Now before you think I've gone completely insane and given in, just let the initial scan finish.

It'll present you with a notification dialog and you can select "Preferences".
Untick everything!
Hopefully, this will work.

*edit  - 29/11/2010* [ Source ]

Anonymous (who deleted his/her own comment) gave this helpful tip.
An option for system admins to disable the updater altogether is to create a registry key which blocks it from running, even if the user tries to update manually by running "Adobe_Updater.exe".

1. Using Regedit.exe, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe
2. Create a new key in this folder named "Updater"
3. Create a new DWORD value within this key named "Enterprise" with a value of "1"

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Pathnames
Linux and Windows pathnames are used in the same way, except in Windows we need to specify the drive letter also.

ie.
Linux
/repositoryRoot/newProject

Windows
C:\repositoryRoot\newProject


Create Repository
Command: svnadmin create [repository_location]

Then modify the following files:

• /conf/svnserve.conf
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• /conf/passwd
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Migrate Repository
Firstly we need to dump it into a portable file so we can transfer it.
Command: svnadmin dump [repository_location] > ./outputfile

Transfer the output file to the new server.
Once the new repository has been created, we can in the old repository data.

Command: svnadmin load [new_repository_location] < ./inputfile

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