macromedia players flash: Hi,

I have exactly the same consern right now.
If someone has the answer to this question please reply as there does not seem
to be a way to find out if the file is working or is ignored.

Thanks.

My organization has created an mms.cfg file to be deployed with the new version
of Flash Player 8. As per Macromedia's documentation, we have set this file to
be installed to C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash

The file contains the following customizations, as per the security concerns
of our organization:
AutoUpdateDisable=1
AutoUpdateFrequency=-1
AutoUpdateLock=1
LocalStorageLimit=0
FileUploadDisable=1
AVHardwareDiable=1
ThirdPartyStorage=0
AllowUserLocalTrust=0

The issue is that there appears to be no way to actually check to see that the
changes we have implemented are actually applied. The control panel for Flash
Player displays values that differ from those in the mms.cfg file. Through
some research, I've learned that this is the proper function of the control
panel.

I tried contacting Macromedia support, but they directed me to these forums.

How do we check to see that our changes are actually applied through the
mms.cfg?

This is the answer that I got from them yesterday.

I have found another way to it though. If you change the setting manually from
the Macromedia web site where you can configure it, once you have changed the
setting to disable updates, copy the file : c:\documents and
settings\%username%\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash
Player\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer\sys\settings.sol you can copy this
file to all your local user's profile through a script and then you should not
have an update anymore. This is the way that I have done it because there does
not seem to be a way to tell if the mms.cfg is really overriding the settings
and they do not assure that it does.

Thanks and hope it helps.

Here is their answer :

The settings you have done are local settings and should no longer prompt you
to update as it should bypass the "Global Settings". To test if it will still
be prompted to update to the latest player, simply visit out website at
www.macromedia.com.

To disbale autoupdate, please follow the instructions below:

Flash Player:

1) Open a Text Editing Tool (NotePad, WordPad, SimpleText, etc).

2) Create a file named mms.cfg In this file you simply need to add a single
set of value pairs per line like the following:

AutoUpdateDisable=1

In the above Code the value of 1 Disables Auto-Update where as 0 will allow
auto-update.

3)Save this file and Place it in the following directories for each user.

Mac location: Application Support:Macromedia

Win location: System (win95, win98, winME) or System32 (winNT, win2k, winXP)

We hope that you find the above information useful. Should you have further
concern, please feel free to contact us.

Regards,

That's a good idea, but there are three issues with it.

First of all, you would have to create a batch file to copy that file to every
user's profile on every machine on your network. We do have such a batch that
could be used, but it's a convoluted process.

Secondly, and more importantly, you'll have to assure that this file is copied
to every new users profile on each workstation via either a logon script or a
batch in All Users\Startup.

Third, each user will have access to modify the settings you?ve implemented in
this file, as it resides within the confines of their profile ? so
theoretically, they could change it to re-enable anything you?ve attempted to
disable.

This isn't a big deal for a small domain, I'm sure... but we have nearly 4000
workstations and over 5000 users. While I appreciate your suggestion, your
solution doesn't appear to be a feasible answer for our organization.

Really, I'd like to know how to check to ensure the settings of Macromedia's
mms.cfg are actually taking effect. The idea of this configuration file is
ideal ? but without proof that it is working, it?s useless to us.

Thanks for your help, though!

lucdesaulniers wrote :
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I beleive you just saved my life !!!!!

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Originally posted by: mmcampbe
That's a good idea, but there are three issues with it.

First of all, you would have to create a batch file to copy that file to every
user's profile on every machine on your network. We do have such a batch that
could be used, but it's a convoluted process.

Secondly, and more importantly, you'll have to assure that this file is copied
to every new users profile on each workstation via either a logon script or a
batch in All Users\Startup.

Third, each user will have access to modify the settings you?ve implemented in
this file, as it resides within the confines of their profile ? so
theoretically, they could change it to re-enable anything you?ve attempted to
disable.

This isn't a big deal for a small domain, I'm sure... but we have nearly 4000
workstations and over 5000 users. While I appreciate your suggestion, your
solution doesn't appear to be a feasible answer for our organization.

Really, I'd like to know how to check to ensure the settings of Macromedia's
mms.cfg are actually taking effect. The idea of this configuration file is
ideal ? but without proof that it is working, it?s useless to us.

Thanks for your help, though!



I have sent a reply to their mail because I agree with you that the mms.cfg
file is the best solution. But I want them to tell me that it is normal that
the setting window is not affected by that setting but that the mms.cfg really
overrides the user's settings in the settings.sol file.

I'll let you know if I get anything.

For your 3 issues, I have done this a couple of times for other apps and there
is no issue... we have 10000 pcs here and it has been working good.

1st issue, you just have to call a script in your Flash transform upon
installation that will copy the setting file to all users and to default user
also so that a new user will have the file when it gets created...

2nd issue, included in the first issue by the default user file.

3rd issue, this could be an issue but I am copying the mms.cfg file also to
C:\Windows\System32 so if it works it should override the settings but you are
right there is an issue but there always are ways to screw up anyway so it is
not a very big deal... the worst case is that they will get the pop-up but wont
be able to install...

Thanks and let me know if you get any answers from them.

Originally posted by: Macromedia Technical Support
Our support is limited to standard installation on desktop. Anything that
relates to creating a configuration or even testing it is already beyond our
support. We are not trained to answer this questions that's why I encourage
you to post your inquiry to Flash Player online forums.


The above is quoted from an e-mail I received from Macromedia Technical
Support. Quite frankly, I am blown away by this sort of response. How can we
trust the security of this application if the technical support team is not
able to answer a simple question?

I hope that someone with a higher level of technical expertise at Macromedia
reads this forum and is able to answer the question I've posed in my initial
post. I don't feel that it should be this difficult to answer.

Thanks!