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Intuit has given Quicken 2007 a fresh face that makes it easier to see where your money's going without having to click around the program. This money management tool eliminates the busy register from its prior home page and now opens to a screen with three big boxes displaying money: In, Out, and What's Left. Rather than focusing on Quicken's budgeting features, which require time to set up, Intuit intends for version 2007 to lets you view a running balance of your finances at all times. In addition, a beefed up calendar and online backup provide added convenience and security.
Quicken 2007 works with PCs running Windows 2000 and newer editions (with 128 MB of RAM recommended). On the other hand, Microsoft Money 2007 works for Windows XP only. We reviewed Quicken Premier 2007, which costs $69.99 and includes investment monitoring tools. An edition that's one step above it is the $89.99 Quicken Home & Business 2007, which tracks Schedule C expenses, offers custom invoicing, and handles accounts payable and receivables (but turn to QuickBooks to manage the ins and outs of a small business with multiple employees). You can also check out $29.99 Quicken Basic, but it lacks the electronic check storage, 401(k) and IRA tracking, as well as the assistance with tax deductions that the Deluxe version provides for $10 more. Mac users can pick the $59.99 edition (equivalent to Deluxe for PCs) for OS 10.3.9 and up.
Installation of Quicken Premier 2007 took about five minutes in our tests on a Windows XP machine. Unlike the subtle changes to Microsoft Money 2007, Quicken 2007's makeover is obvious once you open the program. We like the new, tabbed layout, which helps organize information without causing clutter; you can customize the page to display the elements you use most. The Money In, Out, and What's Left boxes feature prominently. You can click those boxes to pop up a mini window of recent income and expense details.
Quicken 2007's left-hand navigation bar offers links to Business Information, Cash Flow, an Investing Center, and Property and Debt data, as well as a snapshot of your net worth. Links along the bottom detail bills and deposits, spending pie and bar charts, and a revamped calendar. From the calendar, just click a bill to view details or to pay it. We found it motivating (or perhaps depressing) to see a running tally of our credit card debt spelled out in glaring red each day.
Intuit designed Quicken 2007 for faster setup out of the box and to let you synchronize multiple financial accounts with one click. Setup can be a snap if you've already registered for online accounts with your financial institutions; just share those logins and passwords with Quicken. Quicken 2007 lets you import data from about 4,300 large and small financial institutions--more than a tenfold increase from Quicken 2006--including banks, creditors, brokerages, and 401(k) providers. Quicken's PIN vault locks away your various passwords for connected banking and other financial accounts so that they're inaccessible outside the program.
When we upgraded to 2007 from Quicken 2006, our historical account details appeared seamlessly, and Quicken prompted us to update by retrieving the latest data online. Unfortunately, when we installed Quicken 2007 from just past midnight on another computer and with different accounts, it was unable to connect to the national bank that we use for our staple checking account. At first, we thought this would force us to turn to Microsoft Money to categorize our daily spending habits. However, we learned that our bank was performing 'scheduled maintenance' at that time, and the process worked fine the next day. And as with any software that retrieves information from third-party sources online, Quicken's details are only as up to date as the data from your financial institutions, which can lag by several days depending on how your bank works. Therefore, bills that we had already paid appeared in red as overdue. Luckily, Quicken allows you to manually list your planned expenses and then check them off later when they clear digitally.
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Since this review first posted, many users of Quicken 2007 have complained that it crashes frequently. Working with a Quicken file containing 15 years of data, our PC locked up when we tried accessing online investment information. Intuit acknowledged that users with automatically scheduled transactions were experiencing similar problems, and it released patches in October to remedy this. If you're using Quicken while connected to the Internet, an update message should appear to notify you of such patches. If you lack an Internet connection, you can receive replacement CDs in the mail by contacting the company's technical support.
We're pleased that Intuit now gives you the option to pay $10 per year for 100MB worth of online backup--an affordable must that can safeguard your data in case of a catastrophe. If you choose that option, Quicken reminds you to back up online every third time you use the software. Microsoft Money, by contrast, asks to back up your accounts each time you use the program, and it demands that you use a Microsoft ID to do so. At least Quicken 2007 gives you the option to install the app locally and not connect online.
