quicken 2009

Posted by Debbie Becker on September 16, 2008, 10:10 am

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> @bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

>> Jerry

>> P.S. Can anyone recommend a good *and safe* registry cleaner for Vista?

> I am using Registry First Aid Platinum 6.0.0 from Rosecity Software in

> admin mode. So far no problems, only good things.

> Vista home basic

| Thanks Han, I'll give it a look.

Just make sure to add descriptions to the files of removed entries (i.e.,
_DLLs) so you can figure out which ones to restore if you run into problems
later. I've been using it monthly for years and love it.

Deb

Posted by Margaret on September 1, 2008, 7:42 pm

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Bob Wang wrote:

> Margaret and John:

> Just to add some info about HP network printing under Vista Ultimate 32-bit

> and 64-bit (both pre-SP1 and post-SP1)

> I have an HP LJ 1320nw wireless and HP CLJ 2840 wired printers on my

> network.

> The 2840 works without any glitches (except that HP Director doesn't work

> under Vista 64-bit)

> Every few weeks I need to remove and re-install the 1320nw drivers to be

> able to print.

> 60 second procedure, if that.

> That's both on my Vista Ultimate 64-bit desktop, and numerous Vista Ultimate

> 32-bit laptops.

> XP Pro has no problems on SP2 and SP3.

> Bob

Thanks for this info, Bob. Unfortunately my friends' printer (HP 2610)
works fine for 3-4 days max then simply disappears along with all
printing capability. My friends are simply not computer-savvy enough to
remove and reinstall/reconfigure drivers at all, let alone every few
days. I just heard today that they got the Lexmark wireless printer but
are going on vacation for a few days. Thus, I won't be able to revert
to my pre-printer image of their machine and test the Lexmark for a week
or so. Will post back when I have more info.

John, when printing dies on my Vista32 SP1 laptop, it's not just Quicken
that can't print. It's Thunderbird, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Word,
etc. My printer icon doesn't disappear, however. The PC goes through
the motions of printing, but no pages emerge from the printer.
Fortunately a system restart restores printing to all apps. I am
unfamiliar with the wpr.dat file but will stash this info away for
future reference. Thx!

Regards,

Margaret

Posted by Han on August 30, 2008, 2:04 pm

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> Han wrote:

>>> bjn wrote:

>>>> Doesn't run on Windows 2000.

>>>>

>>>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:39:13 -0700 (PDT), hrmascioli@bellsouth.net

>>>> wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> here is a demo of 2009 features; you judge if it's worth the

>>>>> upgrade....

>>>>>

>>>>> watch demo flash under box.....

>>>>>

>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Intuit-406502-Quicken-Premier-2009/dp/B001D1T

>>>>> EI E/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1219581469&sr=8-1

>>> And this is a surprise???? For crying out loud, W2K is 8 years

>>> old!!!

>>>

>> It may not be a surprise, but XP isn't that much younger, is it? ANd

>> it still seems to be the preferred OS among Windows. I have a Vista

>> laptop (Home basic, so far, as the performance index is 2.3, but I'll

>> try to put the better cpu in it today). Vista has NOT lived up to

>> its billing. It is sufficiently different from XP to cause user

>> problems, requires too much horsepower, and offers little benefits

>> other than bells and whistles, but maybe a better edition than home

>> basic will show more benefit. Now I have my Acer redo disks, it will

>> just be a question of swapping hard drives for more experiences,

>> including ubuntu.

> Han, I'm running XP Pro SP3 on my main desktop and Vista HP32 on my

> laptop, which is running 3GB RAM and a fast dual CPU. Performance

> index = 4.7. Vista is better now that SP1 is out (and I've turned off

> much of the eye candy), but there are still certain hardware

> compatibilities that have caused trouble for my friends (not to

> mention me and countless others). One example is an HP network

> printer, two years old. Unfortunately HP hasn't updated their Vista

> drivers for this and newer network printers since 03/2007. I blame HP

> for this however....

> I've finally gotten Vista to the point where it runs well, and I have

> most of its idiosyncrasies worked out to where I'm fairly comfortable.

