I had a somewhat similar experience with Duplicate File Finder. It actually let me do updates, then when I reopened it it was no longer the registered version but the free version with limitations. In this case I did a clean install on a new computer. I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one confu...

I have not used Blue Iris in a couple of years. I just upgraded to BI5.
Is there any way to turn off the opening "News and Updates" splash screen? I could not find a setting.
So far, it keeps showing me the same news.
Surely I am missing something. There must be some way to turn it off.