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Two Versions on Same Machine Edward W. Thompson 12-24-2007
Posted by Edward W. Thompson on December 24, 2007, 1:14 am
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 I have been runnng Quicken 99 since time began and am finally thinking
of 'upgrading' to Quicken 2008. However, my overview of the latest
version indicates it has many more 'bells and whistles' than '99' and
whether I either want, need or will benefit from these 'extras'
remains to be seen. Before I make the 'leap' I would like to try
'2008' but the installation program will not 'allow' two versions to
co-exist. Is there any way round this?

Posted by gk on December 24, 2007, 8:13 am
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 wrote:
> I have been runnng Quicken 99 since time began and am finally thinking
> of 'upgrading' to Quicken 2008. However, my overview of the latest
> version indicates it has many more 'bells and whistles' than '99' and
> whether I either want, need or will benefit from these 'extras'
> remains to be seen. Before I make the 'leap' I would like to try
> '2008' but the installation program will not 'allow' two versions to
> co-exist. Is there any way round this?

It's probably better to follow Intuit recommendation and uninstall
older version before (or during-?) Q2008 installation.Of course,
backup your data sets prior to this.
Should you decide to revert back, you only need to remove Quicken 2008
from your PC, and re-install your old version.

Posted by Ken Abrams on December 24, 2007, 9:11 am
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>I have been runnng Quicken 99 since time began and am finally thinking
> of 'upgrading' to Quicken 2008.

I just went through exactly that conversion........but I had a new computer
to make the transition easier (or different, at least).
My advice: If you are happy with '99 (I was), do NOT go to 2008!!
I would still be using '99 on the new machine except that it was OEM on the
old machine and I had no disk.
I ended up dropping back to '05 because the reports have been "screwed up"
since '06.

Good luck!


Posted by Rick Blaine on December 24, 2007, 9:46 am
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>My advice: If you are happy with '99 (I was), do NOT go to 2008!!


IIRC, you will run into problems with the file conversion if you wait too many
years between upgrades.

Posted by John Pollard on December 24, 2007, 3:44 pm
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Rick Blaine wrote:
>
>> My advice: If you are happy with '99 (I was), do NOT go to
>> 2008!!

> IIRC, you will run into problems with the file conversion if
> you wait
> too many years between upgrades.

I agree.

Intuit has a plan for this situation; they have what they call
"trial versions" of Quicken that they will "give" you so you can
make the conversion is two steps. I think the intermediate
"trial version" times out in 30 days, or some such.

[I had Q2002 and was happy with that, but I had no objection to
moving to Q2005 which I am also happy with. Pretty soon, I
expect I'll be moving to Q2008 and I think I'll be happy with
that too (I've been testiing with it since it was released).]

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