The password is a device to acquire your e-mail address information. Not devious but standard for most programs, so at minimum you can be advertised to, and contacted about changes and updates. Rich in LA CA
--- On Wed, 6/2/10, Brian L. Lightfoot <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Brian L. Lightfoot <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] passwords > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 9:06 AM > This got me to thinking (something I > don't do too often.) :-) > > Why is there a password? > > And before you post, remember the password has nothing to > do with unlocking the features of the Deluxe version. The > program is offered as essentially "freeware", yet a password > is needed to install. The password is so secret that it is > freely posted on Legacy's web pages. Just doesn't make > sense. > > I suspect the answer is that way back to version 1 or 2, > the program was not "freeware". Since its evolution to > include a free version as well as a paid, registered > version, nobody has bothered to change the installer code. > But even that doesn't make sense because the password has > changed a few times. Maybe some of that oil spill in the > Gulf of Mexico is starting to wash up on the beaches in > Surprise, Arizona. > > Brian in CA > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 7:31 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] passwords > > > > You should install the final build of Legacy v4. > > > > The final builds of versions of Legacy prior to v7 can > be downloaded > > from http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/helpDownloadVersion6.asp. > > Passwords are on that site. > > > > Remember, versions of Legacy prior to the final build > of Legacy v6 will > > not run correctly on a Vista or Windows 7 computer. > > > > Thanks for using Legacy. > > > > Sherry > > Customer Support > > Millennia Corporation > > [email protected] > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 > 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
