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Autodesk Access is the desktop application for installing product updates on Windows devices. This application provides the ability for users to install their own updates, as long as they have install permissions. Autodesk Access is built with admins in mind, with settings you can use to control your users’ ability to update their products. This will help you distribute updates and keep your products current. You can manage use of Access in different ways, depending on your requirements and the capabilities you want your users to have.
You can employ a variety of methods to push settings to your user's registry and you will need to determine which process works best for your organization. The following methods are for Windows devices:
If you use Group Policy in your company, you can distribute this key to multiple users via this process (this example uses the DisableManualUpdateInstall key settings):
You can include the following command in any CMD-based user logon script you may have configured (this example uses the DisableManualUpdateInstall key):
REG ADD HKCU\Software\Autodesk\ODIS /V DisableManualUpdateInstall /D 1 /T REG_DWORD
Any other system management tool that allows you to write registry keys should also work like the methods used above.
You can give users without install permissions on their devices the ability to install updates of Autodesk products via Access by creating a new key in the Local Machine area of the registry. (Note: You will want to save a backup of your users’ registries before creating or deleting registry keys.)
Users will not see a difference in the Access interface, but they will no longer be prompted with UAC controls (if enabled) when they do installs.
You may not want your users attempting to install updates because you want to control the distribution of updates via another method, such as SCCM or Microsoft Endpoint Manager. If this is the case, you will need to disable your users' ability to install updates via Autodesk Access by creating a new registry key. (Note: You will want to save a backup of your users' registries before creating or deleting registry keys.)
The following image illustrates the way Autodesk Access appears to users with and without registry settings.
If you are disabling your users' ability to install updates via Access, please consider downloading the email template that has been included with this lesson (shown below) to advise your users of the change to their software updates functionality.
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