Originally Posted by
carol45
No, this is not true.
I was told by a distributor at a quilt show that there was an interval before you had to let EQ7 phone home. However, if you had not used it for a while, it would request a call home for it to be active again. It did not kill itself.
I asked as I use 5 and I am on an XP box with no permanent internet connection. If I need to flash upgrade, I have to hunt for a cable long enough to reach the router. Therefore, 7 is out for me.
Since XP is no longer supported, using it offline is perfectly safe. So are just flash upgrades. All my other software was designed for XP, so I'm not switching.