Group Policy, Y'all

By default, an installation of Java will check for updates and then will prompt the end user to install the update whether or not the user has Admin rights.  In a small environment, this may not be a problem, but in a larger environment, this can generate a lot of unnecessary support requests.  If you’ve installed 32-bit/x86 Java on your 64-bit/x64 Operating System, the normal method of disabling Java updates with Group Policy isn’t going to work.  You’ll need to add a Registry key in the Wow6432Node area of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.  Here’s how to do that so that your end users don’t see messages like this:

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By default, an installation of Java will check for updates and then will prompt the end user to install the update whether or not the user has Admin rights.  In a small environment, this may not be a problem, but in a larger environment, this can generate a lot of unnecessary support requests.  Here’s how to disable the Java update checks so that your end users don’t see messages like this:

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