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I have Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 15.1.0.53605 DL x64 May 7 2018 and every single time I start it, I get a message telling me :
Update Service period expired
Your Update Service period expired on 7 May 2019, so you no longer
have access to program updates or online services.
[ OK ] [Upgrade]
How do I prevent this reminder showing every time I start the program?
TIA
try following the link for upgrade, but only going so far as downloading the file...
turn off all info popups in xara
No. Sadly, that doesn't work. I went all the way through to just before pressing the [Confirm payment] button. Twice. Once with Xara open and once with it closed.Quote:
Originally Posted by handrawn
Still the same message.
(That's a bit of a sledgehammer approach isn't it? )Quote:
Originally Posted by handrawn
No. That doesn't work either. The message still appears on every single start.
I've been somewhat distracted (understatement) since I first saw the message and haven't been using Xara much. Now that I'm coming back to using Xara regularly, the message is becoming an increasing nuisance.
It's not so much the message itself, it's the [deleted] arrogance of the approach: "If you don't pay up, we'll keep irritating you until you do."
you are not alone in that view and Xara have been made well aware of it here - it is magix who do this of course...
And if anything was more calculated to get me searching for hacked copies or keygens, I can't think of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by handrawn
Don't go there - therein madness lies!Quote:
Originally Posted by brianlj
Acorn
you could try blocking it in a firewall, unless you need continual web access
Thanks. I never thought of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by handrawn
I created an Outbound rule based on PhotoGraphicDesigner.exe and that appears to work. No more message repeatedly touting the update service.
Bonus: it also blocks the "Would you like [insert name of other program I don't want]?" pop-ups.
In Xara, going Help | Check for updates, it now comes back with "You need to be online to use this feature."
Thank you again. :)
you are welcome :)
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Originally Posted by handrawn
I have done this also for Designer Pro 16.2 and it worked there as well.
I am just hoping that Designer Pro does not need not phone home on a monthly basis in order to validate the licence.
it will need to verify sooner or later I think, but you should be able to let it through and then block it again when it does
You do have a point up to a point?! But, either way, it's madness. Something like this would drive me bonkers! I just stopped using Xara completely. Nagging to me is pointless, but sooner or later there's only so you can put up with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Acorn
Sooner, or later there's got to be a breaking point... or as some say a cracking point, which makes all the nagging 100% useless and detrimental to the bottom line.
If you use the Windows Firewall method, and you upload your website from within your Xara program, make sure you only block ports 80 to 443. This leaves port 21 open to keep the website upload function open.
I too got sick of the damn upgrade pop-ups. When I started the program today and the upgrade popup box appeared I saw the very slight appearance of something hidden at the very bottom of the popup page. The window shows full size, by height, so you can't move it up the screen to find out what the "other bits" are at the very bottom.
I had my task bar set on always showing though, so I changed that to autohide and I could see the boxes for "Don't show this again" & "Close"
I checked the "Don't show this again" and so far it hasn't
it probably will though just as soon there is a 'new offer'
Would anyone of you be kind enough to illustrate how to make a rule in fire wall to stop this madness? Video would be amazing.
Please follow the below link, I hope it will help you put:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lynnzer
https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...156#post592156
Thank you so much.