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• Disable Updates
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• Registery Patches

  
      From the Search bar in Windows, type in “regedit”
      Browse to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Autodesk/ODIS folder.  If it does not exist, create it.
      Right-click on the folder, and choose New > DWORD (32-bit) Value
      Enter “DisableManualUpdateInstall” for the Name
      Enter 1 for the Data.
  
  
  
  If you use Group Policy in your company, you can distribute this key to multiple users via this process:
  
      Open the Group Policy Management Console, gpmc.msc
      Create a new (or edit an existing) Group Policy Object (GPO) in the Organizational Unit you prefer.
      Expand the User Configuration section > Preferences > Windows Settings > Registry
      Right click on Registry, and select New > Registry Item
      Use these settings:
          Action: Update
          Hive:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER
          Key Path:  Software\Autodesk\ODIS
          Value Name:  DisableManualUpdateInstall
          Value Type:  REG_DWORD
          Value Data:  1 or 2
  
  1 - Access will not start during device startup, and the system tray icon will not be shown. Users may still launch Access from the Start Menu, but when users close Access, it will quit the application and remove the system tray icon again
  
  2 - Access will show available updates, but will not display an Update button. Users will be able to see information about the updates, but cannot install them from Access.
  
  
  Logon Script
  You can include the following command in any CMD-based user logon script you may have configured:
  
  REG ADD HKCU\Software\Autodesk\ODIS /V DisableManualUpdateInstall /D 1 /T REG_DWORD /f
  OR
  REG ADD HKCU\Software\Autodesk\ODIS /V DisableManualUpdateInstall /D 2 /T REG_DWORD /f