Disable alert message with internet connectivity off

Question

I work in an environment that has mathematica's internet connectivity turned off under Help > Internet Connectivity. Recently, after installing mathematica 10.0, every time mathematica is loaded it complains about internet connectivity and put up messages saying

PacletInstall::offline: The Wolfram System cannot install paclet WolframAutoUpdate because it is currently configured not to use the Internet for paclet downloads. To allow internet access, use Help > Internet Connectivity....

is there a way to disable such alerts/disable the auto update?

@belisarius this message is printed right after mathematica is launched, before I've entered anything, so Off does not apply here. — egwene sedai, Aug 29 '14 at 05:04
I can't seem to reproduce this problem so I can't test a solution, but try putting Off[PacletInstall::offline] in your kernel/init.m file; it may load soon enough to have effect. — Mr.Wizard, Aug 29 '14 at 11:38
@KellenMyers I'm on windows, current I resort to setting a dummy proxy 0.0.0.0:80 that goes no where to temporarily fix this warning. — egwene sedai, Sep 01 '14 at 03:01
I have the same problem also. But it is a harmless beep that shows up only at start time, so it was easier to just ignore it than try to find how to turn it off :) — Nasser, Oct 01 '14 at 19:55
Just allow automatic updates and restart Mathematica once. After that you can disable internet connectivity again and there will be no pop-ups appearing. — Vladimir, Nov 04 '14 at 15:04

score -4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 18 '14 at 15:10

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It is correct! Follow these steps:

Enable Internet Connectivity in Preferences.
Allow automatic updates.
Restart Mathematica.
Disable Internet.
Restart Mathematica.

Et Voila'!

answered Dec 18 '14 at 15:10

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It wasn't me but you get downvote, probably, because it does exactly the oposite that OP want's. At least this is my interpretation, so: OP needs Internet while wants I Conn to be false. – Kuba Dec 18 '14 at 17:03

Disable alert message with internet connectivity off

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