How do I turn off Photoshop Elements Welcome Tour?

Everytime I start Photoshop Elements 8 I get stuck in an endless loop of the "Welcome to Photoshop Elements" screen.  There is no close button or link.  The only way I have found to get past it is by clicking on "Show me what is new", then "Start Tour" then clicking the right arrow until a GO link appears.  Then it finally closes.  I have to do this every time I start Photoshop and it is annoying to say the least.  Any help would be appreciated.
A second issue is with the "Backup/sync".  Somehow this got turned on, and it uploaded 2 gig of my photos to somewhere in cyberspace.  Now when I start Photoshop it always nags me to buy more space online.  Since backup just causes an hourglass when you start Elements, I had to go to the task manager and kill the upload/sync 32 process manually, then turn off the backup sync in preferences, but still the message to buy more space online appears.  Also, can I remove the uploaded files?  I didn't want them uploaded in the first place.
I miss Elements 5.0 already...
Thanks again,
Mike

Thanks Bob,
Unfortunately the window is modal, so there is no way to move it or remove it's focus.  Esc / Enter / Tab does nothing, but you can endure the entire "tour" before you get to a "Go" button which ironically closes the form.
I believe the backup issue is compounded by the fact that I have Premiere Elements as well.  What appears to be happening is that I turn the Backup/Sync off in Photoshop Elements, and the next time I launch Premiere Elements the Backup/Sync is turned back on (athough I swear I turned it off there also).
I did take your advice and just leave the backup on, but uncheck "Backup" for each of the albums except for 1 which has a photo of my cat, which I am OK if it get's posted on one of Adobe's servers somewhere.  The annoying part is that my catalog has over 18,000 photos taking up 240 gig, and it takes the backup/sync page 1 hour to open, then another hour to uncheck the "Media Not in any Album" checkbox.  2 hours later, I think I'm in business.
By the way, I think it's cool that you and other people on the forum are willing to help out frustrated users like me.  I appreciate it very much.   : )
-Mike

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