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Apr 18, 2006, 6:20:49 PM4/18/06
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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?

JPC

John Pollard

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Apr 18, 2006, 7:16:26 PM4/18/06
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From Quicken Matt in the Quicken Forums hosted by Intuit.

"Hold down the Ctrl + Shift keys on the keyboard, and go to the
Online menu. From the Online menu choose One Step Update. After
selecting One Step Update, with Ctrl + Shift still held down,
you will receive a message that states, "You will no longer be
prompted for registration." At this point registration is
disabled and you will not receive any further messages regarding
it. These instructions will work for Quicken 2003-2005. For
Quicken 2001-2002 you will need to use the Finance menu instead
of the Online menu. All other instructions are the same."


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Hank Arnold

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Apr 19, 2006, 4:43:27 AM4/19/06
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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

Jeff

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Apr 19, 2006, 10:45:52 AM4/19/06
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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.

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Stubby

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Apr 19, 2006, 11:13:36 AM4/19/06
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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.

Jeff

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Apr 20, 2006, 4:31:13 PM4/20/06
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"Stubby" <William...@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message
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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.

Jeff


MikeB

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Apr 21, 2006, 8:05:35 PM4/21/06
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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.

Jeff

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Apr 24, 2006, 8:46:44 AM4/24/06
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"MikeB" <MPB...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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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.


MikeB

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Apr 24, 2006, 9:26:37 AM4/24/06
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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. 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.

Have you ever heard of someone whose financial security/identity has
been compromised from data stolen from such a list?

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?

Jeff

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Apr 24, 2006, 11:54:12 PM4/24/06
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"MikeB" <MPB...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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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.

EG

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May 12, 2013, 10:34:02 PM5/12/13
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responding to
http://www.beansmart.com/quicken/disable-registration-popup-12078-.htm , EG
wrote:
> jeff wrote:
>
> 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.

And that's precisely what I was looking for.


koko

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Jul 22, 2014, 7:34:00 PM7/22/14
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responding to
http://www.beansmart.com/quicken/disable-registration-popup-12078-.htm , koko
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.
>

Jeff: THANK YOU. I know this is an old post, but I had to re-install my
quicken 2009. Old version but works great for my needs. The registration
pop-up was driving me nuts. Other suggestions didn't work for me and yours
did. Thanks again. Margie



Bardi

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Aug 2, 2017, 5:34:02 PM8/2/17
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replying to John Pollard, Bardi wrote:
"You will no longer be prompted for registration."

Thank you !!!

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JR

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Jul 11, 2021, 12:30:05 AM7/11/21
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For those using Quicken 2000 Canada - just go through the registration process and when it asks for your internet connection, choose Quicken's courtesy dial-up - once it errors out, it will tell you that you can register later, and the message never comes up again.

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