Quicken vs. Microsoft Money: Does anyone else miss Microsoft Money?
49000
Yes. And I'm yet to find a replacement. Although I recently discovered that Microsoft offer the sunset version for free by download. I'm seriously considering using this. I actually purchased YNAB but it lacks so many features Money had.
467070
no it does not - and it is the worst version intuit/quicken has ever come up with - buyer beware
1599315
Note too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_personal_financial_management_software
1958717
You'd just be double inputting data. I use Quicken for all my finances and CBP for writing checks. It's easier and less convoluted. I write the check and just input the transaction in quicken.
1936353
I've been using this software since 1998 (16 years). I'm currently using Quicken Premier 2014 with no issues. I always backup date files weekly to an off line portable storage devise. All upgrades along the way where without problems. Caution, do not backup to a Stick Storage device.
2228180
Did for me. When installed, it searched for old Quicken files and put them in 2013 format. Quicken usually cuts off support and internet updates on the older versions to "encourage" you to upgrade.
38149
Unfortunately the publisher of Checksoft does not seem to provide easy access to technical support, and as I recall, it's not free. I would call them or email them. I took a quick look at their website, avanquest.com and found a link to this site which they identify as a place to find support forums: http://www.softcity.com/contribution/question? Frankly, at some point it might just be easier to buy a new copy. If you do, download the latest version from Avanquest as the boxed versions available online or in the stores is often older versions that are not compatible with the latest release of Quicken. Wish I could be more helpful.
159715
Yes, it is very easy. Just put the disk in and follow instructions. I saved mine just before starting as insurance so I would not loose anything if I did something dumb. I have been a Quicken user for over 20 years and the 2014 version is the first time I have been disappointed. I have a Dell Studio XPS 16 inch because I travel a lot. My old 2011 version worked wonderful with the size of my computer. The 2014 version works and transferred easily; however, I had to purchase a pair of readers to see parts of what is on the computer, while the rest is so large you cannot see it on one screen even by extending the size. If I did not need it for investments, I would go back to old version. If you wonder where the search bar is, its the tiny oval at top right. When entering a check, the transaction description is completely altered. You just have to scroll through volumes of data to find what your looking for and put it in your memory bank in order to find it again. Everything I have had since 1 January 1990 when I moved to Quicken is still there, just a little hard to find sometimes. I hope this helps. I just have nasty thoughts about a company and their programmers have to mess something up that is working just fine. If you need more help, feel free to contact me again. Linda
847773
I don't know specifically about quicken but I am running word 2007 and it works just fine. I would go ahead and install it. I would bet it would be OK.
660518
My recommendation would be to stay away from Quicken altogether. I had nothing but problems with both the desktop and mobile apps. To answer your question, it looks a lot like Mint, which I've never been crazy about either.
2128530
No, this is not a money management tool in that sense. But it does one thing well, better than Quicken or any other app: records who you owe, when it's due, and when and how much was paid, with alerts and reminders and such as needed. Frankly that's the only thing that was missing in my money management arsenal. Nothing else gives me-quickly, with no fuss-a snapshot of exactly how much needs to be paid out. A great app.
2086375
Yep... this version of Quicken is not what it should be. One work-around that I've found for cut/paste not working is to go into Edit -&gt; Preferences -&gt; Set Up. CHANGE your setting for the Keyboard Mappings to be Quicken standard instead of Windows Standard. Click OK and then close Quicken. Then restart Quicken and go back into the same menu, and change the setting back to Windows standard. Now cut/paste should work. Or, at least it will work for a while... expect to have to go through these steps again in a few weeks.
2091759
Quicken is not as complete in accounting as is quick books. Quick Books allows for multiple businesses.
203791
I don't personally work with Quicken, but I agree with Michele Morris. If there's an option to print 1099's then they will probably work fine.
67457
Yes, I always did manual reconciliations from my printed bank statements and it worked very well. I no longer use the program since it would not migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7.
1922351
I've been a money user since the early days and I think these yearly updates have rarely added anything new (except maybe early 2000). I would say that you're wasting money especially if you're not using the automatic statement/balance downloads from your bank. I've never used the feature, but I do have a couple of mutual funds/stocks stored in Money and it does a good job of updated them automatically. The only thing is that these features have to be renewed through software upgrades/purchases about every two years or else you have to input the data manually. I'm currently using Money 2006 and recently tried Money Plus. I really didn't see anything significant except maybe the program startup time. It continued to display the same erroneous data as my current version. Ex. How many time do I have to tell a piece of software that I pay my entire credit card balance every month? Then when I go in the bills summary, it reflects an amount that isn't consistent with the actual account balance. Is that worth paying $45+ for a new piece of software? I really don't think so. What I will never understand is why can't MS publish something a little more detailed information(like Intel when they release new BIOS versions) to let us know what they did. I think it's because they didn't fix very much in the past 12 months since the last release. What they are doing is charging you money for new versions that may have corrected some (not all) bugs. That's garbage--they should release patches like Quicken does when there is something important. Just my 2cents.
897339
I do not know. I've only used Quickbooks. Never used microsoft money. Sorry They're marvelous for Quickbooks.