Brian/boofhead. .. .In the computer world "lifetime" normally refers to the supported lifetime of a product, not the three score years and ten of the user. I'd guess that version 4 just became unsupported and therefore died. However, I agree that most people would understand "lifetime" differently, so it is a bad way to advertise. . .. .What they wrote is strictly accurate - they say the updates are available, not that they are free. It's a bad way to sell a product...