Quicken & Vista

Posted by R. C. White on May 18, 2008, 4:24 pm

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Hi, Jon.

While some users have reported compatibility problems, so far as I know,
most have not.

During Vista's lengthy beta period, I tested several successive builds of
both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista, starting in about August 2005
and continuing through Vista's RTM in November 2006. I've continued to run
Quicken on Vista (mostly Ultimate x64) to the present. I installed (many
times!) and ran Basic or Deluxe versions of Quicken 2005, 2006, 2007 and now
2008. While there were a few glitches (mostly with initial installations or
with automatic installations of Quicken Releases), all versions of Quicken
ran well with all versions of Vista.

I do not claim that there was perfect compatibility, or that I did not have
frustrations sometimes. But, all in all, Vista had fewer problems with
Quicken than with Photoshop or Nero or several other applications during the
transition period.

This was with all-USA products, as I said, and I have no experience with UK
versions of either Vista or Quicken. Your second link is not dated, so far
as I can see, but it seems to have been written soon after Vista was
released over a year ago, and the author was using it on a computer with
only 512 MB of RAM, which is barely adequate to install Vista. That article
includes this assertion:

"Vista won't run Quicken

"Intuit, the manufacturer of Quicken, stopped releasing UK versions of
Quicken after Quicken 2004.

"But versions of Quicken up to and including 2004 will not run on Windows
Vista. (You can install them, but they won't run)."

I have no way of testing whether that assertion was true, or if it is still
true today. If you have information about the current status of Quicken XG
2004 and Vista, could you please update us all?

RC
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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)

> 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

Posted by Mr. Slow on May 22, 2008, 6:01 am

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> Hi, Jon.

> While some users have reported compatibility problems, so far as I know,

> most have not.

> During Vista's lengthy beta period, I tested several successive builds of

> both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista, starting in about August

> 2005 and continuing through Vista's RTM in November 2006. I've continued

> to run Quicken on Vista (mostly Ultimate x64) to the present. I installed

> (many times!) and ran Basic or Deluxe versions of Quicken 2005, 2006, 2007

> and now 2008. While there were a few glitches (mostly with initial

> installations or with automatic installations of Quicken Releases), all

> versions of Quicken ran well with all versions of Vista.

> I do not claim that there was perfect compatibility, or that I did not

> have frustrations sometimes. But, all in all, Vista had fewer problems

> with Quicken than with Photoshop or Nero or several other applications

> during the transition period.

> This was with all-USA products, as I said, and I have no experience with

> UK versions of either Vista or Quicken. Your second link is not dated, so

> far as I can see, but it seems to have been written soon after Vista was

> released over a year ago, and the author was using it on a computer with

> only 512 MB of RAM, which is barely adequate to install Vista. That

> article includes this assertion:

> "Vista won't run Quicken

> "Intuit, the manufacturer of Quicken, stopped releasing UK versions of

> Quicken after Quicken 2004.

> "But versions of Quicken up to and including 2004 will not run on Windows

> Vista. (You can install them, but they won't run)."

> I have no way of testing whether that assertion was true, or if it is

> still true today. If you have information about the current status of

> Quicken XG 2004 and Vista, could you please update us all?

> RC

RC,

As we have discussed, I am now running Quicken 2001 (UK Edition) with Vista
Home Premium without a problem. I'm not even running in a compatibility
mode. It worked that way straight out of the box and I really don't see
there is a general problem with older versions (at least) of Quicken and
Vista.

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Posted by Stevey on May 22, 2008, 8:45 am

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Quicken 99 runs fine with Vista.

>> Hi, Jon.

>> While some users have reported compatibility problems, so far as I know,

>> most have not.

>> During Vista's lengthy beta period, I tested several successive builds of

>> both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista, starting in about August

>> 2005 and continuing through Vista's RTM in November 2006. I've continued

>> to run Quicken on Vista (mostly Ultimate x64) to the present. I installed

>> (many times!) and ran Basic or Deluxe versions of Quicken 2005, 2006, 2007

>> and now 2008. While there were a few glitches (mostly with initial

>> installations or with automatic installations of Quicken Releases), all

>> versions of Quicken ran well with all versions of Vista.

