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 Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject: questions about 2008 home and business |
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Hi
After years of using and being perfectly happy with Quicken 2000 deluxe to
run both home accounts and my wife's small business accounts, I'm finally
being pressured to upgrade because I've acquired a new computer based on
64bit Vista, and Quicken just won't install. I have been able to set it up
in a Virtual PC installation of XP, but I'd rather have a simpler life. But
the other problem is that I'm in the UK.
So I have a few questions and would be grateful for replies.
1. Is Quicken Home & Business 2008 compatible with 64 bit Vista?
2. Is it multi-currency - or if not, could I just use it anyway and ignore
the $ sign. I enter and reconcile all data manually, so there won't be an
issue about downloaded info from banks etc.
3. Does it, like my current version, allow users to edit mistakes after the
event. I ask this because when I enter data for my wife's business I
sometimes discover that she gave me an incorrect figure or date or whatever,
and I want to be able to alter it without that being visible.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject: Re: questions about 2008 home and business |
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"JIP" <johnprice108@hotmail.com> wrote:
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So I have a few questions and would be grateful for replies.
1. Is Quicken Home & Business 2008 compatible with 64 bit Vista?
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Yes.
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2. Is it multi-currency - or if not, could I just use it anyway
and ignore the $ sign. I enter and reconcile all data manually, so
there won't be an issue about downloaded info from banks etc.
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Yes, on the "Edit" menu select "Quicken Program" and click on "calendar
and currancy". Check the box for "Multi-currency support" and click
"OK" to exit. Next on the "Tools" menu, "Currency List" you can select
your home currency.
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3. Does it, like my current version, allow users to edit mistakes
after the event.
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Yes.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject: Re: questions about 2008 home and business |
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"XS11E" <xs11e@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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"JIP" <johnprice108@hotmail.com> wrote:
So I have a few questions and would be grateful for replies.
1. Is Quicken Home & Business 2008 compatible with 64 bit Vista?
Yes.
2. Is it multi-currency - or if not, could I just use it anyway
and ignore the $ sign. I enter and reconcile all data manually, so
there won't be an issue about downloaded info from banks etc.
Yes, on the "Edit" menu select "Quicken Program" and click on "calendar
and currancy". Check the box for "Multi-currency support" and click
"OK" to exit. Next on the "Tools" menu, "Currency List" you can select
your home currency.
3. Does it, like my current version, allow users to edit mistakes
after the event.
Yes.
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Brilliant - many thanks |
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John Pollard
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject: Re: questions about 2008 home and business |
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JIP wrote:
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Hi
After years of using and being perfectly happy with Quicken
2000
deluxe to run both home accounts and my wife's small business
accounts, I'm finally being pressured to upgrade because I've
acquired a new computer based on 64bit Vista, and
Quicken just won't install.
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Did you run the install as "administrator"? [Not the same as
running the install as a user with admin priveledges.]
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I have been able to set it up in a Virtual PC installation
of XP, but I'd rather have a simpler life.
But the other problem is that I'm in the UK.
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I don't know whether this means that you are using the UK
version of Quicken, as opposed to living in the UK and using the
US version of Quicken.
If you are now using the UK version of Quicken, you will
probably have a bit more of a problem than the answers to your
original questions would provide: The US versions of Quicken
will not convert (upgrade) the data from any non-US version of
Quicken.
To get your data from a UK version of Quicken into a US version
of Quicken, you will have to export from the UK version to QIF
files, then import those QIF files into the US version.
But it's even somewhat (or a lot, depending on who you talk to)
more complicated than that. For starters, I believe you will
have to manually establish the accounts in the US version of
Quicken before importing their transactions from the QIF files.
You will also lose any UK specific capabilities such as VAT tax,
etc.
And there are probably a few other problems that I have
forgotten (I only know what those who have tried the UK-to-US
process have posted ... and my memory isn't that great). You
can search the archives of this newsgroup using Google, and you
can check the Intuit Quicken Forums.
Luckily, Quicken has a 60 day money back guarantee; so if you
can get your hands on a US version, you'll have a little time to
try it to see if you like it.