> But if it's true that MS is hard at work on the next version of

> Windows, supposedly a lightweight, modularized OS with more

> compatibility and far less bloat, I'll be moving from Vista to that.

> Still, XP Pro SP3 does all and I need and more, and if my (printer

> problem) friends had stayed with XP, they'd be happily using their HP

> network printer instead of going to Circuit City this weekend to pick

> up a wireless Lexmark with the hope it will work with Vista.

> Sigh.... But this is the stuff that kept me with plenty to do in my

> working days. :-)

> Regards,

> Margaret

I had bought a $400 Acer Aspire 3680-2633. I added RAM to 2 GB (~$100),
replaced the DVD-ROM with a DVD & CD writer (~$80), and just now replaced
the 1.6 GHz Celeron M processor 520 with a Core 2 T7200 @ 2 GHz (off
Ebay, from Hong Kong, ~$180). "Windows Experience Index" went from 2.3
to 3.0, and I am wondering whether this is enough to uograde from Vista
Home Basic to Home Premium. When I started the upgrade process, MS told
me that it was $80 + $5 shipping + $5 tax, and would take up to 4 weeks,
so I said thanks, but no thanks ...

I wish I could get all the drivers for XP, but that seems an empty wish.
SO far I have not been able to get Vista SP1 installed.

I have not had problems with printing, but it is really handled over the
network through my XP desktop (Brother HL 5040& Canon iP6700). I have a
scanner (some Canon), but have not connected it to my laptop (why should
I?).

Just about all my software works. There is only 1 small hitch - I use a
program called Mailwasher that prescreens email from all my accounts, and
from which I can delete emails off the servers if I deem them worthless
or worse. It is supposed to fire up my Eudora and tell her to getmy
mail, but that does not work 100%. It works the first time,because Eudora
is set to get mail on startup (and then every 24 hrs), it does not work
anymore the next time, like in XP. small problem, really.

--
Best regards
Han
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Posted by gp on August 30, 2008, 9:42 pm

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>> Han wrote:

>>>

>>>> bjn wrote:

>>>>> Doesn't run on Windows 2000.

>>>>>

>>>>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:39:13 -0700 (PDT), hrmascioli@bellsouth.net

>>>>> wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>> here is a demo of 2009 features; you judge if it's worth the

>>>>>> upgrade....

>>>>>>

>>>>>> watch demo flash under box.....

>>>>>>

>>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Intuit-406502-Quicken-Premier-2009/dp/B001D1T

>>>>>> EI E/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1219581469&sr=8-1

>>>> And this is a surprise???? For crying out loud, W2K is 8 years

>>>> old!!!

>>>>

>>> It may not be a surprise, but XP isn't that much younger, is it? ANd

>>> it still seems to be the preferred OS among Windows. I have a Vista

>>> laptop (Home basic, so far, as the performance index is 2.3, but I'll

>>> try to put the better cpu in it today). Vista has NOT lived up to

>>> its billing. It is sufficiently different from XP to cause user

>>> problems, requires too much horsepower, and offers little benefits

>>> other than bells and whistles, but maybe a better edition than home

>>> basic will show more benefit. Now I have my Acer redo disks, it will

>>> just be a question of swapping hard drives for more experiences,

>>> including ubuntu.

>> Han, I'm running XP Pro SP3 on my main desktop and Vista HP32 on my

>> laptop, which is running 3GB RAM and a fast dual CPU. Performance

>> index = 4.7. Vista is better now that SP1 is out (and I've turned off

>> much of the eye candy), but there are still certain hardware

>> compatibilities that have caused trouble for my friends (not to

>> mention me and countless others). One example is an HP network

>> printer, two years old. Unfortunately HP hasn't updated their Vista

>> drivers for this and newer network printers since 03/2007. I blame HP

>> for this however....

>> I've finally gotten Vista to the point where it runs well, and I have

>> most of its idiosyncrasies worked out to where I'm fairly comfortable.

>> But if it's true that MS is hard at work on the next version of

>> Windows, supposedly a lightweight, modularized OS with more

>> compatibility and far less bloat, I'll be moving from Vista to that.

