I can imagine how these persistent pop-ups have been getting in the way of your tasks, krussell2. By adjusting the settings in the Preferences menu, you can lessen these advertisements and have a more seamless experience with QuickBooks.

Disabling pop-up messages for products and services in the Preferences menu will reduce advertisements while using QuickBooks. Here's how to do it:

1. On the top menu, go to Edit and then Preferences.
2. In the General section, head to the My Preferences tab.
3. Tick Turn off popup messages for products and services.
4. Click OK.

Please note that some may still appear even after setting the option to turn off pop-ups. In the meantime, you can close them manually. Furthermore, I encourage you to provide your valuable feedback about these ads. This way, our product development team can consider adding an option to permanently disable them and potentially address the issue in future updates.

Here's how to send your suggestions:

1. On the top menu, go to Help.
2. Select Send Feedback Online, and then Product Suggestion.
3. Enter your suggestions.
4. Click Send Feedback.

To make your experience more efficient, here's a guide on using QuickBooks with just a few keystrokes: Keyboard shortcuts in QuickBooks Desktop.

The QuickBooks team is dedicated to ensuring that your experience is smooth and free from interruptions. If you have any other questions or need further assistance with setting company preferences, please don't hesitate to use the comment section. Your satisfaction is not just a priority, it's something we genuinely care about.