Quicken 2007

Posted by Tim G. on April 21, 2007, 8:41 am

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Are there any issues at all with Q2007 and VISTA? Does it install ok,
or do you have to install as an administrator?

Posted by Don Bouchard on April 21, 2007, 3:21 pm

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I have, so far, been unsuccessful in installing (x4) Quicken 2007 on my new
HP Notebook with Vista. Vista is a Byzantine, unpredictably complex,
unintuitive OS. I have searched the Intuit Quicken website for advice on
installing Quicken 2007 in Vista--following the advice has resulted in 0
success. Stick with Quicken + Windows XP.

> Are there any issues at all with Q2007 and VISTA? Does it install ok,

> or do you have to install as an administrator?

Posted by Sid H on April 24, 2007, 5:28 pm

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> Are there any issues at all with Q2007 and VISTA? Does it install ok,

> or do you have to install as an administrator?

Posted by MrTom on April 25, 2007, 12:33 pm

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Sid H wrote:

>> Are there any issues at all with Q2007 and VISTA? Does it install ok,

>> or do you have to install as an administrator?

> no

Sid,

There were essentially three questions asked and you answered "no". Do
you actually mean

1. No, there aren't any issues.
and
2. No, it does not install ok.
and
3. No, you don't have to install as an administrator.

or were you answering "no" to only one or two of the questions?

Tom

Posted by R. C. White on May 16, 2007, 9:49 am

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Hi, Tim.

> Are there any issues at all with Q2007 and VISTA?

Any at all? Wow! I've been using Quicken for about 16 years, and Windows
for longer than that. There are ALWAYS "issues". :-{

But the installation of Quicken 2007 Basic into Vista Ultimate x64 was
smooth and painless. There were issues with updating Quicken to Release 3,
back in January, but R4 was easy and R5 last week was no problem at all.

> Does it install ok,

> or do you have to install as an administrator?

Since I'm a one-man, one-computer kind of guy, I never had to deal with or
learn much about multiple users, permissions, etc., until Vista. As you
probably have heard, Microsoft placed a LOT of emphasis on security in
Vista, including a new overall protection scheme called User Access Control
(UAC). In the early days after installation of Vista, when just about
everything we do (installing hardware and drivers, installing applications,
importing data from our former computer or operating system, etc.) requires
the Administrator password, many users get so frustrated that they turn off
UAC, which leaves their computers almost as vulnerable as they were before
Vista. Or they use the Administrator account full-time, bypassing the
security measures.

The better way is to leave UAC working, but right-click on Quicken's
Setup.exe and choose Run as Administrator. This puts your "shields down"
just enough and long enough for the installation, but leaves you free to use
Quicken on a daily basis without excessive restrictions. After
installation, UAC continues to protect you from unauthorized access to
Quicken.

I've been using Quicken 2007 Basic since about September, first on the Vista
beta and on the final Vista versions (both 32-bit and 64-bit) since
November. I'm happy with the combination. ;<)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Currently running Vista Ultimate x64)

> Are there any issues at all with Q2007 and VISTA? Does it install ok,

> or do you have to install as an administrator?