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desktop:disable_update_check [2017/07/24 15:54] – [Adding Registry Key] Scott Cunliffedesktop:disable_update_check [2025/01/21 22:07] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Disabling Update Check ====== ====== Disabling Update Check ======
  
-===== Overview ===== 
 On startup TapeTrack software checks via internet connection whether an update is available.  This function can cause some security setups to issue a warning.  This can be avoided by setting a registry key to disable the update check. On startup TapeTrack software checks via internet connection whether an update is available.  This function can cause some security setups to issue a warning.  This can be avoided by setting a registry key to disable the update check.
  
 +{{page>technote:registry_edit}}
  
-<note warning>Changes made to the Windows registry happen immediately, and no backup is automatically made. Do not edit the Windows registry unless you are confident about doing so. \\ +===== Adding Registry Key =====
- \\ +
-Microsoft have issued the following warning with respect to the Registry Editor: \\ +
-//"Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious, system-wide problems that may require you to re-install Windows to correct them. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own risk."//</note> +
- +
-==== Registry Backup ==== +
-<note important>Backup the registry before any making any modifications</note> +
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-Open regedit and create registry backup by right clicking the top of the registry tree and selecting Export and saving to an appropriate location. +
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-{{:master:tapemaster_registry_backup.png}} +
- +
-==== Adding Registry Key ====+
  
 In regedit navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GazillaByte. \\ In regedit navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GazillaByte. \\
-Right click in main window and select ''New - DWORD''.+Right-click in main window and select ''New - DWORD''.
  
 {{:master:tapemaster_registry_add_new_dword.png}} {{:master:tapemaster_registry_add_new_dword.png}}
  
-Right click the newly created key and select ''rename''. \\+Right-click the newly created key and select ''rename''. \\
 Give the key the name **DisableUpdateCheck**. \\ Give the key the name **DisableUpdateCheck**. \\
  
-Double click the key and set the value to **1**.+Double-click the key and set the value to **1**.
  
 {{:master:tapemaster_registry_key_value.png}} {{:master:tapemaster_registry_key_value.png}}
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 {{:master:tapemaster_registry_complete.png}} {{:master:tapemaster_registry_complete.png}}
  
-Close regedit by clicking File - Exit. +Close regedit by clicking ''File'' -> ''Exit''. 
-You can add a registry key to disable this functionality.+
  
  
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