Q 2002 & Vista?

Give it a try but if you have problems remember it's not supported by MSFT, no version of Quicken has earned the Certified or Works With label from Microsoft although Intuit says Quicken 2005, 2006 and 2007 works with Vista and 2007 does work well for me on Vista Ultimate 64.

Who knows what 2002 will do but it can't hurt to find out and PLEASE come back here and tell us how it worked for you, OK?

Microsoft says no, but I've read reports from those who say they are using the combination successfully.

On the other hand, your version is five years old. You can buy a copy of Quicken 2007 Basic for only $30 or so. If it were me, I'd just buy it, rather than worry about any possible lack of compatibility, with the attendant risk that, even if runs now, it may suddenly scramble all your financial data one day.

What is the science behind that statement, i.e. that it may suddenly scramble all your financial data one day?

Science? My point is simply that if Microsoft says that Quicken 2000 is not compatible with Vista, there is *some* risk that problems you don't see today may surface on some day in the future. I don't know whether those problems will ever occur, or of they do, what the effect of those problems might be. But worst case, those problems *might* be as bad as scrambling your data.

*I* think it's worth spending $30 to avoid any such risk. But it's your choice.

It's MY choice to regularly back up my data. What a concept--it costs FAR less than $30, too. Why should I replace my Quicken 2002 when the newer versions have absolutely NOTHING that I need. I've seen all the problems here with online banking using Quicken enabled banking. For fools, I say. I have several investment portfolios, approaching a million dollars in value and it takes me but several minutes a day to manually enter any data.

Mine too. But I'm a belt *and* suspenders kind of guy--especially when it comes to my financial data.

That's fine with me. I made a mild suggestion; feel free to ignore it and do exactly as you please. I'm not at all interested in getting into any kind of argument with you over it.

For the record, I've been using Quicken online banking for many years, and I've never had a single problem with it.

Strikes me as odd that someone with a purported million dollar portfolio would be exercised over $30.

Hi, Bob.

It doesn't strike me as odd at all.

But, then, as a CPA, I worked for decades with people who had money, as well as those who didn't. Have you read "The Millionaire Next Door"? That book was quite popular a couple of years ago. The authors had a lot of good observations and insights into the behavior of people who have money, especially those who earned it themselves and saved it.

To get a million dollar portfolio, you have to get "exercised over $30". Many times! You have to start early and do it so consistently and so often that it becomes an ingrained habit. A mindset. A part of your very personality. And once you have the million, you can't just turn off the habits that got you there.

The tragedy that I saw so often was that, once my clients had reached the point where they no longer had to worry about money, they couldn't stop worrying about money, so they never, ever really enjoyed what they had worked all their lives for. :>(

Their kids enjoyed it. ; Strikes me as odd that someone with a purported million dollar portfolio

RC:

Actually, I DO know what you mean. It's sad that many people who *SHOULD* have no financial worries still obsess over trivialities. Spending money is enjoyable, but even more enjoyable, IMHO, is doting ;-)

Bob

It doesn't strike me as odd at all.

But, then, as a CPA, I worked for decades with people who had money, as well as those who didn't. Have you read "The Millionaire Next Door"? That book was quite popular a couple of years ago. The authors had a lot of good observations and insights into the behavior of people who have money, especially those who earned it themselves and saved it.

To get a million dollar portfolio, you have to get "exercised over $30". Many times! You have to start early and do it so consistently and so often that it becomes an ingrained habit. A mindset. A part of your very personality. And once you have the million, you can't just turn off the habits that got you there.

The tragedy that I saw so often was that, once my clients had reached the point where they no longer had to worry about money, they couldn't stop worrying about money, so they never, ever really enjoyed what they had worked all their lives for. :>(

Their kids enjoyed it. ; Strikes me as odd that someone with a purported million dollar portfolio

It all adds up. For example, I do NOT waste money on such bullshit as bottled water. I don't have to have the latest in LCD or plasma TV's. I don't have to vacation 4 times a year. I don't pay hardly ANY service charges to my bank where I have but ONE, yes ONE account. I don't make multiple trips to the supermarket a week when ONE trip does quite nicely. I paid off my house mortgage in less than FIVE years. I don't insist in living in as big a house as I could afford to live in. All of the above save me THOUSANDS every year.

Interesting observations, R.C. I don't believe in being a tightwad, just in being frugal. It's incredibly the savings we realize in the supermarket by NOT buying name brands..most of the time. Or by realizing that coupons for name brands usually STILL leave the name brand item as being MORE expensive than the generic or the strore brand. The Wealthy Barber is yet another great book for those who would rather that THEY have their money, rather than someone else. Hell will freeze over, BTW, before I EVER allow Intuit to pay my bills. An invitation to disaster.

Shopping or spending money, for the sheer pleasure of it, is for dysfunctional inDUHviduals, trying to fill that "void" or "hole" in their gut. Money is but a TOOL, a device...NOT a goal in itself.

Sad.

Shopping or spending money, for the sheer pleasure of it, is for dysfunctional inDUHviduals, trying to fill that "void" or "hole" in their gut. Money is but a TOOL, a device...NOT a goal in itself.

This is pretty funny. I didn't think anybody could outdo Andrew...

Killfile.

Shopping or spending money, for the sheer pleasure of it, is for dysfunctional inDUHviduals, trying to fill that "void" or "hole" in their gut. Money is but a TOOL, a device...NOT a goal in itself.

What's "sad" about how MY methods have lead to a net worth approaching one million dollars, even though I left the full-time work force at the age of

42 which was 19 years ago? My wife is retired and worked part-time for years, previously.

I think shopping for recreation is just plain sick. I shop as rarely as possible, doing as much of the prep work on-line as is possible.

What's odd? That's probably HOW he got the million dollar portfolio, by not spending money if not necessary.

Once I asked a customer, "What do you consider a significant amount of money?" His answer, "We control to 1/100 of a cent."

That's when I learned the wholesale grocery business is different, really different! When you're selling a million cans of peas* every day, that 1/100 of a cent adds up....

*If you don't like peas, you may substitute corn. ;-)