To turn off mandatory updates of the BlackBerry Device Software, change this rule to -1.
To turn on the forced update feature, change this rule to 0 or higher. If you turn on the feature, when a user logs in and connects
a BlackBerry device to a computer, the BlackBerry® Desktop Manager or BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager version 1.0 or 1.0.1
automatically checks whether newer versions of the software are available and prompts the user to update the BlackBerry device.
This rule is obsolete in BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager version 5.0 and later.
Minimum requirements
•
BlackBerry® Application Suite version 1.0
•
BlackBerry® Desktop Software version 3.5 or BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager version 1.0
•
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server version 3.5 for Microsoft® Exchange, BlackBerry® Enterprise Server version 4.0 for IBM®
Lotus® Domino®, or BlackBerry® Enterprise Server version 4.0 for Novell® GroupWise®
Exceptions
The BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Novell GroupWise supports this rule with the BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager only.
Force Load Message IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies the message that appears when users are prompted to update the BlackBerry® Device Software to a later
version.
Default value
The default value is a null value.
Usage
This rule is obsolete in BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager version 5.0 and later.
Dependencies
A BlackBerry device uses this rule only if you configure the Force Load Count IT policy rule to 0 or higher.
Minimum requirements
•
BlackBerry® Application Suite version 1.0
•
BlackBerry® Desktop Software version 3.5 or BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager version 1.0
•
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server version 3.5 for Microsoft® Exchange, BlackBerry® Enterprise Server version 4.0 for IBM®
Lotus® Domino®, or BlackBerry® Enterprise Server version 4.0 for Novell® GroupWise®
Exceptions
The BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Novell GroupWise supports this rule with the BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager only.
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