1005801 - Disable Windows 8 check for update to Windows 8.1

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Mozilla QA Graveyard :: Infrastructure, defect, P2)

Description

[Andrei Eftimie]

Attachment: win81update.png

We're getting a notification to update our Windows 8 nodes to Windows 8.1.

The attached image was right after a restart. If this notification _only_ appears after a restart then this is of lower importance. If the notification can appear at random times (as Microsoft notifications tend to) it might (or will) interfere with our testruns.

We need to investigate if it can be turned off and do so if possible.

Comment 1

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2] (away 07/21 - 08/08)]

(In reply to Andrei Eftimie from comment #0)
> The attached image was right after a restart. If this notification _only_
> appears after a restart then this is of lower importance. If the

No, when we want to run Puppet this has to be fixed. So it's blocking bug 997738.

> notification can appear at random times (as Microsoft notifications tend to)
> it might (or will) interfere with our testruns.

A quick search showed me:
http://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-update-to-windows-8-1-for-free-notification-in-windows-8-store/

I would prefer a registry file we can import on all the nodes.

Comment 2

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2] (away 07/21 - 08/08)]

Oh, and this might also have to be applied to Win 8.1 nodes, given that those might also end-up this way once 8.2 or whatever comes out.

Comment 3

[Andrei Eftimie]

A small update here, I've seen this a couple of time on the Windows 8 nodes. And it appeared _only_ after a restart, but consistently I've seen it after _every_ Win8 machine restart.

Comment 4

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2] (away 07/21 - 08/08)]

Mozmill-CI will be shutdown on Monday next week. So this is not needed anymore.