Q2010 R3 Update?

As Margaret knows, I did receive it last week. In my ABOUT QUICKEN, it says I am running "Quicken 2010 Premier Release R 3". As it fixed my biggest bug-a-boo (allows overwriting of backups), for me, it was indeed "thrilling'. Is it possible it was released to those folks who bitched via the quicken website??

At any rate, isn't there that manual method to receive fixes assuming it's posted for that method?

Yes, there's a manual method, but Intuit doesn't usually post the manual update for a couple weeks after the patch is released via OSU.

Tod (in another msg) pointed to a URL that states "Some customers mistakenly received notice for Quicken 2010 R3 patch."

I'm glad the patch fixes the inability to overwrite backups, but it sounded like it requires extra click(s).

Anyway, I'll be eager to get it when the final patch is released.

Regards,

Margaret

Thanks for pointing to that URL, Tod! I'd also looked for the manual update, but of course, R3 wasn't there. I was wondering if perhaps the patch was recalled, as one was some years ago IIRC. :-)

Regards,

Margaret

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How bizarre! Well, they state "We apologize for any confustion this may cause, and would like inform you that the patch is not yet available." ; I assure it they're wrong! It WAS available (maybe 'no longer available' is more accurate?) ; I'm running it! And yes, it does require one more keystroke because you either have to allow the overwrite of the existing backup, or cancel the operation (Again, no choice to have it create a DIFFERENT backup for the same day like it used to do....)

(I also note that the notice is full of grammatical errors ("confustion"??, "It has been reported that some customer may have received a notice"...I must have been that single customer, since that statement sure as hell doesn't reflect more than one person!). Even that notice sounds rushed through QA....)

Yes, very bizarre. Sounds like someone goofed and released a "beta" patch. I do hope Intuit revisits how they've implemented the backup changes before they release the final patch. (I made a couple posts in the Q2010 forum over at Q Inner Circle.)

Regards,

Margaret

Hi, Margaret.

Nope! Not even a hint of it here, even with 2 or more OSUs just about every day. The only way I know about R 3 is from messages in this newsgroup.

I do hope it shows up soon - but I'm not in too big a hurry since my HDD still has room for maybe a hundred more of those 45 MB QDF files. Of course, at about 3 a day, I may have to start deleting some in a month or so.

As usual, I'd rather have it RIGHT than to have it QUICK - but BOTH would be nice! ;^}

RC

I just received, in Quicken 2010, an update offer to R3. I know there has been a problem with this release, so is this the valid update to R3 for Q2010? Or should I wait for the promised Nov 20th release. This is confusing!

I just accepted the R3 update. It sounds just like Andrew described the other day when he received the update early. I'm assuming this is not another "goof," and that Intuit just released the patch a couple days earlier than promised. Of course, I could be wrong.... ;-)

Manual backup now prompts to either overwrite or cancel when it finds an existing backup of the same name. So, if you don't have Q append the date, you'll continually overwrite one backup. If Q appends the date, you'll have one backup per day.

BTW, I just checked the manual updates page, and R3 is there, so it must be final. Here's the link with another link to the release notes:

Regards,

Margaret

Hi, Margaret.

Yes, I also got R 3 in this morning's One Step Update. ;>>>> update. I'm still waiting, have done *many* OSUs, and I still

High RC. Just glad my Quicken starter program is working and I do my bill pay on ETrade. No d/l's thank goodness!! Just kidding but I still remember TT and it's problems several years ago. Thank goodness I can use taxAct.