How to stop jucheck from running? Java won't remember "Check for Updates Automatically" setting
Solution 1:
Open the "Run" Command on the Start Menu, type "msconfig" (w/o the quotes), and go to the "Startup" tab. Check for any Java related programs starting when the computer boots. Then uncheck it, click OK, and reboot the computer...
If that doesn't work, open the "Run" command again, type services.msc, and look for any Java related services, especially a Java Service with the word 'update' or 'automatic' in it...Then right-click it, select properties, and disable the service...click OK, and you're done...Hope this helps!
worst case scenario, but this is not recommended: Disable UAC...
Solution 2:
Refer to the following answer at Server Fault - Can’t seem to disable Java Automatic Update:
Actually this problem is due to the control panel requiring Admin Privileges to allow the java control panel to save your settings (hasn't been fixed for ages, thanks to sun micro).
Basically find the java control panel javacpl.exe here:
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javacpl.exe...right click > run with admin privileges.
Uncheck java update, save and then reopen it to check that the setting is sticking.
My added tip: Windows Vista x64 or Windows 7 x64 users should instead look for:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\javacpl.exe
Update: For Java 7 (32-bit), look instead for:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\javacpl.exe .. and yes, Java 7 still has this problem – after all these years they didn't fix it to work properly, so this workaround is still required.
Solution 3:
JUCheck was designed for computers with a single user who is an administrator. For those of us with computers that have multiple users where not all of them are administrators, then your simplest option is to rename jucheck.exe
You could also stop JUCheck from running on start up by using msconfig, following the solution provided by studiohack. To do this on Windows 8, log on as a user with admin rights and press CTRL-ALT-DEL and click on Task Manager. Select the Startup tab and right click Java(TM) Update Scheduler and click Disable.
My preferred solution is not to install the JUCheck component in the first place. It also makes the Update tab of the Java Control Panel disappear cleanly. This is a good approach if you manage hundreds or thousands of computers. Rather than have each computer downloading the update you can download it just once and then distribute it in a controlled manner after testing it with your line of business apps.
- Download the offline installer (http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp)
- Log on as an administrator and run the offline installer and make a copy the jre1.X.X_XX.msi and Data1.cab files from the AppData folder
- for Windows 8 the path is C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java
- Cancel the offline installer and instead start the install with the command
- msiexec /i jre1.X.X_XX.msi JAVAUPDATE=0
If you don't check for updates you may miss out on security updates which would be a bad thing. In my opinion, advice to disable the feature is highly irresponsible. I would personally recommend switching it to check more often. – Tom Hawtin - tackline Jun 12 '10 at 14:24
It may come as no surprise that Tom is an engineer in Java SE security for Oracle Corporation UK. Any software that requires all users of a computer to have admin rights is "in my opinion" highly irresponsible.
Solution 4:
Just delete jucheck.exe and jusched.exe. Have you thought of this?
On Java Runtime Environment 1.6 versions newer than or equal to 1.6.0.21, go to %PROGRAMFILES%\Common Files\Java\Java Update\ or %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Common Files\Java\Java Update\, then delete/rename jucheck.exe and jusched.exe. The current 1.6.0.21 version changed the update executable locations, according to http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6122_102-0.html?threadID=401634.
On Java Runtime Environment 1.6 versions older than 1.6.0.21, go to %PROGRAMFILES%\Java\jre6\bin\ and %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Java\jre6\bin\, then delete/rename jucheck.exe and jusched.exe.
If you have any Adobe products installed, you might want to check for more JRE locations. For example, when Adobe Creative Suite 5 is installed, it automatically installs old versions of JRE into these locations:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Dreamweaver CS5\JVM\bin\C:\ProgramData\Adobe\CS5\jre\bin\C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Flash Builder 4\jre\bin\C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5\jre\bin\C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Designer 8.2\jre\bin\
For each location above, delete/rename jucheck.exe and jusched.exe.
Additionally, do a search for jucheck.exe and jusched.exe to find even more JRE locations!
Next, in both %PROGRAMFILES%\Java\jre6\bin\ and %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Java\jre6\bin\, right click on javacpl.exe and select "Run as administrator". Select the Update tab, and disable "Check for Updates Automatically", and select "Never Check" for the update interval. Then, go to the Advanced tab, under JRE Auto-Download, select "Never Auto-Download". Click apply and OK.
Start > Run > msconfig, or use a different startup manager tool, then find and delete all instances of jucheck.exe and jusched.exe for each startup entry type.
Next, create a registry file, Disable Java automatic updates.reg, with this inside:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Update\Policy]
"EnableJavaUpdate"=dword:00000000
"EnableAutoUpdateCheck"=dword:00000000
"NotifyDownload"=dword:00000001
"NotifyInstall"=dword:00000001
"PromptAutoUpdateCheck"=-
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Java Update\Policy]
"EnableJavaUpdate"=dword:00000000
"EnableAutoUpdateCheck"=dword:00000000
"NotifyDownload"=dword:00000001
"NotifyInstall"=dword:00000001
"PromptAutoUpdateCheck"=-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Update\Policy]
"EnableJavaUpdate"=dword:00000000
"EnableAutoUpdateCheck"=dword:00000000
"NotifyDownload"=dword:00000001
"NotifyInstall"=dword:00000001
"PromptAutoUpdateCheck"=-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Java Update\Policy]
"EnableJavaUpdate"=dword:00000000
"EnableAutoUpdateCheck"=dword:00000000
"NotifyDownload"=dword:00000001
"NotifyInstall"=dword:00000001
"PromptAutoUpdateCheck"=-
Apply the registry file for all users, and constantly re-apply it every user logon for good measure.
Finally, create a deployment settings file, and place it in %WINDIR%\Sun\Java\Deployment\, %PROGRAMFILES%\Java\jre6\lib\, and %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Java\jre6\lib\. Check out:
- http://www.appdeploy.com/messageboards/tm.asp?m=33488
- http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/deployment/deployment-guide/properties.html
- http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/deployment/deployment-guide/properties.html.