Quicken 2007

I have, so far, been unsuccessful in installing (x4) Quicken 2007 on my new HP Notebook with Vista. Vista is a Byzantine, unpredictably complex, unintuitive OS. I have searched the Intuit Quicken website for advice on installing Quicken 2007 in Vista--following the advice has resulted in 0 success. Stick with Quicken + Windows XP.

no

Sid,

There were essentially three questions asked and you answered "no". Do you actually mean

1. No, there aren't any issues. and
2. No, it does not install ok. and
3. No, you don't have to install as an administrator.

or were you answering "no" to only one or two of the questions?

Tom

Hi, Tim.

Any at all? Wow! I've been using Quicken for about 16 years, and Windows for longer than that. There are ALWAYS "issues". :-{

But the installation of Quicken 2007 Basic into Vista Ultimate x64 was smooth and painless. There were issues with updating Quicken to Release 3, back in January, but R4 was easy and R5 last week was no problem at all.

Since I'm a one-man, one-computer kind of guy, I never had to deal with or learn much about multiple users, permissions, etc., until Vista. As you probably have heard, Microsoft placed a LOT of emphasis on security in Vista, including a new overall protection scheme called User Access Control (UAC). In the early days after installation of Vista, when just about everything we do (installing hardware and drivers, installing applications, importing data from our former computer or operating system, etc.) requires the Administrator password, many users get so frustrated that they turn off UAC, which leaves their computers almost as vulnerable as they were before Vista. Or they use the Administrator account full-time, bypassing the security measures.

The better way is to leave UAC working, but right-click on Quicken's Setup.exe and choose Run as Administrator. This puts your "shields down" just enough and long enough for the installation, but leaves you free to use Quicken on a daily basis without excessive restrictions. After installation, UAC continues to protect you from unauthorized access to Quicken.

I've been using Quicken 2007 Basic since about September, first on the Vista beta and on the final Vista versions (both 32-bit and 64-bit) since November. I'm happy with the combination. ; Are there any issues at all with Q2007 and VISTA? Does it install ok,