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Published: **September 7, 2016 - 6:19 PM**

Hello,

I've installed the Wapt server on Windows Server 2012 and deployed the agent via a Group Policy Object (GPO) for client machines. My problem is preventing non-Microsoft software (e.g., Adobe, PDFCreator, Firefox, etc.) from updating directly from the internet, while allowing updates to be managed through the Wapt server. For your information, there's a dedicated WSUS server that manages Microsoft products, which use WSUS for their updates.
My goal is to replicate this scenario for non-Microsoft products.

What configurations do I need to make on Wapt?

Thank you in advance for your suggestions.

Best regards.

Published: **September 8, 2016 - 12:15 AM**

Yes, you want to disable updates for each software so that updates are only managed by wapt:

You need to find the trick for each program. For example, for Firefox:

In the Firefox package from tis you will find a mozzilla.cfg file in which you will find:

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// Disable Auto Updates
pref("app.update.enabled", false);
pref("extensions.update.enabled", false);
pref("app.update.service.enabled", false);

It is this post-installation configuration that will allow Firefox to be told not to update automatically.

For Adobe Reader, it's yet another method.

As a general rule The TIS packages have already been configured to disable automatic updates of the software they include.

Published: **September 28, 2016 - 5:38 PM**

Hello,
thank you for your reply.

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