Hi Thomas,
Regarding your second question... our data is simply data files on the hard disk. There is no realtime component or configuration required within MetaStock Pro. I suspect you may have put your Premium Data UserID/Password into MetaStock Pro under Tools->Options->Reuters DataLink.
To get rid of this error start up MetaStock, click Tools->Options->Reuters DataLink then ensure the UserID and Password fields are blank then click OK.
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