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to: Linda Proulx
from: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
date: 1999-10-25 10:39:09
subject: The art of ART

 DE>> Since you cann't register OS/2 by modem anymore, and I'm unwilling to
 DE>> wait for a smailmail responce (If I'd ever get one) and since I've
 DE>> already registered Warp 4 before, I am wondering if there is a
 DE>> method for disabling the stupid registration reminder that pops up
 DE>> periodically.

 LP> What is this?????????

It's an annoying little feature added to very recent versions of OS/2 Warp
called ART, the Automated Registration Tool.  Essentially, it is a program
that pops up a window asking you to register OS/2 Warp, by SMTP e-mail, fax,
or post, and provides a simple on-screen dialogue in which various details
(name, address, version of OS/2, and so forth) can be entered.  After you have 
registered, it goes away for a year and them comes back asking for your
comments on OS/2.

It does nothing more than that.  Most people choose not to register OS/2,
since it is largely a pointless exercise.  (Registering OS/2 effectively
simply puts one onto an IBM marketing department mailing list as an OS/2
customer.  It doesn't affect the operation of OS/2 itself one whit.  OS/2 Warp 
isn't crippleware like some softwares are.)  The ART can be disabled by going
to the relevant Installation folder on the WPS Desktop and running the install 
utility therein to uninstall it.

 ¯ JdeBP ®

--- FleetStreet 1.22 NR
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