Quicken 2008 on laptops?

I've been using Quicken on a laptop for years.

Until a few years ago, Quicken could be active when the laptop was suspended (or put into hibernate). Intuit then improved Quicken by displaying a message to the effect that it didn't support being suspended and then blocking Windows from suspending.

I'm currently using Quicken 2007 which usually allows Windows to suspend but usually takes minutes to display the window contents that were displayed before the suspend. Sometimes (e.g., while a transaction was being entered) it still blocks suspend. I've also noticed that if the laptop is suspended/resumed several times with Quicken running, Quicken will flash the window contents on and off several times before resuming normal operation.

Does anyone know if Quicken 2008 behaves better than Quicken 2007 when Windows power management drops into and out of low power modes like suspend or hibernate?

Thanks

Mike

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Mike Blake-Knox
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You shouldn't be suspending your system with files open. There's a small but definate risk of file corruption happening, since the PC is still relying on RAM to remember what's happening. It's not a "might" happen, but an "eventually WILL" happen kind of thing.

Hibernation should be acceptable, though, since it would take a major catastrophy to corrupt the saved state while the laptop is off.

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Noozer

Unfortunately, we live in a world of compromises. I don't need to explicity invoke suspend or hibernate as power management does it if I'm not actively using the laptop. Preventing suspend probably increases the odds of being unable to complete a transaction as the laptop will eventually run out of battery and hence loose RAM contents.

Anyway, has anyone noticed any change in behaviour with Quicken 2008?

Thanks

Mike

Reply to
Mike Blake-Knox

Very good advice.

My laptop stays in this state for 15 minutes when the lid is closed, then it goes into "suspend to disk" or hibernate mode.

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bjn

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