i have been advisd to stop entering data into this program as it is obsolete and cannot be switched to windows xp. i also have quickbooks in my computer but it is to complicated. i bought quickbooks in 1997 and never used it
It's no more obsolete than smoke signals to communicate.
New versions of Quicken can import older Quicken files but you may have to go in several steps to do so, someone else can give you details or you might contact Intuit's help.
Microsoft doesn't seem to understand that many people use computers for other reasons than simply playing games and posting to Facebook and aren't amenable to unnecessary upgrades.
I've been running a small business on XP ever since it was introduced. I was recently tempted to upgrade to Win 7, not because I needed anything it offered but just to keep up with the times. After considerable investigation, I discovered Win 7 would not run one of the programs critical to my business so upgrading is out of the question. I'll be with XP until it (or I) die.
I to had a similar problem but I upgraded to WIN 7 and then installed the XP virtual machine and the program runs just fine.
I was a little concerned about Win 7 but now have 5 machines running it with absolutely no problems. I installed the virtual machine to run a home automation program written for windows 98. It ran fine on Win XP but not on Win 7.
Microsoft WILL continue to supply updates to XP users until sometime summer 2014. I'll probably be hanging on until then unless I find a damn good deal on a Windows 7 machine. Otherwise, I'm hoping that a much better Windows 9 comes out before the sun sets on XP updates.
XP support ends in April 2013. After that, no more security updates, and software companies may start to drop support. Alot of software no longer supports Win2K, even though XP was little more than Win2K with updates (Win2K=Windows 5.0, XP= Windows 5.1). The main issue is often due to a few new function calls in the Windows kernel. They can easily start using software that uses Vista/7/8 unique function calls.
It runs what I need it to run, and then some. Indeed, in one area (digital audio workstation software), Windows XP is better and less buggy than Windows 7.
Just because there is software that requires a newer version of the OS does not mean that the currently supported version is obsolete.
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