>> Still, XP Pro SP3 does all and I need and more, and if my (printer

>> problem) friends had stayed with XP, they'd be happily using their HP

>> network printer instead of going to Circuit City this weekend to pick

>> up a wireless Lexmark with the hope it will work with Vista.

>> Sigh.... But this is the stuff that kept me with plenty to do in my

>> working days. :-)

>> Regards,

>> Margaret

>I had bought a $400 Acer Aspire 3680-2633. I added RAM to 2 GB (~$100),

>replaced the DVD-ROM with a DVD & CD writer (~$80), and just now replaced

>the 1.6 GHz Celeron M processor 520 with a Core 2 T7200 @ 2 GHz (off

>Ebay, from Hong Kong, ~$180). "Windows Experience Index" went from 2.3

>to 3.0, and I am wondering whether this is enough to uograde from Vista

>Home Basic to Home Premium. When I started the upgrade process, MS told

>me that it was $80 + $5 shipping + $5 tax, and would take up to 4 weeks,

>so I said thanks, but no thanks ...

>I wish I could get all the drivers for XP, but that seems an empty wish.

>SO far I have not been able to get Vista SP1 installed.

>I have not had problems with printing, but it is really handled over the

>network through my XP desktop (Brother HL 5040& Canon iP6700). I have a

>scanner (some Canon), but have not connected it to my laptop (why should

>I?).

>Just about all my software works. There is only 1 small hitch - I use a

>program called Mailwasher that prescreens email from all my accounts, and

>from which I can delete emails off the servers if I deem them worthless

>or worse. It is supposed to fire up my Eudora and tell her to getmy

>mail, but that does not work 100%. It works the first time,because Eudora

>is set to get mail on startup (and then every 24 hrs), it does not work

>anymore the next time, like in XP. small problem, really.

A friend bought an Acer and was able to find all the drivers for XP
except for the modem. I cannot find his email but he found all the
drivers on ACer's web page. The following might help. I suggested he
buy a new HD and install XP to it and keep his Vista as a backup. It
worked for him but this was about 5 months ago.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-UPGRADE-from-Vista-to-Windows-XP-on-an-Acer/

Posted by Han on August 31, 2008, 7:09 am

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>>I had bought a $400 Acer Aspire 3680-2633. I added RAM to 2 GB

>>(~$100), replaced the DVD-ROM with a DVD & CD writer (~$80), and just

>>now replaced the 1.6 GHz Celeron M processor 520 with a Core 2 T7200 @

>>2 GHz (off Ebay, from Hong Kong, ~$180). "Windows Experience Index"

>>went from 2.3 to 3.0, and I am wondering whether this is enough to

>>uograde from Vista Home Basic to Home Premium. When I started the

>>upgrade process, MS told me that it was $80 + $5 shipping + $5 tax,

>>and would take up to 4 weeks, so I said thanks, but no thanks ...

>>I wish I could get all the drivers for XP, but that seems an empty

>>wish. SO far I have not been able to get Vista SP1 installed.

>>I have not had problems with printing, but it is really handled over

>>the network through my XP desktop (Brother HL 5040& Canon iP6700). I

>>have a scanner (some Canon), but have not connected it to my laptop

>>(why should I?).

>>Just about all my software works. There is only 1 small hitch - I use

>>a program called Mailwasher that prescreens email from all my

>>accounts, and from which I can delete emails off the servers if I deem

>>them worthless or worse. It is supposed to fire up my Eudora and tell

>>her to getmy mail, but that does not work 100%. It works the first

>>time,because Eudora is set to get mail on startup (and then every 24

>>hrs), it does not work anymore the next time, like in XP. small

>>problem, really.

> A friend bought an Acer and was able to find all the drivers for XP

> except for the modem. I cannot find his email but he found all the

> drivers on ACer's web page. The following might help. I suggested he

> buy a new HD and install XP to it and keep his Vista as a backup. It

> worked for him but this was about 5 months ago.

> http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-UPGRADE-from-Vista-to-Windows-XP

> -on-an-Acer/

Thanks!!! I'll try on a separate hard drive. Except for Bios settings,
that should yield me 2 machines with identical hardware, and make it
possible to switch easily.

--
Best regards
Han
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