startup annoyances -- quicken 2008 home & business

Posted by newsgroups on June 3, 2008, 10:03 pm

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I just started getting some new behavior when starting Quicken 2008
Home & Business Edition... before the program starts I get an "offer"
for some new Intuit product:

Easily create your own website today!
Introducing Intuit Websites, from the makers of Quicken 2008.
[blah blah blah]
[ Try it Free ] [ Continue ]

I have to click on "Continue" every time I launch the program to get
into my quicken data.

WTF?!?! Now I'm forced to look at, and click past, ads every time I
*start* quicken, not just when I'm using it? I'm upset by this, to
say the least.

Anyone else experiencing this, and/or any suggestions for turning it
off? I tried clicking on "Try it Free" once to see if it would go
away, but it didn't...

-Jason

Posted by Hal Hanig on June 4, 2008, 7:05 am

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newsgroups@jcg3.org wrote:

> I just started getting some new behavior when starting Quicken 2008

> Home & Business Edition... before the program starts I get an "offer"

> for some new Intuit product:

> Easily create your own website today!

> Introducing Intuit Websites, from the makers of Quicken 2008.

> [blah blah blah]

> [ Try it Free ] [ Continue ]

> I have to click on "Continue" every time I launch the program to get

> into my quicken data.

> WTF?!?! Now I'm forced to look at, and click past, ads every time I

> *start* quicken, not just when I'm using it? I'm upset by this, to

> say the least.

> Anyone else experiencing this, and/or any suggestions for turning it

> off? I tried clicking on "Try it Free" once to see if it would go

> away, but it didn't...

> -Jason

I used to get the same annoying window advising of the availability of a
free upgrade. The upgrade concerned a feature of the program I had no
interest in, so I initially ignored it hoping the the sales pitch window
would disappear. It didn't. Finally, I downloaded and installed the
upgrade and that's what it took to make the window disappear.

Posted by Bob Wang on June 4, 2008, 1:00 pm

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The only way I've found to get around it is to let Quicken sit open all day.
Not the way to make friends and influence people, Intuit!

Bob

>>>>

Posted by Meeber' s on June 4, 2008, 3:11 pm

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I have never had this happen to my Q08H&B, just checked again, after the
file password, goes directly to "Home" page. I have never selected
"Quicken.com" from the menu bar, don't know if doing so allows them to sneak
spam ads on your machine.

> The only way I've found to get around it is to let Quicken sit open all

> day.

> Not the way to make friends and influence people, Intuit!

> Bob

>>>>>

> I just started getting some new behavior when starting Quicken 2008

> Home & Business Edition... before the program starts I get an "offer"

> for some new Intuit product:

> Easily create your own website today!

> Introducing Intuit Websites, from the makers of Quicken 2008.

> [blah blah blah]

> [ Try it Free ] [ Continue ]

> I have to click on "Continue" every time I launch the program to get

> into my quicken data.

> WTF?!?! Now I'm forced to look at, and click past, ads every time I

> *start* quicken, not just when I'm using it? I'm upset by this, to

> say the least.

> Anyone else experiencing this, and/or any suggestions for turning it

> off? I tried clicking on "Try it Free" once to see if it would go

> away, but it didn't...

> -Jason

Posted by Bob Wang on June 4, 2008, 4:54 pm

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I've never selected "Quicken.com" either, very annoying.
Bob

>>>

> The only way I've found to get around it is to let Quicken sit open all

> day.

> Not the way to make friends and influence people, Intuit!

> Bob

>>>>>

> I just started getting some new behavior when starting Quicken 2008

> Home & Business Edition... before the program starts I get an "offer"

> for some new Intuit product:

> Easily create your own website today!

> Introducing Intuit Websites, from the makers of Quicken 2008.

> [blah blah blah]

> [ Try it Free ] [ Continue ]

> I have to click on "Continue" every time I launch the program to get

> into my quicken data.

> WTF?!?! Now I'm forced to look at, and click past, ads every time I

> *start* quicken, not just when I'm using it? I'm upset by this, to

> say the least.

> Anyone else experiencing this, and/or any suggestions for turning it

> off? I tried clicking on "Try it Free" once to see if it would go

> away, but it didn't...

> -Jason