Hmm, the fix forwarded last time didn't work after all, sorry about
that! So it was back to the drawing board, I can this time report
success, after multiple reboots and waiting a week or so:
c:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application
Data\Adobe\Updater5
click with right mouse button and change Attributes of this file to
"Read only".
4. This was my self-devised nuclear option, which I unfortunately
didn't get to deploy:
Copy over the top of c:\Program Files\Common
Files\Adobe\Updater5\AdobeUpdater.exe
with a program that runs quickly, shows no window, exits immediately
with no user interaction and no error, and doesn't stay resident -
maybe c:\WINDOWS\system32\lights.exe
1. Copy the following 3 lines and paste them into a Notepad document:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Updater]
"Enterprise"=dword:00000001
2. Save the document as "DisableAUM_Updates.reg."
3. Close and then double-click this file, and the Windows registry
will import this information automatically.
Note: If you have additional Adobe CS2 applications these steps will
disable the Adobe Updater for all Adobe applications. It cannot be
disabled per application."
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I suspect there are multiple versions of the Updater deployed, with
differing behaviours, and consequently a fix which works for one
version, may not work for another.
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