How do I stop the reminder for me to update?

[brianlj]

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

[handrawn]

try following the link for upgrade, but only going so far as downloading the file...

turn off all info popups in xara

[brianlj]

try following the link for upgrade, but only going so far as downloading the file...

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.

Still the same message.

turn off all info popups in xara

(That's a bit of a sledgehammer approach isn't it? )

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."

[handrawn]

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...

[brianlj]

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.

[Acorn]

And if anything was more calculated to get me searching for hacked copies or keygens, I can't think of it.

Don't go there - therein madness lies!

Acorn

[Promidi]

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.

[Lynnzer]

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

[handrawn]

it probably will though just as soon there is a 'new offer'

[behzad]

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.