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Posted by Jeff on April 24, 2006, 11:54 pm
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> Jeff wrote:
>> >
>> > Jeff wrote:
>> >> > Jeff wrote:
>> >> >> Here is an answer someone gave me for the same question and it
>> >> >> works:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hold down CTRL+SHIFT at the same time, click on the Online menu,
>> >> >> choose
>> >> >> "One
>> >> >> Step Update" (while holding down CTRL+SHIFT). You should see a
>> >> >> dialog
>> >> >> appears which states that "you will no longer be prompted for
>> >> >> registration".
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Enjoy.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> I've always said that the easiest thing to do is register with
>> >> >>> phony
>> >> >>> information. There is no check done. It takes a few seconds and
>> >> >>> then
>> >> >>> it's done. Better, IMHO, than spending so much time on finding a
>> >> >>> work
>> >> >>> around...
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Regards,
>> >> >>> Hank Arnold
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> John Callaway wrote:
>> >> >>>> I recently installed Quicken Home & Business 2004 on a w2k
>> >> >>>> machine.
>> >> >>>> Previously I have been running on a Windows ME box. Whenever I
>> >> >>>> update
>> >> >>>> now it always takes me through the registration process with
>> >> >>>> Quicken
>> >> >>>> online. I have to cancel out then I can update. I have checked
>> >> >>>> all
>> >> >>>> settings and I cannot find where to disable the registration
>> >> >>>> popup.
>> >> >>>> It
>> >> >>>> did not do this on the ME box. Where do I change the setting so
>> >> >>>> it
>> >> >>>> does not invoke the online registration process?
>> >> >
>> >> > But not being registered, you probably won't have access to lots of
>> >> > features. Maybe you won't be able to update your stock prices! Be
>> >> > careful for what you wish.
>> >>
>> >> Boy, do they have you hooked! <grin>
>> >>
>> >> Not true. I download with no problems and everything works fine. The
>> >> only
>> >> thing I do not get is Quicken's email ads.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Well, I'm registered with Intuit as a Quicken user and I *never* get
>> > email ads. You're getting them some other way. If you don't want them,
>> > check if they allow unsubscribing.
>>
>> That's perfectly fine, but the question asked was simply, is there a way
>> to
>> disable the registration popups and there happens to be one.
>>
>> Those who wish to register their names with Intuit can always do so (with
>> real or fake data) and those who prefer to retain their privacy now also
>> have that option. It's the American way.
>>
>> There are also those who elect to trust putting their financial data on
>> Quicken's website and those who prefer to keep it encrypted on their own
>> PCs.......
>>
>> Cheers.
>
> The good old American way. There is also the need to discern real from
> perceived threats and not to succumb to FUD.
>
> Have you ever considered exactly what is uploaded to Quicken.com and
> how that could compromise your financial security? You upload an
> account name and an account balance or, for investment accounts, an
> account name, the securities and their holdings.
"account name, the securities and their holdings".
I hope not. At least not willingly.
> No account numbers
> (unless one imbeds them in the account name), no social security
> numbers, no addresses. Just a list of stuff - the same as the lists you
> can keep/create on Yahoo and multiple other financial sites.
I do not keep them there either.
> Have you ever heard of someone whose financial security/identity has
> been compromised from data stolen from such a list?
Data mining consists of combinijng information from many lists and then
you'ld be surprised what is known about many of us.
> The data on your PC is a totally different matter. There you may have
> sensitive data that can be compromised, but the data on Quicken.com?
As you said, some upload their information onto Quicken.com. Many do not.
As I said, if one feels safe, go for it. Some of us are less trusting.
Besides, I was just supplying information someone requested: specifically
how to disable the registration prompt. Anyone who does not want to know how
to do that does not need to do it. And you are correct, there may be
excessive paranoia, but even paranoids have enemies.
Peace, my friend. Time to move on.
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