Flash can now auto update in the background

[bazcurtis]

Hi,

In 11.2 Adobe released the ability to auto update Flash in the background without user intervention. Has anyone looked into this?

Adobe's KB article is here - http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/administration-configure-auto-update-notification.html

Best wishes

Michael

[gregneagle]

The autoupdate without user intervention appears to be supported only on Windows:

http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/flashplayer/pdfs/flash_player_11_2_admin_guide.pdf

-Greg

[bazcurtis]

That is how I read it, but the article explains where you save the file on a Mac. Typical Adobe if that is true.

Cheers

Michael

[jeffrey_fesunof]

What I have noticed on the Mac OS is that when a flash version 1.2.3 changes at the .3 level or below then auto update works. If the version changes at the 1.2 level then Adobe's auto update fails on an error regarding a missing action list. In these cases we have dug deeper in the Adobe site to find the related full Flash install for that new version. We then image it and roll it out as a push to the related Mac OS devices behind the scenes.