>> I do not claim that there was perfect compatibility, or that I did not

>> have frustrations sometimes. But, all in all, Vista had fewer problems

>> with Quicken than with Photoshop or Nero or several other applications

>> during the transition period.

>> This was with all-USA products, as I said, and I have no experience with

>> UK versions of either Vista or Quicken. Your second link is not dated, so

>> far as I can see, but it seems to have been written soon after Vista was

>> released over a year ago, and the author was using it on a computer with

>> only 512 MB of RAM, which is barely adequate to install Vista. That

>> article includes this assertion:

>> "Vista won't run Quicken

>> "Intuit, the manufacturer of Quicken, stopped releasing UK versions of

>> Quicken after Quicken 2004.

>> "But versions of Quicken up to and including 2004 will not run on Windows

>> Vista. (You can install them, but they won't run)."

>> I have no way of testing whether that assertion was true, or if it is

>> still true today. If you have information about the current status of

>> Quicken XG 2004 and Vista, could you please update us all?

>> RC

>RC,

>As we have discussed, I am now running Quicken 2001 (UK Edition) with Vista

>Home Premium without a problem. I'm not even running in a compatibility

>mode. It worked that way straight out of the box and I really don't see

>there is a general problem with older versions (at least) of Quicken and

>Vista.

Posted by R. C. White on May 22, 2008, 11:50 am

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Hi, Stevey.

Is that the UK (British) version of Quicken 99?

We're discussing the UK versions specifically, since we know that all US
versions run fine with Vista. The OP said "I understand this application
[Quicken XG (2004) in UK] will not operate on Vista." We're just trying to
determine whether the XG versions of Quicken will or will not run on Vista.

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)

> Quicken 99 runs fine with Vista.

>>> Hi, Jon.

>>>

>>> While some users have reported compatibility problems, so far as I know,

>>> most have not.

>>>

>>> During Vista's lengthy beta period, I tested several successive builds

>>> of

>>> both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista, starting in about August

>>> 2005 and continuing through Vista's RTM in November 2006. I've

>>> continued

>>> to run Quicken on Vista (mostly Ultimate x64) to the present. I

>>> installed

>>> (many times!) and ran Basic or Deluxe versions of Quicken 2005, 2006,

>>> 2007

>>> and now 2008. While there were a few glitches (mostly with initial

>>> installations or with automatic installations of Quicken Releases), all

>>> versions of Quicken ran well with all versions of Vista.

>>>

>>> I do not claim that there was perfect compatibility, or that I did not

>>> have frustrations sometimes. But, all in all, Vista had fewer problems

>>> with Quicken than with Photoshop or Nero or several other applications

>>> during the transition period.

>>>

>>> This was with all-USA products, as I said, and I have no experience with

>>> UK versions of either Vista or Quicken. Your second link is not dated,

>>> so

>>> far as I can see, but it seems to have been written soon after Vista was

>>> released over a year ago, and the author was using it on a computer with

>>> only 512 MB of RAM, which is barely adequate to install Vista. That

>>> article includes this assertion:

>>>

>>> "Vista won't run Quicken

>>>

>>> "Intuit, the manufacturer of Quicken, stopped releasing UK versions of

>>> Quicken after Quicken 2004.

>>>

>>> "But versions of Quicken up to and including 2004 will not run on

>>> Windows

>>> Vista. (You can install them, but they won't run)."

>>>

>>> I have no way of testing whether that assertion was true, or if it is

>>> still true today. If you have information about the current status of

>>> Quicken XG 2004 and Vista, could you please update us all?

>>>

>>> RC

>>RC,

>>As we have discussed, I am now running Quicken 2001 (UK Edition) with

>>Vista

>>Home Premium without a problem. I'm not even running in a compatibility

>>mode. It worked that way straight out of the box and I really don't see

>>there is a general problem with older versions (at least) of Quicken and

>>Vista.

Posted by Stevey on May 22, 2008, 12:38 pm

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No, it's the US version. Sorry.

>Hi, Stevey.

>Is that the UK (British) version of Quicken 99?

>We're discussing the UK versions specifically, since we know that all US

>versions run fine with Vista. The OP said "I understand this application

>[Quicken XG (2004) in UK] will not operate on Vista." We're just trying to

>determine whether the XG versions of Quicken will or will not run on Vista.

>RC