If the Shockwave Player is licensed for an intranet, will the player always try to use the notification service?
By default, the update notification service is turned on and Shockwave Player periodically attempts to communicate with Adobe’s server to determine if there is a new version of the player. With the v10.1 release, the corporate and fixed-media free license installers will no longer include user registration dialogs or the redirect to www.shockwave.com. Users may turn the service off by changing the settings in Shockwave Player Properties menu which can be accessed by right-clicking on Shockwave content When updates are available, the update notification service will prompt the user with a “Would you like to update Shockwave Player” dialog only if ALL of the following conditions are met: • The user is playing Shockwave content inside a Web browser. • The Shockwave content (DCR file) resides on a Web/intranet address, and is not local on the machine. In other words, the URL must look something like”http://myserver.somelocation.com/myfile.dcr”, rather than”file:///C:\somefile.dcr”. • The m
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