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    Default Totally getting peed royally

    Even though I have v18 of Magix version of Xara, I am still getting this nag screen. This and Xara products are pissing me off royally.

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    Default Re: Totally getting peed royally

    before I moved to pro+ I used to get irritated by the magix nag screens , until one day I was reminded of the old [spanish?] saying:

    'a donkey is best left to bray alone'

    so then i just ignored them, yes it's one more click, but some programs require a few to open... and I need to enter three passwords just to log onto windows, which some might think excessive

    life is short

    [by the way that notification is in regard to renewing update service - is yours out of date?]
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    Default Re: Totally getting peed royally

    Quote Originally Posted by behzad View Post
    Even though I have v18 of Magix version of Xara, I am still getting this nag screen.

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    I have the same 'user experience'. Perhaps Magix is getting desperate, fearing it will lose Xara and its wonderful customers. ;-)
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    Default Re: Totally getting peed royally

    Yes, the "Don't show this again" checkbox may as well not be there.
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    Default Re: Totally getting peed royally

    that only works for the current offer; since the offers roll over every few weeks you can never get rid of it for good just by ticking
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    Default Re: Totally getting peed royally

    OK behzad, I am not quite yet in the same position but I have v17 and v18 installed and I have very few remaining days to await the end of my Update Service. Rah!
    Which reminds me, I better check the rubbish in my Xara Online account as it will disappear sometime this year.

    I assume you too have v17 nagging you as Magix is being really kind to let you know you might be missing out. This is better than never being told as some Customers were never advised of major version jumps in the past.

    Here is how I would block the nag.
    You cannot right-click it directly to see its Properties but it has a Taskbar presence so right-click on its icon.
    My current nag states it is Updater.
    Right-click that and then pick Properties.

    The Properties dialog declares this is Service_rel_u_x64_vc12.exe running from C:\Program Files\Xara\Xara Designer Pro X\17\UPS\.
    All I do is change the UPS folder to UPSXXX and no nag.

    Magix also have its Download Manager hiding in an Online folder; I OnlineXXX that folder as well.

    Clearly you can be more surgical but Magix deserves a sledgehammer action.

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    Acorn - installed Xara software: Cloud+/Pro+ and most others back through time (to CC's Artworks). Contact for technical remediation/consultancy for your web designs.
    When we provide assistance, your responses are valuable as they benefit the community. TG Nuggets you might like. Report faults: Xara Cloud+/Pro+/Magix Legacy; Xara KB & Chat
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    Default Re: Totally getting peed royally

    Quote Originally Posted by Acorn View Post
    but Magix deserves a sledgehammer
    you may just have hit the nail upon the head....
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    Default Re: Totally getting peed royally

    Just to be clear: the nag screen for updating to v. 18 shows in XDP 18 with a full year of update service still ahead! So, it's not even possible to update or extend the update service.

    It seems to me that Acorn's fix is not advisable in such a situation because any coming updates under the update service will be missed.
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    Default Re: Totally getting peed royally

    Quote Originally Posted by Boy View Post
    Just to be clear: the nag screen for updating to v. 18 shows in XDP 18 with a full year of update service still ahead! So, it's not even possible to update or extend the update service.

    It seems to me that Acorn's fix is not advisable in such a situation because any coming updates under the update service will be missed.
    Boy, I was advising blocking v17 when you also had v18 active as in behzad's case.

    Previously, I have fully described the impact of blocking Magix's intrusion.

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    Acorn - installed Xara software: Cloud+/Pro+ and most others back through time (to CC's Artworks). Contact for technical remediation/consultancy for your web designs.
    When we provide assistance, your responses are valuable as they benefit the community. TG Nuggets you might like. Report faults: Xara Cloud+/Pro+/Magix Legacy; Xara KB & Chat
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    Default Re: Totally getting peed royally

    Just to add some words about my 'User experience' to this:
    My nagging screens started the day the 'Update service' expired (in the begining of december 2020). I never got a "Don't show again" check box. Clicked them away for months, hoping to get a check box when a new version is released.
    That hope vanished in march.
    Then pulled the plug by blocking Xara with the Windows firewall as one of you nice guys recommended.
    No nags since then.
    Can't insert 'Font awesome' symbols anymore (along with anything else from the online content catalogue), but "SO WHAT"!
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