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Summary: Quicken 2004 is BUGGY!
Review: I am a ten-year user of Quicken. I downloaded Quicken 2004, converted my data files, and began to use it. Issues I found thus far (I've reinstalled it a second time and the problems are the same):1) I keep getting application faults when I try to do a backup. I have to reenter the program and try again. Sometimes it takes 5-6 tries. 2) Frequently, when I load the program, I get an application fault. 3) On the investment overview page, there are several checkboxes that allow you to compare your investment returns against market indexes. The checkboxes are permanently disabled -- you cannot select them. 4) On the financial overview page, the small version of the net worth graph is completely wrong. When you click the button to expand it, the information is correct. Overall, I am very disappointed in Quicken 2004. Thus far, there are no fixes to download. I never considered using Microsoft Money before, but I am now.
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Summary: What a buggy piece of garbage.
Review: I have been using Quicken since "Quicken 4" on my Mac. It WAS a great program. This version is okay except for the investment portfolio. It is full of bugs, and is not at all intuitive (ironic, eh?). Further, you cannot simply "fudge" and enter your historical transactions ... so my cash balance is wrong, and impossible to correct. After researching online, it is clearly a bug that Inuit will not even acknowledge.
Hopefully they will get their act together for 2005, otherwise, I'm out of there!!
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Summary: Horrible product
Review: This is by far one of the worse computer programs that I have tried in recent history. Like other reviewers, I am a longtime Quicken user. The installation process was horrendously painful. The program does not interface well with Windows XP Professional, and it has serious problems operating over a network. "Tech" support is hardly supportive. Moreover, Intuit wants to charge $1.99/minute just to get its piece of junk installed on your computer. I spoke with an IT specialist at my office, and he confirmed the program was poorly designed. I would strongly recommend that you not purchase this program. Stick with your current program; find an old version of Quicken; balance your check book old school style; or use an abacus. Whatever you do, don't purchase this program.
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Summary: Makes a pen and notebook seem like a great idea
Review: Like others, I was also asked to upgrade (from 2002) and I did. What a mistake. Random bits of my brokerage data was lost and it has taken many months to get it back in order. Reconcilation is a pain with lots of screen delays on my PIII 500. The bugs keep popping up. For example, my security list can not remember the Vanguard S&P500 Index (VFINX). I have to enter it as a new security each time I want to use it. Do I sound frustrated? You bet I am. Watching this once great program turn into what is today will do that.
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Summary: It's terrible
Review: So Intuit sent me friendly mail saying they were going to stop stock updates in the Quicken I use, Q2000. In a wildly self-serving manner they suggested I upgrade. I did. And this version is simply horrific - the UI is a mash of popup windows, the account list is gone (or maybe not, but I can't find it) - and I used that list to navigate my accounts - and everything is hard to understand and use. It's terrible. Stay away. Now all I need is something to track my investments...
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Summary: Can't add - hate the GUI
Review: Like many of you I was forced out of Quicken 98 and into 2004. What a lot of useless junk on the screen and "support" tells me there's no way to trim down the display. Furthermore the system crashes and can't add during reconciles (!).
But here's my question: is there another forum for discussion besides Amazon? A place where we can share usage secrets and compare Quicken with Money or Quickbooks?
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