Quicken2002 Problems

A strange thing has happened in the past few days. Whenever I try to update the stock prices in my portfolio online, I get a message stating that an error has occurred, and please restart Quicken. When I restart, the data file seems not to load. Everything seems to be corrupted. Backup files will not load. The corruption has now spread to four different computers.

By a very strange coincidence, on the same day as this first occurred, I got an email from Intuit Canada, stating

"Intuit Canada is making changes to its Quicken 2002 support services. After March 31, 2007, Quicken 2002 users will no longer have access to the following services:

Technical support by telephone or email Product updates (including Internet updates) Patches Maintenance releases Replacement CDs"

Is it possible that Intuit included a destructive applet in its One Step Updates to force Q2002 users to upgrade?

Anyone else experiencing similar problems?

I have been using Quicken for over 10 years, and in general consider each so-called "upgrade" to be a retrograde step, adding more and more fluffery to the detriment of the basic functionality that used to work so well. I will be seriously looking at alternative software options, before I upgrade to the latest bloated "2007 Suite". I really resent being forced to pay for features that are of no earthly use to me, and that simply detract from the simple basic stuff that I need.

Regards Islander

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| A strange thing has happened in the past few days. Whenever I try to | update the stock prices in my portfolio online, I get a message | stating that an error has occurred, and please restart Quicken. When | I restart, the data file seems not to load. Everything seems to be | corrupted. Backup files will not load. The corruption has now spread | to four different computers. | | By a very strange coincidence, on the same day as this first occurred, | I got an email from Intuit Canada, stating | | "Intuit Canada is making changes to its Quicken 2002 support services. | After March 31, 2007, | Quicken 2002 users will no longer have access to the following | services: | | Technical support by telephone or email | Product updates (including Internet updates) | Patches | Maintenance releases | Replacement CDs" | | Is it possible that Intuit included a destructive applet in its One | Step Updates to force Q2002 users to upgrade? | | Anyone else experiencing similar problems? | | I have been using Quicken for over 10 years, and in general consider | each so-called "upgrade" to be a retrograde step, adding more and more | fluffery to the detriment of the basic functionality that used to work | so well. I will be seriously looking at alternative software options, | before I upgrade to the latest bloated "2007 Suite". I really resent

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| A strange thing has happened in the past few days. Whenever I try to | update the stock prices in my portfolio online, I get a message | stating that an error has occurred, and please restart Quicken. When | I restart, the data file seems not to load. Everything seems to be | corrupted. Backup files will not load. The corruption has now spread | to four different computers. | | By a very strange coincidence, on the same day as this first occurred, | I got an email from Intuit Canada, stating | | "Intuit Canada is making changes to its Quicken 2002 support services. | After March 31, 2007, | Quicken 2002 users will no longer have access to the following | services: | | Technical support by telephone or email | Product updates (including Internet updates) | Patches | Maintenance releases | Replacement CDs" | | Is it possible that Intuit included a destructive applet in its One | Step Updates to force Q2002 users to upgrade? | | Anyone else experiencing similar problems? | | I have been using Quicken for over 10 years, and in general consider | each so-called "upgrade" to be a retrograde step, adding more and more | fluffery to the detriment of the basic functionality that used to work | so well. I will be seriously looking at alternative software options, | before I upgrade to the latest bloated "2007 Suite". I really resent | being forced to pay for features that are of no earthly use to me, and | that simply detract from the simple basic stuff that I need. | | Regards | Islander

You are lucky to last this long. Usually Internet support is only for three years. Q'02 Internet support should have ended in 2005.

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