Disable Skype Auto-update - Improved
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| Disable Skype Auto-update - Improved | |
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| jgstew | |
| 12/4/2013 12:00:00 AM | |
| jgstew on 12/4/2013 1:45:31 PM | |
| jgstew on 12/4/2013 1:45:31 PM | |
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(if( name of operating system starts with "Win" ) then platform id of operating system != 3 else false) AND (if exists property "in proxy agent context" then ( not in proxy agent context ) else true )
name of operating system as lowercase starts with "win"
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not exists values "PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE" whose (it as string as lowercase = "ia64") of keys "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" of registry
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/* Windows 2000 or later */ version of operating system >= "5.0" /* http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724832(v=vs.85).aspx */
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/* Only relevant if skype is installed */ exists key "HKLM\Software\Skype" whose(exists key "Phone" of it AND exists value "SkypePath" of key "Phone" of it) of registry
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/* Only relevant if skype is installed */ exists file ((value "SkypePath" of key "Phone" of it as string) of key "HKLM\Software\Skype" of registry)
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( /* Check if updates are disabled for Skype < version 6.5 */ ((version of file (value "SkypePath" of key "Phone" of it as string) < "6.5") AND (not exist key "Phone" whose (value "DisableVersionCheck" of it = 1) of it)) OR /* Check if updates are disabled for Skype >= version 6.5 */ ((version of file (value "SkypePath" of key "Phone" of it as string) >= "6.5") AND (not exist key "Installer" whose (value "InstallUpdates" of it = 0) of it))) of key "HKLM\Software\Skype" of registry
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here to disable Skype Auto-update.
Script Type
BigFix Action Script
// http://www.updatefreezer.org/index.php?id=4
// http://download.skype.com/share/business/guides/skype-it-administrators-guide.pdf
// http://www.tersetechtips.com/disable-skype-forced-updates/
if{((version of file (value "SkypePath" of key "Phone" of it as string)) of key "HKLM\Software\Skype" of registry) < "6.5"}
regset "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Skype\Phone]" "DisableVersionCheck"=dword:00000001
else
regset "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Skype\Installer]" "InstallUpdates"=dword:00000000
endif
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| A variant of this is now available in "Updates for Windows Applications, version 625" provided by IBM. See thread here: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=25d95b33-506e-4f61-80ae-e1292f5ae3ea | |
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| I have not sufficiently tested this yet, let me know if there are any issues. | |
