diff -rupN frinika.old/src/com/frinika/project/gui/ProjectFrame.java frinika/src/com/frinika/project/gui/ProjectFrame.java
--- frinika.old/src/com/frinika/project/gui/ProjectFrame.java	2009-09-23 21:05:02.000000000 -0400
+++ frinika/src/com/frinika/project/gui/ProjectFrame.java	2009-11-08 04:46:57.000000000 -0500
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ import com.frinika.tracker.ProjectFileFi
 import com.frinika.tracker.filedialogs.BounceToLane;
 import com.frinika.tracker.filedialogs.ExportWavDialog;
 import com.frinika.tootX.midi.MidiLearnIF;
-import com.frinika.versionmanagement.AutomaticVersionCheck;
+//import com.frinika.versionmanagement.AutomaticVersionCheck;
 
 import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
 import javax.swing.event.AncestorListener;
@@ -2171,7 +2171,7 @@ public class ProjectFrame extends JFrame
 		});
 		aboutMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_A);
 		helpMenu.add(aboutMenuItem);
-                final JCheckBoxMenuItem automaticCheckNewVersionMenuItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem(getMessage("project.menu.help.automatickcheckfornewversion"),FrinikaConfig.getAutomaticCheckForNewVersion());
+                /*final JCheckBoxMenuItem automaticCheckNewVersionMenuItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem(getMessage("project.menu.help.automatickcheckfornewversion"),FrinikaConfig.getAutomaticCheckForNewVersion());
                 automaticCheckNewVersionMenuItem.addItemListener(new ItemListener() {
 
                     public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent itemEvent) {
@@ -2182,7 +2182,7 @@ public class ProjectFrame extends JFrame
                     }
                 });
                 helpMenu.add(automaticCheckNewVersionMenuItem);
-                AutomaticVersionCheck.checkLatestVersion(ProjectFrame.this,automaticCheckNewVersionMenuItem);
+                AutomaticVersionCheck.checkLatestVersion(ProjectFrame.this,automaticCheckNewVersionMenuItem);*/
 		return helpMenu;
 
 	}
diff -rupN frinika.old/src/com/frinika/versionmanagement/AutomaticVersionCheck.java frinika/src/com/frinika/versionmanagement/AutomaticVersionCheck.java
--- frinika.old/src/com/frinika/versionmanagement/AutomaticVersionCheck.java	2009-09-23 21:05:02.000000000 -0400
+++ frinika/src/com/frinika/versionmanagement/AutomaticVersionCheck.java	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
- * and open the template in the editor.
- */
-
-package com.frinika.versionmanagement;
-
-import com.frinika.VersionProperties;
-import com.frinika.global.FrinikaConfig;
-import com.frinika.project.gui.ProjectFrame;
-import com.lightminds.appletservice.AppletServiceClient;
-import com.lightminds.appletservice.AppletServiceClientProxy;
-import java.awt.BorderLayout;
-
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
-import javax.swing.JCheckBoxMenuItem;
-import static com.frinika.localization.CurrentLocale.getMessage;
-import javax.swing.JLabel;
-import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
-import javax.swing.JPanel;
-
-
-/**
- *
- * @author Peter Johan Salomonsen
- */
-public class AutomaticVersionCheck {
-    // Only check once per frinika session
-    static boolean checkedNewVersion = false;
-
-    public static void checkLatestVersion(final ProjectFrame pf, final JCheckBoxMenuItem automaticCheckNewVersionMenuItem)
-    {
-        new Thread() {
-            // Since we're accessing the network, we shouldn't block Frinika if the network is not accessible
-            public void run() {
-                        if(FrinikaConfig.getAutomaticCheckForNewVersion() && !checkedNewVersion)
-                        {
-                            try {
-                                AppletServiceClient.init("http://frinika.appspot.com/");
-
-                                FrinikaVersionManager fvm = (FrinikaVersionManager)AppletServiceClientProxy.newInstance(FrinikaVersionManager.class);
-                                String versionParts[] = VersionProperties.getVersion().split("\\.");
-                                int versionNumeric = Integer.parseInt(versionParts[0])  * 1000000+
-                                                    Integer.parseInt(versionParts[1]) * 10000 +
-                                                    (versionParts.length>2 ?
-                                                        Integer.parseInt(versionParts[2]) * 100 : 0) +
-                                                    (versionParts.length>3 ?
-                                                        Integer.parseInt(versionParts[3]) * 1 :0);
-
-                                JPanel newVersionDialogPanel = new JPanel();
-                                newVersionDialogPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
-                                newVersionDialogPanel.add(new JLabel(getMessage("automaticversioncheck.newversionexists")),BorderLayout.NORTH);
-
-                                final JCheckBox automaticCheckNewVersionCheckBox = new JCheckBox(getMessage("automaticversioncheck.dontshow"),false);
-
-                                newVersionDialogPanel.add(automaticCheckNewVersionCheckBox,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
-                                
-                                if(versionNumeric<fvm.getLatestFrinikaVersion())
-                                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(pf, newVersionDialogPanel );
-                                else
-                                    Logger.getLogger(AutomaticVersionCheck.class.getName()).info("Checked for new Frinika version - no new versions exist");
-
-                                checkedNewVersion = true;
-                                FrinikaConfig.setAutomatickCheckForNewVersion(!automaticCheckNewVersionCheckBox.isSelected());
-                                automaticCheckNewVersionMenuItem.setState(!automaticCheckNewVersionCheckBox.isSelected());
-                            } catch (Exception ex) {
-                                Logger.getLogger(AutomaticVersionCheck.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
-                            }
-                        }
-
-            }
-        }.start();
-    }
-}