{"id":2369,"date":"2017-10-26T03:45:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T03:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2018-09-06T23:15:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T23:15:05","slug":"how-to-disable-java-update-on-windows-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=2369","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable JAVA Update on Windows Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disabling the Java update notifications is actually pretty easy. There\u2019s a registry setting in\u00a0<b>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE<\/b>\u00a0that will allow you to completely disable both update notifications and the update functionality.<\/p>\n<p>The full path of the key is\u00a0<b>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\JavaSoft\\Java Update\\Policy.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The registry entry is named\u00a0<b>EnableJavaUpdate\u00a0<\/b>and is a DWORD value that defaults to\u00a0<b>1\u00a0<\/b>for the update functionality to be enabled. Setting the value to\u00a0<b>0\u00a0<\/b>disables updates.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what it looks like in the Registry with updates enabled:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?attachment_id=2370#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2370\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2370\" src=\"http:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GetImage-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GetImage-1.png 962w, https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GetImage-1-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GetImage-1-768x489.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Use this method for 64bit JAVA typically installed on Windows Server 2012R2<\/b><\/p>\n<p>There is a subkey located at HKLM\\Software\\Wow6432Node that contains the relevant settings for 32-bit applications, and within here, is the expected JavaSoft registry key. This is similar to the automatic system controlled c:\\Windows\\SysWOW64 directory for 32-bit\u00a0compatiblity. This is known as 64-bit registry redirection.<\/p>\n<p>To disable updates, navigate to\u00a0<b>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\JavaSoft\\Java Update\\Policy\\<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The official fix, per Sun, would be to create a new DWORD value called\u00a0<b>EnableAutoUpdateCheck<\/b>, and set it to\u00a0<b>0<\/b>. Unfortunately though, it didn\u2019t work, perhaps because the update had already been checked for, and was in queue just wanting to be installed.<\/p>\n<p>Changing the key\u00a0<b>EnableJavaUpdate\u00a0<\/b>to\u00a0<b>0<\/b>\u00a0worked without needing to install updates, and stopped prompting non-admin users from installing updates.<\/p>\n<p>An alternative method would be to stop the update utility from running by deleting the key\u00a0<b>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run\\SunJavaUpdateSched<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disabling the Java update notifications is actually pretty easy. There\u2019s a registry setting in\u00a0HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\u00a0that will allow you to completely disable both update notifications and the update functionality. The full path of the key is\u00a0HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\JavaSoft\\Java Update\\Policy. The registry entry is named\u00a0EnableJavaUpdate\u00a0and is a DWORD value that defaults to\u00a01\u00a0for the update functionality to be enabled. 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