289579 - cannot turn off auto update - it runs frequently.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 319198

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[jubil2k]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2

I have unchecked the software update options on the Advanced tab of Options. But
when I open Firefox, about 1/3 of the time the auto update icon displays in the
toolbar and firefox will not function until I click it and allow it to check for
updates. This process is slow (server response problem?) and rarely finds any
updates. Often, when I restart firefox, the process is repeated. This problem is
severely affecting the usefullness of Firefox.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Just start firefox.
2.
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Expected Results:  
I expect that firefox would not force me to check for updates; that I would
manually check for updates by clicking the Check Now button on the Advanced tab
of Options.

Comment 1

[Andre Schuessler]

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8)
Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

My system shows the same error. Sometimes (~ 40% of all Firefox starts) the
browser hangs on start. The green update icon appears next to the Help menu and
firefox freezes. I can't select any UI item except the update icon. If I do so,
the searching for updates dialogue opens and I can check for updates (in most
cases it won't find any updates). After closing the dialogue the browser still
hangs. After closing and reopening the browser hangs again. After the *3rd* try
it *always* works.

Comment 2

[David O'Byrne]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.4
Despite turning off in options  Fx always checks for extension updates on start.
But other than never(very rarely) finding updates and the delay Fx runs OK - so far!

Comment 3

[Brad Clements]

FF 2005100614 always checks for new updates every time it's started AND every
time I press CTRL-N (new window)

In options/update I have disabled all update checking, close the dialog, closed
the app and restarted FF and it still always checks for updates. 

I have the same problem with deer park alpha, and all the FF nightlies I've
tried over the past month as well. 

I'm on Windows XP PRO SP2, running as non-admin. FF is installed as admin, and
run first as admin, then I run as regular user.

I am able to write to the FF install directory as a regular user.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b5) Gecko/20051006
Firefox/1.4.1

Comment 4

[Ahmad Gharbeia]

(In reply to comment #3)
> FF 2005100614 always checks for new updates every time it's started AND every
> time I press CTRL-N (new window)

I have this problem. It still occures although I have set "app.update.auto" to false, which grayed the auto update settings options on the 'Update' tab on 'Advnaced' settings.

I guess this bug is the same as #314148, and related to #319198

I'm using:
Windows 2000 Server SP4
logged in as administrator
512MB RAM, dual PIII 733MHz

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5

Comment 5

[joel]

I have the same issue with autoupdate being turned off and then Firefox downloads and installs it anyway.  I have tried several reinstalls and even deleted all folders and data turned it off to try and make it not do this.

Comment 6

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Since bug 319198 refers to the same issue, has already been confirmed and furthermore refers to the more crucial Trunk rather than the 1.0 Branch here
==> resolving as DUPLICATE.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 319198 ***