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 Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 1:15 am Post subject: Question for users of older vesrion of Quicken |
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This is a question for users who are still actively using very old
versions of Quicken. Are you worried about integrity of your data
file (sort of Y2K problem of different kind) as the time goes by? If
so, do you have any action-plans other than forced to upgrade to
latest version?
I am still using Quicken 98, but on Windows Vista. Started with
Quicken for DOS, but did not find any compelling reasons to upgrade to
later versions of “bloatware” past Q98. Have over 15 years of data
with over 25,000 transactions in 110 accounts. I am religiously trying
out annual upgrade of every version of Quicken since 1998, but still a
hold-out.
Of late, structural integrity of old format of Quicken Data file is on
back of my mind. Apart from good number of backups and religiously
doing validates/super validates, I am totally blank.
Please no flames – I am just looking for some creative suggestions.
Thank you in advance for your suggestions,
Arun |
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Stevey
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: Question for users of older vesrion of Quicken |
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Still using Q98 on Vista myself with no problems and no concenrs.
customer.service.arun@gmail.com wrote:
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This is a question for users who are still actively using very old
versions of Quicken. Are you worried about integrity of your data
file (sort of Y2K problem of different kind) as the time goes by? If
so, do you have any action-plans other than forced to upgrade to
latest version?
I am still using Quicken 98, but on Windows Vista. Started with
Quicken for DOS, but did not find any compelling reasons to upgrade to
later versions of “bloatware” past Q98. Have over 15 years of data
with over 25,000 transactions in 110 accounts. I am religiously trying
out annual upgrade of every version of Quicken since 1998, but still a
hold-out.
Of late, structural integrity of old format of Quicken Data file is on
back of my mind. Apart from good number of backups and religiously
doing validates/super validates, I am totally blank.
Please no flames – I am just looking for some creative suggestions.
Thank you in advance for your suggestions,
Arun |
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Fred J. Tydeman
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 8:32 pm Post subject: Re: Question for users of older vesrion of Quicken |
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On Tue, 13 May 2008 01:15:33 UTC, customer.service.arun@gmail.com wrote:
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This is a question for users who are still actively using very old
versions of Quicken. Are you worried about integrity of your data
file (sort of Y2K problem of different kind) as the time goes by? If
so, do you have any action-plans other than forced to upgrade to
latest version?
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Yes, I am worried (as I have found data corruption in the past).
I have found a solution. On a daily basis, I use Quicken to copy
the file (which I have found cleans up the data corruption), and
then use Quicken to rename the file. This is also how I keep 7
recent backups. On an annual basis, I do the year end stuff, so
that I have a file for each year. Each file (including current one)
has about 4 years of data in it. I rarely have a need to refer to
financial data older than 4 years ago (but when I do, I can).
I still am using Quicken for DOS. I have about 100 accounts.
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+1 (775) 358-9748 Vice-chair of PL22.11 (ANSI "C")
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danbrown
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: Question for users of older vesrion of Quicken |
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On May 12, 8:15 pm, customer.service.a...@gmail.com wrote:
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If > so, do you have any action-plans other than forced to upgrade to
latest version?
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FORCED UPGRADE TO THE LATEST VERSION!!!!!
There IS a forced upgrade to a NEWER version.
Go out to eBay and buy 2006 or 2007 for a fraction of the cost of
2008.
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 2:28 am Post subject: Re: Question for users of older vesrion of Quicken |
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On May 15, 7:56 pm, "rtr" <rreeds@(REMOVE)san.rr.com> wrote:
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I am using Q 2008 but if these damn files were backward compatible I would
go back to Q99 in a heartbeat with no reservations
Ralph
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Which begs the question of why you ever bothered to upgrade???
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 5:56 am Post subject: Re: Question for users of older vesrion of Quicken |
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I am using Q 2008 but if these damn files were backward compatible I would
go back to Q99 in a heartbeat with no reservations
Ralph |
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: Question for users of older vesrion of Quicken |
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rtr wrote:
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I am using Q 2008 but if these damn files were backward compatible I would
go back to Q99 in a heartbeat with no reservations
I chose to stay with Q2001. It does everything that I need. |
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject: Re: Question for users of older vesrion of Quicken |
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"danbrown" <db37215@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On May 15, 7:56 pm, "rtr" <rreeds@(REMOVE)san.rr.com> wrote:
I am using Q 2008 but if these damn files were backward compatible I
would
go back to Q99 in a heartbeat with no reservations
Ralph
Which begs the question of why you ever bothered to upgrade???
db
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I Fell for the hype. Won't do that again!
Ralph |
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Jim Jensen
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 9:44 pm Post subject: Re: Question for users of older vesrion of Quicken |
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I am using Q 2008 but if these damn files were
backward compatible I would go back to Q99
in a heartbeat with no reservations
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Doesn't Q save a copy of your Q99 data during the upgrade process? If
so, it should be easy to go back, provided you haven't entered a ton of
data since the upgrade. |
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject: Re: Question for users of older vesrion of Quicken |
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"Jim Jensen" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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I am using Q 2008 but if these damn files were
backward compatible I would go back to Q99
in a heartbeat with no reservations
Doesn't Q save a copy of your Q99 data during the upgrade process? If so,
it should be easy to go back, provided you haven't entered a ton of data
since the upgrade.
That's the catch. By the time I got fed up with 2008 I had entered a couple |
of months of data.
Ralph |
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Han
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: Question for users of older vesrion of Quicken |
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"rtr" <rreeds@(REMOVE)san.rr.com> wrote in
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"Jim Jensen" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:tXDXj.3751$ah4.1456@flpi148.ffdc.sbc.com...
I am using Q 2008 but if these damn files were
backward compatible I would go back to Q99
in a heartbeat with no reservations
Doesn't Q save a copy of your Q99 data during the upgrade process?
If so, it should be easy to go back, provided you haven't entered a
ton of data since the upgrade.
That's the catch. By the time I got fed up with 2008 I had entered a
couple
of months of data.
Ralph
I always grumble about what pesters me in an upgrade. Then I learn to |
live with it. It helps to focus on the good sides, if you can find them.
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Best regards
Han
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