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I haven't noticed any computation errors [BUT YER MAKIN' ME NERVOUS ;-)].
But now that you've asked, it's got me thinkin' --- Perhaps your're
referring to the Y2K issue. I don't recall any patch or fix, though it seems
like I downloaded Quicken 98 for FREE from the Quicken website (had purchased
and used several earlier versions, going back to DOS), and I think they made
it available FREE to help users deal with potential Y2k problems (MIGHT still
be available?). If I recall correctly, Quicken 98 was the first version to
be Y2K compliant.
To use Quicken 98 for the year 2000 forward the user MUST set up Windows
(and/or Quicken?) to use a 4 digit year format. If you don't, and if you use
the default "sort by date" in a Quicken check registry, it will treat dates
from year 2000 forward as if from 1900 forward, which the user might realize,
since the default only used a 2 digit year format. This results in entries
being shoved earlier in the Quicken checkbook register, before any 19xx
entries. Obviously this would result in a running balance that might not
appear correct, and any efforts to produce various reports would exclude the
correct 2000+ dates. [I recall creating a bit of a mess with this once when
I set up a new computer and forgot to change to a 4 digit year format --- had
to edit or delete and re-import several entries imported before I noticed.]
Also, Quicken 98 (and I believe Quicken 99 and Quicken 2000) still only use
the very simple .QIF format, so a lot of data available to download/import
from financial institutions, plus a quite useful duplicate entry function,
are not available in Quicken 98. A newer .QFX format started with Quicken
2001 and was further improved with Quicken 2002 and after.
As suggested by Carey Frisch, interested readers might want to check the
Quicken (Intuit?) website.
"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> Strange you should make the claim that it is ok in XP.. Intuit informed me
> that versions prior to 2000 would not compute correctly.. did they release a
> patch or fix?..
>
>
> --
> Mike Hall
> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "gdv" <gdv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0ECCEF41-19D4-48A6-A906-8C411E52F1D1@microsoft.com...
> >I have run Quicken Deluxe 98 for Windows in all of the following operating
> > systems with no problems, so there shouldn't be any problem with Quicken
> > 99:
> >
> > -Win98
> > -Win98SE
> > -WinMe
> > -Win2K
> > -WinXP
> > -(and if memory serves me correctly, I ran it on Win95 long ago).
> >
> > But as you may have noticed, Quicken updates the Time/Date stamp on any
> > Quicken database file (ie a collection of one or more checking, savings,
> > and/or credit card accounts) you open EACH TIME YOU OPEN IT, EVEN IF YOU
> > DO
> > NOT EDIT OR ALTER THE FILE IN ANY WAY. This can result in confusion if
> > you
> > move the data files from one computer to another because a file with a
> > newer
> > date on one computer may not include editing already done on an earlier
> > date
> > on the other computer. One way around this might be to to network the
> > computers and keep the current Quicken database active on just one
> > computer,
> > but install Quicken on both computers and set it up to use the same
> > database
> > on the one computer.
> >
> > [NOTE: I doubt these older versions of Quicken are set up for networking
> > and access by more than one user at a time, so they MIGHT interact
> > destructively (to your data) if you were to try to open Quicken at the
> > same
> > time on both computers, or the Quicken program and/or one or both
> > computers
> > might crash. But I don't think there would be any problem if you are
> > careful
> > to only open Quicken on one computer at a time.]
> >
> > ---gdv
> >
> > "Martin" wrote:
> >
> >> Can anyone tell me whether I can install the 99 version of quicken on a
> >> computer running Windows XP Home edition? In my house we use two
> >> computers
> >> and if I replace one, I will have one with Windows 98 SE and one with
> >> Windows
> >> XP Home. I need to be able to run a single quicken version on both.
> >> Thanks
> >> for any help. Martin.
>
>
>
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