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John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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JIP
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:16 am Post subject: Re: questions about 2008 home and business |
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"John Pollard" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:s3R6k.162719$TT4.93019@attbi_s22...
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JIP wrote:
Hi
After years of using and being perfectly happy with Quicken 2000
deluxe to run both home accounts and my wife's small business
accounts, I'm finally being pressured to upgrade because I've
acquired a new computer based on 64bit Vista, and
Quicken just won't install.
Did you run the install as "administrator"? [Not the same as running the
install as a user with admin priveledges.]
I have been able to set it up in a Virtual PC installation
of XP, but I'd rather have a simpler life.
But the other problem is that I'm in the UK.
I don't know whether this means that you are using the UK version of
Quicken, as opposed to living in the UK and using the US version of
Quicken.
If you are now using the UK version of Quicken, you will probably have a
bit more of a problem than the answers to your original questions would
provide: The US versions of Quicken will not convert (upgrade) the data
from any non-US version of Quicken.
To get your data from a UK version of Quicken into a US version of
Quicken, you will have to export from the UK version to QIF files, then
import those QIF files into the US version.
But it's even somewhat (or a lot, depending on who you talk to) more
complicated than that. For starters, I believe you will have to manually
establish the accounts in the US version of Quicken before importing their
transactions from the QIF files.
You will also lose any UK specific capabilities such as VAT tax, etc.
And there are probably a few other problems that I have forgotten (I only
know what those who have tried the UK-to-US process have posted ... and my
memory isn't that great). You can search the archives of this newsgroup
using Google, and you can check the Intuit Quicken Forums.
Luckily, Quicken has a 60 day money back guarantee; so if you can get your
hands on a US version, you'll have a little time to try it to see if you
like it.
--
John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
Please reply to newsgroup
Hi John |
Yes I use the UK version in the UK
And yes I tried installing my old version as administrator, it just won't
have it - a shame, because it does everything I want.
Anyway, I've installed 2008, and it converted my wife's business account in
a snap, although showing $ instead of £. I went through the process of
selecting sterling as the home currency but there seems to be a mixed
result. In the Account Bar, each account still shows the amount in $, but
the balance figure for the different groups (e.g. Personal Cash flow) shows
in £. Is there a way to make each account's balance show as £. I could just
use it anyway, but it irks!
I also tried converting the file for my home accounts, and it wouldn't!!! So
now I'm going to try your idea of exporting a QIF file.
Thanks for your comments |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:31 am Post subject: Re: questions about 2008 home and business |
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"John Pollard" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message
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JIP wrote:
Hi
After years of using and being perfectly happy with Quicken 2000
deluxe to run both home accounts and my wife's small business
accounts, I'm finally being pressured to upgrade because I've
acquired a new computer based on 64bit Vista, and
Quicken just won't install.
Did you run the install as "administrator"? [Not the same as running the
install as a user with admin priveledges.]
I have been able to set it up in a Virtual PC installation
of XP, but I'd rather have a simpler life.
But the other problem is that I'm in the UK.
I don't know whether this means that you are using the UK version of
Quicken, as opposed to living in the UK and using the US version of
Quicken.
If you are now using the UK version of Quicken, you will probably have a
bit more of a problem than the answers to your original questions would
provide: The US versions of Quicken will not convert (upgrade) the data
from any non-US version of Quicken.
To get your data from a UK version of Quicken into a US version of
Quicken, you will have to export from the UK version to QIF files, then
import those QIF files into the US version.
But it's even somewhat (or a lot, depending on who you talk to) more
complicated than that. For starters, I believe you will have to manually
establish the accounts in the US version of Quicken before importing their
transactions from the QIF files.
You will also lose any UK specific capabilities such as VAT tax, etc.
And there are probably a few other problems that I have forgotten (I only
know what those who have tried the UK-to-US process have posted ... and my
memory isn't that great). You can search the archives of this newsgroup
using Google, and you can check the Intuit Quicken Forums.
Luckily, Quicken has a 60 day money back guarantee; so if you can get your
hands on a US version, you'll have a little time to try it to see if you
like it.
