TFP 15 startup

[rgathje]

  How do I remove the Latest News part of the start up screen? I don't have permanent web access to every time I start TFP V15 it trys to run my dial up and I have to cancel it. I can always uncheck the show at startup but that is not the solution I am looking for.

Robert

[Draftcad]

Hi Robert,

Open your program--> go to Settings--> Program Settings--> General --> Start up section--> uncheck "launch Startup screen" --> Apply

Pat

[rgathje]

   I am going to get on my soapbox for a minute. I have unchecked the show at start up box to remove that screen but it is my opinion that it is wrong to put a screen up that accesses the web. I do not have a permanent high speed connection on my main computer. I do not want one nor should I have to have one. I have dial up for registering software and auto updates ( if I can't get them through downloads). If I need a high speed connection, I have friends and relatives to bug. I wish software companys wouldn't assume that everyone in the world has a high speed connection and the latest and greatest computer. I hate when upgrades come out because I know I am going to have to look for work arounds and I have to decide if it is worth the trouble. Once I solve the connection problems and computer problems then I can use the software. Sorry, I am done ranting and raving now.

Robert

[Allan Chesney]

Hi Robert,

I sympathise entirely. Unfortunately so much software does that now and I object too especially so when I had dialup. I would just pull the phone plug out when it started dialing, as I found it so irritating.  Now I do have broadband but I connect via a wireless connection. It is only a single click to turn it off, so I leave it that way unless I am actually using the internet. It then gives me a fiendish sense of delight to think that I have beaten the system as software complains that it "cannot find a network" or something similar. 

Having recently retired I was quite astounded at the government services assumptions that everyone does everything on the internet. Certainly some older ones have caught on just in time but recently the government here had to create a whole lot of paper forms, as most of the pensioners who were supposed to be using their website to do everything, did not even have a computer! 

Something else I find partiularly irritating is when some software has all the Help screens on the internet, so if you are using it 'offline' there is no Help available. I used to come accross this on the train - there were many 'dead spots' so no Help.  What about the people with dialup or no connection at all?  Thankfully TFP Help is not done that way!

Having said that I do use the internet capabilities of my mobile phone a lot. It notifies me if someone has posted a reply on the forum for example, so I ofter reply through the phone as the cost it tiny - more often that not it is NIL, as the KB are so low that they do not register. The forum loads as 60kb and there is no change for 100kb or less. Obviously if I open some of the images there is a charge but a least there is no phone call charge and time spent on the site is not charged either.

I agree with you that it would be nice if the TFP 'net' panel could be turned off, particulalry for those with dialup connections like yourself, but I think you and me are a dieing breed and I don't think somehow we are going to make much impression on the 'online' populace or the software developers!

Allan

[Draftcad]

Hi Robert,

glad to know you were able to deactivate the panel
Note that, in this case, is an ON / OFF option, and this is great. Currently, lots of programs have "keyloggers". They work like a "phone home" apps. I use a "keylogger blocker" and I am always surprised to see the how the sw manufacturers try to get info

Pat

[rgathje]

  I am not opposed to the internet. I was able to apply and get my Social Security (in US) without going to an office and putting up with a 3 hour wait. I do have access to high speed through other people but I can't see picking up my computer and taking it there every time there is an update. I just wait until night time and start the load, then go to bed. I am one of the few people in the world that doesn't own a cell phone but my wife does incase something happens when I'm not with her. I have email but with the phone packages now I would rather pick up the phone and call. Anyway, I have had my little speech and thanks for listening. To bad software companys don't.

Robert