Re: Can't Register Quicken 98

On Sunday, February 23, 2003 at 4:11:10 AM UTC+11, John Pollard wrote:
> Malcolm Vidrine wrote:
> > I know I'm using an old version of the software, but it is really
> > all I need. However Intuit is not allowing me to register Quicken
> > 98 and they want me to upgrade to a newer version and pay them $80.
> > I'm getting the message that I can only use the software 10 more
> > times before registering. This is software I paid for in 98 and it
> > sucks (because they feel I need to upgrade) that I have to give
> > them another $80.
> > Is there any other way to get a customer number & continue using the
> > software?
> As far as I know - based on Intuit's web site - it has never been
> required to register Quicken except for using certain capabilities,
> which all, if I recall, have to do with Quicken.com.
> There are two things you can try to eliminate the registration nag:
> hold down CTRL+SHIFT then click Finance > One Step Update; or open
> Windows\Quicken.ini in a word processor (notepad will do), find the
> "[Registration]" section, and change the value in the "Registration
> Count" parameter to a large number (it is now 231 in my file).
> --
> John Pollard
> j underscore pollard at mindspring dot com

This is 20 years later and thankfully i found this thread and i couldnt re register, but doing to control/shift it let me not have to register again!!