Quicken & Vista

Posted by Jon Sebastian on May 16, 2008, 5:59 am

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I have been using Quicken XG (2004) in UK with Window XP and now am having
to upgrade to my new computer which has Vista. I understand this
application will not operate on Vista. I have tried migrating to Money 2005
but that application does not seem to import all my transactions. Intuit
suggest that I buy Quickbooks Pro 2008 and use that. Will Quickbooks Pro
work OK?
Does anyone have any thoughts or recommendations?

Thanks Jon

Posted by R. C. White on May 16, 2008, 9:02 am

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Hi, Jon.

I'm in the USA, have never been to the UK, and have never used Quicken XG.
But I don't understand why Quicken XG (2004) would not work with Vista.

> I understand this application will not operate on Vista.

Where did you hear this? Have you actually tried Quicken XG on Vista? Do
you personally know anybody who has tried it?

There should be some members here who can confirm or correct your
understanding.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Currently running Quicken 2008 Deluxe in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

> I have been using Quicken XG (2004) in UK with Window XP and now am having

> to upgrade to my new computer which has Vista. I understand this

> application will not operate on Vista. I have tried migrating to Money

> 2005 but that application does not seem to import all my transactions.

> Intuit suggest that I buy Quickbooks Pro 2008 and use that. Will

> Quickbooks Pro work OK?

> Does anyone have any thoughts or recommendations?

> Thanks Jon

Posted by Jon Sebastian on May 16, 2008, 1:50 pm

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Hi RC

Please see links below re non compatibility. Also have met with same
problem myself

http://boards.fool.co.uk/Message.asp?mid=10531869&sort=recommendations
http://www.pctips.org.uk/html/windows_vista.html

Jon

> Hi, Jon.

> I'm in the USA, have never been to the UK, and have never used Quicken XG.

> But I don't understand why Quicken XG (2004) would not work with Vista.

>> I understand this application will not operate on Vista.

> Where did you hear this? Have you actually tried Quicken XG on Vista? Do

> you personally know anybody who has tried it?

> There should be some members here who can confirm or correct your

> understanding.

> RC

> --

> R. C. White, CPA

> San Marcos, TX

> (Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)

> rc@grandecom.net

> Microsoft Windows MVP

> (Currently running Quicken 2008 Deluxe in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

>> I have been using Quicken XG (2004) in UK with Window XP and now am

>> having to upgrade to my new computer which has Vista. I understand this

>> application will not operate on Vista. I have tried migrating to Money

>> 2005 but that application does not seem to import all my transactions.

>> Intuit suggest that I buy Quickbooks Pro 2008 and use that. Will

>> Quickbooks Pro work OK?

>> Does anyone have any thoughts or recommendations?

>> Thanks Jon

Posted by Laura on May 17, 2008, 8:44 am

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There are numerous internet postings that say that 2004 through 2006
programs for quickbooks, quicken and peachtree won't work with Vista. I know
several people that have been able to get their programs to work. Vista
allows you to install/run programs in XP compatibility mode. Do all options
work properly? Probably not. In many cases it is not the operating system
that is causing the problem. It is IE7 that is the culprit. Many people had
problems on XP when they installed IE7.

Try installing 2004 on Vista to see if it will work. You may have to install
it in XP mode to get it to work but it is worth a shot.

If you feel that it is not working then get 2008 Quicken and not QB pro.
Unless you have needs to to invoicing, etc QB is overkill for most household
financial tracking. I suspect that the sale person was just trying to con
you into buying a more expensive program.

--
Laura

> Hi RC

> Please see links below re non compatibility. Also have met with same

> problem myself

> http://boards.fool.co.uk/Message.asp?mid=10531869&sort=recommendations

> http://www.pctips.org.uk/html/windows_vista.html

> Jon

>> Hi, Jon.

>> I'm in the USA, have never been to the UK, and have never used Quicken

>> XG. But I don't understand why Quicken XG (2004) would not work with

>> Vista.

>>> I understand this application will not operate on Vista.

>> Where did you hear this? Have you actually tried Quicken XG on Vista?

>> Do you personally know anybody who has tried it?

>> There should be some members here who can confirm or correct your

>> understanding.

>> RC

>> --

>> R. C. White, CPA

>> San Marcos, TX

>> (Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)

>> rc@grandecom.net

>> Microsoft Windows MVP

>> (Currently running Quicken 2008 Deluxe in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

>>> I have been using Quicken XG (2004) in UK with Window XP and now am

>>> having to upgrade to my new computer which has Vista. I understand this

>>> application will not operate on Vista. I have tried migrating to Money

>>> 2005 but that application does not seem to import all my transactions.

>>> Intuit suggest that I buy Quickbooks Pro 2008 and use that. Will

>>> Quickbooks Pro work OK?

>>> Does anyone have any thoughts or recommendations?

>>>

>>> Thanks Jon

Posted by R. C. White on May 18, 2008, 4:27 pm

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Hi, Laura.

>>>> I have been using Quicken XG (2004) in UK with Window XP and now am

>>>> having to upgrade to my new computer which has Vista. I understand

>>>> this application will not operate on Vista.

The OP's question was specifically about Quicken XG - the British version of
Quicken. Do you have an answer to his specific question?

As to the US versions, I've reported several times here, and many other
users have reported, that all versions of Quicken run on Vista (both 32-bit
and 64-bit versions) with only rare exceptions, and without using WinXP
compatibility mode.

I have no experience with either QuickBooks or PeachTree programs, but I've
not heard any loud complaints.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Currently running Quicken 2008 Deluxe in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

> There are numerous internet postings that say that 2004 through 2006

> programs for quickbooks, quicken and peachtree won't work with Vista. I

> know several people that have been able to get their programs to work.

> Vista allows you to install/run programs in XP compatibility mode. Do all

> options work properly? Probably not. In many cases it is not the operating

> system that is causing the problem. It is IE7 that is the culprit. Many

> people had problems on XP when they installed IE7.

> Try installing 2004 on Vista to see if it will work. You may have to

> install it in XP mode to get it to work but it is worth a shot.

> If you feel that it is not working then get 2008 Quicken and not QB pro.

> Unless you have needs to to invoicing, etc QB is overkill for most

> household financial tracking. I suspect that the sale person was just

> trying to con you into buying a more expensive program.

> --

> Laura

>> Hi RC

>> Please see links below re non compatibility. Also have met with same

>> problem myself

>> http://boards.fool.co.uk/Message.asp?mid=10531869&sort=recommendations

>> http://www.pctips.org.uk/html/windows_vista.html

>> Jon

>>> Hi, Jon.

>>>

>>> I'm in the USA, have never been to the UK, and have never used Quicken

>>> XG. But I don't understand why Quicken XG (2004) would not work with

>>> Vista.

>>>

>>>> I understand this application will not operate on Vista.

>>>

>>> Where did you hear this? Have you actually tried Quicken XG on Vista?

>>> Do you personally know anybody who has tried it?

>>>

>>> There should be some members here who can confirm or correct your

>>> understanding.

>>>

>>> RC

>>>

>>>> I have been using Quicken XG (2004) in UK with Window XP and now am

>>>> having to upgrade to my new computer which has Vista. I understand

>>>> this application will not operate on Vista. I have tried migrating to

>>>> Money 2005 but that application does not seem to import all my

>>>> transactions. Intuit suggest that I buy Quickbooks Pro 2008 and use

>>>> that. Will Quickbooks Pro work OK?

>>>> Does anyone have any thoughts or recommendations?

>>>>

>>>> Thanks Jon