Auto update unreal engine launcher fail

Hello,
Has this been solved yet…? I find it ridiculous that I can’t turn off the auto update for the Unreal launcher app. The problem is this is a computer lab at a college - the computer drives are locked… so once locked, updates are not good as they will not stick. We freeze an environment so it is the same at each reboot. So now when a student opens the unreal launcher app they will see this update process but can’t finish it because the drives are locked. Turning off the internet is not the solution… this needs to be fixed or point me to where I can turn off the auto update.
Thank you.
dmichael