I’ve been running Intuit’s Quicken for years: my current version is 2002 Deluxe. It runs fine under Windows 7, but I haven’t tried it under Windows 8, and wonder if it will work under Windows 10 and 10+? If it won’t run under Windows 10, what do I do?
Quicken 2002 does everything I want, and I don’t have any need to change to another product. I’m only 72 and hope to run it for many years more. Chris
If you use the same program for a decade or more, you get to know it well, and you will feel safe and secure. Unfortunately, this feeling may be illusory. You’re playing a very dangerous game. It’s not one I recommend.
There are several problems with running old software. The most obvious is the one that concerns you: it could eventually stop working. There is also a risk that unpatched security holes could leave you vulnerable to viruses. Worse, you may be at risk of losing access to your data. If you calculate the number of hours it would take you to re-enter up to 14 years of accounts, I suspect you will find that it would cost far more to replace your data than your PC and software.
Fortunately for you, both Windows and Quicken have tens of millions of users, which encourages Microsoft and Intuit to try to maintain compatibility over long periods. I suspect a lot of people are still running Quicken 2002, which was released in 2001. But not every software company cares about backwards compatibility, and many go bust.
In general, it’s reasonably safe to skip alternate versions of programs, so you’re never more than two behind. When companies release a new version every year then try not to fall more than four or five years behind. Quicken only supports programs for three years.
Will it run?
It seems you are in luck. According to the Windows compatibility centre on Microsoft’s website, four people out of five report that Quicken 2002 runs on Windows 8.1. However, the “action recommended” – which I agree with – is to upgrade to a new version.
Since Quicken 2002 runs on Windows 8.1, I would expect it to run on Windows 10. However, while Microsoft and millions of Windows 10 testers are no doubt checking that recent versions of Quicken run, I don’t expect any of them care whether compatibility stretches all the way back to 2001.
When Windows 10 is launched, you will be able to run a compatibility checker that will check your hardware and software. If you want, you can try running the current upgrade assistant for Windows 8.1.
Updating Quicken
You can’t upgrade directly from a very old version of Quicken to a new version, but you can get there in two or more steps. For example, Intuit lets you upgrade from Quicken 2002 (and older versions) to Quicken 2004 and from there to Quicken 2013 (and, presumably, newer versions). Intuit says: “We provide you with a copy of 2004 and easy instructions here.”
Basically, this involves converting your old files to a new file format, and doing it twice. This is not a great position from the point of view of data security and reliability. As Intuit says: “you may experience some data file issues [and] we will be unable to help you.”
A two-step upgrade could easily become a three-step upgrade. If you’re on a really old version, for example, you have to go to Quicken 6 before you can upgrade to Quicken 2004.
How to hang on
If you have an old program that won’t run on a new version of your operating system, then there are at least three things that you can do.
First, you can hang on to the old PC, and keep it around just to run the old program. Companies often do this, although it’s very expensive in terms of maintenance. If the operating system is no longer supported with security patches – as is the case with Windows XP – then it’s best to disconnect it from the internet. (Rich companies can still pay Microsoft to support XP. It costs $400 per PC this year, $800 per PC next year, and keeps doubling every year. Good luck with that.)
Second, you can run the old operating system in a “virtual machine” (VM) on a new PC, though you may you need a gigabyte for each VM. Microsoft provided a free copy of Windows XP to run in Windows 7 Pro so that companies could upgrade while still running some programs under XP. Current Pro versions of Windows 8.1 include Hyper-V to host alternative operating systems. Otherwise, there are a few free VMs available, such as Oracle’s (formerly Sun’s) VirtualBox and Microsoft’s old Virtual PC.
Of course, you would need to source a copy of any earlier version of Windows that you wanted to run. You probably don’t have one, because the cheap versions of Windows sold by PC manufacturers are locked to the PC on which they ship.
Third, you can export your data and move to a different program or, in some cases, an online service. However, there are not many alternatives to Quicken, as UK users discovered when Intuit discontinued its UK version a decade ago. But there are Accountz and BankTree, as well as Sage One Accounts. There are also hundreds of templates for Microsoft Excel, including Arixcel.
It’s always a good idea to export data in a format that you can load into a different program. Remember Schofield’s first law of computing: you should never put data into a program unless you can see exactly how to get it out.
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