I have had many of the complaints about Quicken that have long been an issue in this forum. So I have remained on Q98 on my Windows 2000 computer. Recently, I have been more concerned about having my financial data in an unsupported data format. Therefore when I upgraded to a new computer with Windows 7, I decided to upgrade to Quicken 2011.
Surely, there are a number of others who have long avoided upgrading Quicken. Let me payback the news group for the information I have learned since the days when Bruce Lee was the most significant contributor.
Here is the process I used to successfully migrate my data from Q98 to Q11.
1) Read 'Quicken 2012: The Official Guide' by Bobbi Sandberg 2) Appendix B had a subsection: Converting Your Older Quicken Files to a New Computer where it states: Use Quicken 2004 as an intermediate program for Quicken 2005 and later 3) Download Q04 from