Inventory Manager

Posted by Bud on February 8, 2007, 11:06 pm

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I have a copy of inventory manager which came with an earlier version
of Quicken. I don't have the details or CD before me. I keep getting
the Q2004 end of life screen when I start up and thought of this
question. Quicken now wants about $30 for this program.

I didn't try to load inventory manager on top of Q2004 but I did
successfully load it on Q2001. My copy must be from one of the late
90's program.

Can I load this older inventory program on top of Q2006 or Q2007? Will
it be integrated into the menu options?

Posted by R. C. White on February 9, 2007, 8:58 am

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Hi, Bud.

>I have a copy of inventory manager which came with an earlier version

> of Quicken.

Do you mean Quicken Home Inventory?

That's MUCH different from a business "inventory manager", which is what
that phrase means to me. I've been using Quicken since 1990 and I don't
recall that it ever had an "inventory manager".

We have discussed the QHI here several times, but I don't know the current
situation. I tried using the QHI when it first arrived, but I abandoned it
before Quicken did.

RC
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>I have a copy of inventory manager which came with an earlier version

> of Quicken. I don't have the details or CD before me. I keep getting

> the Q2004 end of life screen when I start up and thought of this

> question. Quicken now wants about $30 for this program.

> I didn't try to load inventory manager on top of Q2004 but I did

> successfully load it on Q2001. My copy must be from one of the late

> 90's program.

> Can I load this older inventory program on top of Q2006 or Q2007? Will

> it be integrated into the menu options?

Posted by Bud on February 9, 2007, 2:38 pm

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I bet it is Home Inventory. I had it as part of a Quicken package,
procrastinated, never used it. I will have to dig through several
boxes of old software and to find it.

I now have time to inventory the house and thought of this program. If
its a clunker then I probably will make an Excel spreadsheet.

wrote:

>Hi, Bud.

>>I have a copy of inventory manager which came with an earlier version

>> of Quicken.

>Do you mean Quicken Home Inventory?

>That's MUCH different from a business "inventory manager", which is what

>that phrase means to me. I've been using Quicken since 1990 and I don't

>recall that it ever had an "inventory manager".

>We have discussed the QHI here several times, but I don't know the current

>situation. I tried using the QHI when it first arrived, but I abandoned it

>before Quicken did.

>RC

Posted by Jay M Apple on February 9, 2007, 3:02 pm

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> I bet it is Home Inventory. I had it as part of a Quicken package,

> procrastinated, never used it. I will have to dig through several

> boxes of old software and to find it.

> I now have time to inventory the house and thought of this program. If

> its a clunker then I probably will make an Excel spreadsheet.

> wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SNIP <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Don't know why R.C. stopped using it, but the program is not so much of a
clunker as it requires you know a lot (and are very, very, very honest with
yourself) about what you have, what it originally cost, and so forth.

You would probably have to dig through even more piles of shoeboxes full of
old receipts, or, in their absence, make a lot of assumptions. As the task
goes on and on and the assumptions pile up, you start wondering what you
expect to get out of the exercise, what kind of reality the end result will
reflect, and whether it's all worth the effort.

Jay (P.S., I still have hopes of finishing ONE complete home inventory. We
are in our third residence since I first became aware of the program.)

More P.S. - Someone - Andrew? - mentioned that English is written/read from
the top down, so people should bottom post. Personally, I want to get to the
new stuff fast, so feel it's extra effort to page down to the latest. This
has nothing to do with the original post, but as we seem to be in
conmiseration mode, thought I'd bottom post this comment.
.

Posted by Andrew on February 10, 2007, 6:31 pm

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Jay M Apple wrote:

> <Bud> wrote in message

>> I bet it is Home Inventory. I had it as part of a Quicken package,

>> procrastinated, never used it. I will have to dig through several

>> boxes of old software and to find it.

>> I now have time to inventory the house and thought of this program.

>> If its a clunker then I probably will make an Excel spreadsheet.

>> wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SNIP <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

> Don't know why R.C. stopped using it, but the program is not so much

> of a clunker as it requires you know a lot (and are very, very, very

> honest with yourself) about what you have, what it originally cost,

> and so forth.

> You would probably have to dig through even more piles of shoeboxes

> full of old receipts, or, in their absence, make a lot of

> assumptions. As the task goes on and on and the assumptions pile up,

> you start wondering what you expect to get out of the exercise, what

> kind of reality the end result will reflect, and whether it's all

> worth the effort.

> Jay (P.S., I still have hopes of finishing ONE complete home

> inventory. We are in our third residence since I first became aware

> of the program.)

> More P.S. - Someone - Andrew? - mentioned that English is

> written/read from the top down, so people should bottom post.

> Personally, I want to get to the new stuff fast, so feel it's extra

> effort to page down to the latest. This has nothing to do with the

> original post, but as we seem to be in conmiseration mode, thought

> I'd bottom post this comment. .

There are multiple "Andrew"s in the list...not sure which one you meant. I
hope it's not me....whether one top or bottom posts, that's a religious war,
and I'd personally try to stay away from commenting! (Although maybe I did,
but I doubt it!).

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