Quicken 2005 Annoyance

"Robert" wrote in news:8auZd.22463$ snipped-for-privacy@fe2.texas.rr.com:

Huh??? I have my 2005 set up to open with my main checking account, and it always opens to the very bottom, rather than at todays date. With more than a screenful of future transactions that is a pain for me .

I have the exact same problem with Quicken 2004; when I complained about it to this list a year or so ago, I was told that everyone seemed to have it as well. So I'm curious as to what you have done to avoid this common annoyance?

Bob

Loads of people complain about that. Seems best resolution is to hit spacebar and you'll end up at bottom.

I know, just hit a key and we get to the bottom. This annoying bug just never gets fixed.

Sigh, Robert

I never see this - in Q2004 or Q2005 - unless it is an investment account and either the Downloaded Transaction window or the Scheduled Transaction window is open. In fact, if I have an investment account open with its last transaction visible at the bottom of the register, and its Downloaded Transaction and Scheduled Transaction windows closed, and I open one of those windows; the register display will shove several transactions out of sight at the bottom of the register.

I am happy for your good fortune.

Robert

Not sure who told you that.... I have never seen this problem. I've installed and used very Q version for the past dozen years or so.

One problem with newsgroups is that a thread can get overwhelmed with negative posts and the few positive posts are missed. Another thing to consider is that you seldom see positive posts in *any* newsgroup. They tend to attract people with bad experiences or problems that they need addressed. It always gives a false negative spin on any problem being reported.

Just because you don't see it, it doesn't meant it can't happen to others.

I just tried shutting down and reopening Quicken 2004 basic a few times, and it always opens in the register for the account I have selected to be opened on startup, but both the last transaction and the line to enter a new transaction are not visible.

The last visible transaction is three transactions up from the last one in the register. The cursor, i.e. focus for the next action, if you type into that window, is properly positioned at the first column of the line to enter a new transaction, so, as said here several times, on can hit space or otherwise start entering a new transaction.

If you switch to another account register, before doing anything else, that register is properly displayed and if you switch back to the original one, that one will now be properly placed. If instead you minimize and restore Quicken's window, that won't happen.

It is a very minor annoyance, but it exists

Most threads are negative posts, in the sense that people are trying to solve problems they encounter. Some of the problems are user induced, some are configuration induced, some may be user misuse, but some problems or annoyances are real and we're just trying to check if anyone has solved that problem or know what causes it.

There's lots of positive groups, when people step in and give the answers. But take a look at the front page of your newspaper or tune in to the local TV news tonight. Very few of the articles are positive there too.

-- HASM

I have seen that, but I think it is only a startup issue, only when you have startup open an account. Any account subsequently opened doesnt seem to do that.

So, you can just click the same account on the side panel (apparently it reopens). Or scroll, or just type any key, like a space, and it will scroll to the bottom then. Or just dont use open on startup if it is too big a deal.

I saw it in 2004, but I'm speaking 2005 now. Auto open at startup seemed just right for me too, until I realized I was not seeing the reminders.

And just what made you think that was Hank was saying? He just reported that he did not see the same problem; why would you infer anything more.

More importantly, Hank was legitimately asking about the source of the information which claimed that "everyone" had the problem: Hank's statement proved conclusively that the post he commented on was false. I think you need to pay more attention to what is being said before you rush to comment.

Those who have been here a while don't need to be reminded of this; but it does not refute Hank's point. Some are *not* "just trying to check if anyone has solved the problem". Please don't try to jerk our chains; we have been here, we read the posts, we know what we read.

You've got that right; though what relevance it has here is beyond me. News organizations are hardly in the business of solving problems; they are in the business of selling, what they call, news. ("News is what I say it is").

Actually I think you have made a point I doubt you were trying to make. Negative news stories sell, and it does not even matter if they are actually true. Traditional news publishers are significantly out of touch with reality. Some folks here think the best thing about this group is that those who are having problems using Quicken can get some help to solve their problems. Others think this is like another newspaper, where they can "sell" their "news".

Those newspapers are fast going out of business, as are their network TV news cousins. Sayonora; they will not be missed.

Who said that... Read my post (and yours) again.....

You said that you were told that *everyone* was seeing the problem. All I was saying was that that's not true. I (and it appears others have **NOT** seen the problem. That's **ALL** I said...