I'm working on an enterprise deployment using the MSI - we actually
have deployed a few previous versions to date. The only issue we are
experiencing is disabling update functionality. In my installation
script, I'm implementing a few controls:
I also set the services for gupdate and gupdatem to stop and disable.
The thing I'm noticing is that during the installation,
GoogleUpdate.exe launches and downloads content to the following
folder:
c:\program files\google\update
In theory, with my registry settings applied and the services set,
this folder will never have any further activity after the
deployment. However, we want to avoid this behavior during
installation.
I've checked the properties of the .MSI file and there doesn't seem to
be any programmatic switch that can be used to stop this.
As a side question, from a functional perspective, is this folder safe
to delete after install?
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 8:59 AM, kcnychief <roseder...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm working on an enterprise deployment using the MSI - we actually > have deployed a few previous versions to date. The only issue we are > experiencing is disabling update functionality. In my installation > script, I'm implementing a few controls:
> I also set the services for gupdate and gupdatem to stop and disable.
> The thing I'm noticing is that during the installation, > GoogleUpdate.exe launches and downloads content to the following > folder:
When you say downloads, do you mean retrieves from the network or rather that it copies files from the installation package to this folder?
> c:\program files\google\update
> In theory, with my registry settings applied and the services set, > this folder will never have any further activity after the > deployment. However, we want to avoid this behavior during > installation.
> I've checked the properties of the .MSI file and there doesn't seem to > be any programmatic switch that can be used to stop this.
> As a side question, from a functional perspective, is this folder safe > to delete after install?
I recommend against it. While the policies you have applied will prevent your software from receiving updates, the installation itself is still managed by Google Update and manually deleting the Google Update files is inadvisable.
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No, I mean during the MSI installation procedure, googleupdate.exe connects to the Internet and downloads the latest version regardless if that's the version you are installing. I want to see if there is a way to stop this activity.
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On Jan 31, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Robert Shield <robertshi...@chromium.org> wrote:
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 8:59 AM, kcnychief <roseder...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm working on an enterprise deployment using the MSI - we actually > have deployed a few previous versions to date. The only issue we are > experiencing is disabling update functionality. In my installation > script, I'm implementing a few controls:
> I also set the services for gupdate and gupdatem to stop and disable.
> The thing I'm noticing is that during the installation, > GoogleUpdate.exe launches and downloads content to the following > folder:
When you say downloads, do you mean retrieves from the network or rather that it copies files from the installation package to this folder?
> c:\program files\google\update
> In theory, with my registry settings applied and the services set, > this folder will never have any further activity after the > deployment. However, we want to avoid this behavior during > installation.
> I've checked the properties of the .MSI file and there doesn't seem to > be any programmatic switch that can be used to stop this.
> As a side question, from a functional perspective, is this folder safe > to delete after install?
I recommend against it. While the policies you have applied will prevent your software from receiving updates, the installation itself is still managed by Google Update and manually deleting the Google Update files is inadvisable.
> Thanks in advance
> Derek
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Derek Rose <roseder...@gmail.com> wrote: > No, I mean during the MSI installation procedure, googleupdate.exe > connects to the Internet and downloads the latest version regardless if > that's the version you are installing. I want to see if there is a way to > stop this activity.
Hi Derek,
If the MSI is downloading the latest version from the internet, there's definitely a bug there and we'd like to fix it. Would you try this MSI:
> On Jan 31, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Robert Shield <robertshi...@chromium.org> > wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 8:59 AM, kcnychief <roseder...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm working on an enterprise deployment using the MSI - we actually >> have deployed a few previous versions to date. The only issue we are >> experiencing is disabling update functionality. In my installation >> script, I'm implementing a few controls:
>> I also set the services for gupdate and gupdatem to stop and disable.
>> The thing I'm noticing is that during the installation, >> GoogleUpdate.exe launches and downloads content to the following >> folder:
> When you say downloads, do you mean retrieves from the network or rather > that it copies files from the installation package to this folder?
>> c:\program files\google\update
>> In theory, with my registry settings applied and the services set, >> this folder will never have any further activity after the >> deployment. However, we want to avoid this behavior during >> installation.
>> I've checked the properties of the .MSI file and there doesn't seem to >> be any programmatic switch that can be used to stop this.
>> As a side question, from a functional perspective, is this folder safe >> to delete after install?
> I recommend against it. While the policies you have applied will prevent > your software from receiving updates, the installation itself is still > managed by Google Update and manually deleting the Google Update files is > inadvisable.
>> Thanks in advance
>> Derek
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