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Annoying, 'non-cancelable' registration notices

Discussion in 'Other PC Software' started by Ingeniero1, 2008/07/01.

  1. 2008/07/01
    Ingeniero1 Contributing Member

    Ingeniero1 Inactive Thread Starter

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    I am rather certain that this problem is not a virus or other bug, but rather new software that has left an undesirable trail.

    Starting today, and I don’t know what was different about today, when I reboot (as I do every two or three days), I get reminders to register the new Creative Zen MP3 player I bought a couple of weeks ago. I installed some of the included software, and elected not to register it at the time, and everything ran fine until today.

    What happens now is that I cannot cancel the Creative reminder to register, it continues to pop up, and for some reason a Turbo Tax installer also starts running! I ran Turbo Tax and was done with it back in March, and never saw it or heard from it until now! I have been using Turbo Tax for many years and never had any problems.

    If I press Ctrl-Alt-Del and try to stop the Creative Product Registration task, the continuous stream of registration notices start together with the Turbo Tax notices. If I leave it alone, I can run the computer fine, as I am now doing, but I have the Creative tab displayed at the bottom of the screen

    What can I do to stop these annoying notices?

    Thanks!

    Alex
     
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  2. 2008/07/01
    TonyT

    TonyT SuperGeek Staff

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    The registration popup is either a separate program or is hard coded into an already running program. If it's a separate program then it's loading from the registry or the startup folder. Look at Start > Programs > Startup and delete the shortcut if there. And also look in Start > Run > Regedit > HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current version/Run and it there delete the value.

    Use Task Manager to determine the name of the popup reminder process.
     
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  4. 2008/07/02
    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    What happens if you complete the registration?
     
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  5. 2008/07/02
    Ingeniero1 Contributing Member

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    Was not able to find the programs to delete them, so I started to proceed with the registration (good hint) to see how far I needed to go. As it turned out, the device (ZEN MP3) needed to be plugged in and turned on for the registration process. After that, I was able to cancel it or put it off for a later date.

    Thanks!

    Alex
     
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