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Number   :  7207
Date     :  2004-02-06
Author   :  Jon Hugdahl
Subject  :  Re: Nag Message
Size(KB) :  2


No the answer that I wanted but thanks for the explanation.

xxcopy@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> Message: 20
> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:20:59 -0600
> From: Kan Yabumoto 
> Subject: Re: Nag Message
>
> Jon wrote:
> >
> > Hi:
> >
> > On 1/17 I again got the you have an old version nag message.
> > 751days it said.
> >
> > I am running 2.85.2, this is the second time since I installed.
> >
> > How can I get rid of this message?
>
> You can't. It is a bug. The freeware was designed to give
> a warning that when the version is used for more than certain
> number of days from the program was created (an absolute
> timestamp at a time of program compilation which cannot be
> altered by assigning a new file timestamp). The idea was
> simply to reduce our tech-support word for silly questions
> and bug reports that were taken care of in earlier release.
>
> That is, the intended feature was to alert the user that
> it is best to re-visit the XXCOPY home page and get the
> latest version. Unfortunately, installing the latest version
> does not clear the number of days that was once recorded.
> Your last report alerted us for some analysis and we figured
> out how we could fix the bug. But, this bug is so benign
> that it is given a very low priority (We will try to fix it
> in the next release but we won't promise).
>
> Besides the bug, even if we fix the bug, that would not
> eliminate the message you see completely. It will eventually
> come back if you do not update to newer version. Since
> most users are assume to be lazy and would not voluntarily
> initiate the version-update procedure, we will have to
> keep the warning message intact ---- the only thing we will
> change after the bug fix is to make sure that when you have
> the latest freeware version, you won't get the message
> for the first few months.
>
> The bottom line is that we do not want freeware users to
> continue using old versions of XXCOPY, period.
>
> Kan Yabumoto
>

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Jon Hugdahl
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