--
John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
Please reply to newsgroup
Aaahh - no, I just realised that all the amounts in the accounts are in |
dollars, and only the balance is in sterling. I thought it was just the
currency symbol that was differing. I think what I'm seeing is that I would
have to start each account anew, setting each to use sterling. That's quite
a bit of work. Will have to think again. |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:54 am Post subject: Re: questions about 2008 home and business |
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"John Pollard" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message
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JIP wrote:
Hi
After years of using and being perfectly happy with Quicken
2000
deluxe to run both home accounts and my wife's small
business
accounts, I'm finally being pressured to upgrade because
I've
acquired a new computer based on 64bit Vista, and
Quicken just won't install.
Did you run the install as "administrator"? [Not the same as
running the install as a user with admin priveledges.]
I have been able to set it up in a Virtual PC installation
of XP, but I'd rather have a simpler life.
But the other problem is that I'm in the UK.
I don't know whether this means that you are using the UK
version of
Quicken, as opposed to living in the UK and using the US
version of
Quicken.
If you are now using the UK version of Quicken, you will
probably
have a bit more of a problem than the answers to your
original
questions would provide: The US versions of Quicken will not
convert
(upgrade) the data from any non-US version of Quicken.
To get your data from a UK version of Quicken into a US
version of
Quicken, you will have to export from the UK version to QIF
files,
then import those QIF files into the US version.
But it's even somewhat (or a lot, depending on who you talk
to) more
complicated than that. For starters, I believe you will have
to
manually establish the accounts in the US version of Quicken
before
importing their transactions from the QIF files.
You will also lose any UK specific capabilities such as VAT
tax, etc.
And there are probably a few other problems that I have
forgotten (I
only know what those who have tried the UK-to-US process have
posted
... and my memory isn't that great). You can search the
archives of
this newsgroup using Google, and you can check the Intuit
Quicken
Forums. Luckily, Quicken has a 60 day money back guarantee;
so if you can
get your hands on a US version, you'll have a little time to
try it
to see if you like it.
Aaahh - no, I just realised that all the amounts in the
accounts are
in dollars, and only the balance is in sterling. I thought it
was
just the currency symbol that was differing. I think what I'm
seeing
is that I would have to start each account anew, setting each
to use
sterling. That's quite a bit of work. Will have to think
again.
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Anyway you approach it, there will be quite a bit of work.
When you export your accounts to QIF files, you will not
"convert" your old file; you'll just create a new file, with
accounts in the correct currency, and import the qif files into
the appropriate accounts. QIF files have no ability to
recognize anything about currencies.
An oversimplified description of the process.
1.) Create new Q2008 US file.
2.) Setup multicurrency support.
3.) Specify the appropriate "Home currency"
4.) Manually create each appropriate Quicken account, specifying
the correct currency.
5.) Import individual QIF files into the appropriate Quicken
accounts.
More detailed info about the process:
http://tinyurl.com/65jczg
What you need to know about importing qif files into Quicken
versions later than Q2004:
http://tinyurl.com/2qk6wk
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John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:38 am Post subject: Re: questions about 2008 home and business |
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Thanks again John.
I fail to understand why 2008 converted the business file without a problem,
but when I try to open the home file it tells me that it can't open European
files. Both were created in the same UK version!
Anyway, with the business file it looks like I can continue, by living with
the currency symbol as $ - I create a new file every financial (fiscal?)
year, so come next April I will set up each account to be in sterling.
So now I have to dive into trying the QIF export/import approach, or just
give up and start again with a new file, and archive the old stuff.
Thanks for the guidance and links on that - I suspect I'll be back with some
specifics before long!! |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:54 am Post subject: Re: questions about 2008 home and business |
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"JIP" <johnprice108@hotmail.com> wrote:
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I fail to understand why 2008 converted the business file without
a problem, but when I try to open the home file it tells me that
it can't open European files. Both were created in the same UK
version!
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I can offer only one suggestion and it may take some work and be time
consuming but, if you have imaging software, make an image of drive C:\
or where ever you've installed Quicken. Then remove Quicken
completely, including all backup files, etc. (keeping only the files
from your Quicken 2000 Deluxe) and start all over again.
You might also consider trying 2008 deluxe instead of Home and
Business, if it converts properly then you can upgrade to Home and
Business if you need to do so.
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