Hello,
I found the command to disable the update prompt through CMD: VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/UpdateDate never
Is there a way to set this during the MSI install? We are currently deploying through SCCM.
Thanks,
Chiraag
MSI Deploy with Auto-Update Disabled
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Re: MSI Deploy with Auto-Update Disabled
Check the manual, section 2.1.5, for switches for an unattended install. Does not appear to have a "no-updates" switch.
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Re: MSI Deploy with Auto-Update Disabled
Any thoughts on how I can run this after the fact for the machines that have Vbox deployed?
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Re: MSI Deploy with Auto-Update Disabled
Not really. Try the SCCM documentation? Maybe there's a way to run post-install .cmd's?
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Re: MSI Deploy with Auto-Update Disabled
I was thinking about maybe doing the install as a task sequence in SCCM.
Before I go down that road, is there a GPO that can be deployed to disable auto-update? (I tried searching but could not find anything relevant)
Before I go down that road, is there a GPO that can be deployed to disable auto-update? (I tried searching but could not find anything relevant)
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Not specifically for Virtualbox, I'd think. You might be able to find out what internet site Virtualbox uses to query for updates & block that site in the firewall through GPO.
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Re: MSI Deploy with Auto-Update Disabled
You got to remember that this setting is per user. So you have to find a way to "augment" the VirtualBox.xml file in the users' "C:\Users\<user\.VirtualBox\VirtualBox.xml". You could do that by having a users' login script that issues that command.relaxedcrazyman wrote:I found the command to disable the update prompt through CMD: VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/UpdateDate never
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Re: MSI Deploy with Auto-Update Disabled
Hi all
This dosn't seem to work anymore (VirtualBox 7.0.4). Even though "vboxmanage setextradata global GUI/UpdateDate never" does result in the following entry in the VirtualBox.xml file:
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/UpdateDate" value="never"/>
.. then updates are still enabled according to the GUI. Digging into VirtualBox.xml, I can see the below settings as well - and it would seem that these settings overrule GUI/UpdateDate:
<Updates enabled="false">
<Host enabled="false" channel="1" checkFreqSec="86400" repoUrl="https://update.virtualbox.org" lastCheckDate="2023-01-10T14:20:16.716287100Z" checkCount="1"/>
</Updates>
What would be the commandline, for actually deactivating autoupdate?
This dosn't seem to work anymore (VirtualBox 7.0.4). Even though "vboxmanage setextradata global GUI/UpdateDate never" does result in the following entry in the VirtualBox.xml file:
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/UpdateDate" value="never"/>
.. then updates are still enabled according to the GUI. Digging into VirtualBox.xml, I can see the below settings as well - and it would seem that these settings overrule GUI/UpdateDate:
<Updates enabled="false">
<Host enabled="false" channel="1" checkFreqSec="86400" repoUrl="https://update.virtualbox.org" lastCheckDate="2023-01-10T14:20:16.716287100Z" checkCount="1"/>
</Updates>
What would be the commandline, for actually deactivating autoupdate?
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Re: MSI Deploy with Auto-Update Disabled
In addition to VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/UpdateDate never, use VBoxManage updatecheck modify --disable, as documented in VBoxManage updatecheck.