I bought this program as soon as it came out in the UK. I tried it for a while and put it in the drawer because it had so many problems. I was never able to register it.

I continued to use my FTM2006 v16.

Someone told me that all those with the duff 2008 are being offered a free copy of the 2009 - BUT you have to have the 2008 registered.

So I put the program on again BUT nope, it is impossible to register it.

If I click on register I get the message that there was a problem connecting to the registration server. Check your internet connection and try again.

This has been going on for 2 days now. I have disabled my av and firewall. I have even disabled the VISTA privacy all as directed. I have downloaded a patch as suggested for the update but cannot install this.

Its the most maddening program in the world.

Can any one suggest what to do with it (apart from the obvious) to get a registration sorted so that I get the hopefully improved 2009 program.