"Derek" <ddparn...@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:op.wazmllu534mv3i@red-beast... >>> Ugh. If the authors of a GUI program can't be bothered to put an >>> option in their own options menus, then that option may as well not >>> exist. Why can't they learn that? I searched every inch of Opera's >>> options screens and never found *any* mention or reference to any >>> "Disable AutoUpdate" or "opera:config". What the fuck did they expect? >>> Clairvoyance? Omniscience? > > I found it in a minute. First I tried opera help and it directed me to > details about auto-update, which showed how to disable it. It is in the > normal UI place for such stuff. > > Tools -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Security -> Auto-Update. >
They stuck it under "Security"? No wonder I couldn't find it. That's like putting "blue" under "shapes". :/