diff -Naupr elisa-1.0.1.orig/elisa/core/plugin_registry.py elisa-1.0.1/elisa/core/plugin_registry.py
--- elisa-1.0.1.orig/elisa/core/plugin_registry.py	2009-05-22 12:45:39.000000000 +0200
+++ elisa-1.0.1/elisa/core/plugin_registry.py	2009-05-31 13:25:08.589532904 +0200
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ class PluginRegistry(Loggable):
     default_config = \
         {'repository': 'http://plugins.moovida.com/plugin_list',
          'update_plugin_cache': True,
-         'auto_update_plugins': True,
-         'auto_install_new_recommended_plugins': True}
+         'auto_update_plugins': False,
+         'auto_install_new_recommended_plugins': False}
     config_doc = \
         {'repository': 'The plugin repository to query for new plugins and ' \
             'plugin updates.',