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 So Far, So Good. April 5, 2004
Melanie Ruel (West Milford, NJ United States)
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
OK, so...I was petrified by all the bad reviews, but I really had no choice but to upgrade from 2000 to 2004. My bank does not support MS Money and changing to a new bank was not something I wanted to do. So, I purchased the Quicken 2004 DELUXE CD-ROM and so far it works fine. HERE IS WHAT EVERYONE IS MISSING: If you are upgrading from Q2000, you need to let the Q2004 installer uninstall the old version during the install of the new one. DON'T uninstall it yourself. I did this and it worked fine. So, Step 1: Back up your old Quicken Files. Step 2: Repeat Step 1. Step 3: Insert Q2004 CD and let it do the rest. Everything was upgraded successfully and so far, so good. (NOTE: I did an experiment on a different machine that had never seen a Quicken install. I installed Q2004 Deluxe and tried to convert and import my Q2000 data files : It bombed.)
Solid, nice improvements over 1998 July 25, 2004
Mattman (Chicago, IL)
18 out of 23 found this review helpful
I do not normally write reviews but I believe the Quicken reviews on Amazon are unfair and I am compelled to respond.
I have been using Quicken since I started with Quicken 1998. After reading the reviews of the Quicken products on Amazon, I was turned off and waited until support expired on my current version to buy the latest release.
I finally broke down and purchased Quicken 2004 in March.
I must say I think Quicken 2004 is great piece of software. I loved Quicken 1998 and the newer version is even better. The integration with the internet is excellent. I am able to keep track of a ton of financial details with little effort. I do not leverage the full suite of Quicken functionality, but it has been able to handle everything I want to do.
There are some annoyances: There is some built-in Intuit marketing (Note: it is not nearly as bad as other reviews lead you to believe). Also, reporting could be improved, and I have had some problems with data downloads. These are minor drawbacks, however, taken in the context of the overall product's quality.
I question the validity of the negative reviews of Quicken products in this forum. I will not speculate as to why they are so negative, but I recommend that any prospective buyers take these reviews with a grain of salt.
Quicken 2004 has worked flawlessly for me ! June 4, 2004
14 out of 19 found this review helpful
Regarding all these negative online reviews, I just don't get it. I don't understand how this software could be as bad as some reviewers want you to think. For comparison purposes I would like to note that I am using Windows XP and I did an upgrade to Quicken 2004 from Quicken 2002 . I backed up my current quicken data on zip disk and loaded the Quicken 2004 CD. For me the upgrade went quickly and smoothly. (After backing up the current quicken data files users of pre-Windows XP OS might want to do a complete uninstall of their older Quicken first. You should also take a note of my other suggestions below). After installing the new Quicken I ran all the online Quicken 2004 live program updates without a problem. The new Quicken did require that I confirm a creation of a Quicken online account which you do not have to use and you can simply choose not to upload any information to the online web account if you do not want to use it. My older Quicken 2002 data and online account information migrated fine. The new user interface is a departure from the older style but after a while you begin to like it much more than the older interface. It would be nice to have the option to customize the account colors as you could with previous versions but this is my only minor complaint. From my experience this past year I don't see what all the major complaining is about that I read from some of the other reviewers.Financial programs are obviously very important and therefore to avoid any possible problems I would recommend several things to newer users who want to migrate to Quicken 2004. First, if you are using an operating system other than Windows XP be aware that previous versions of Windows such as Windows 98 are not as good at uninstalling older versions of software which is what is needed to be done during most newer software program upgrades. You might want to consider upgrading to Windows XP or to a new computer with Winodws XP installed in the near future to avoid these problems if you haven't done so already. Secondly, make sure you have a copy of your current version of Quicken on CD so that if you do have problems you can re-install your older software if you really have to. Third, before you do anything securely back up your current Quicken data files to a reliable removable media source such as floppies, zip disk, USB flash memory drive, etc. because data files on your system hard drive could become corrupt or inaccessible if your computer system ever runs into problems of any kind. Finally, after installing or upgrading to Quicken 2004 run all the online internet updates for the Quicken software so that it can install its needed patches and upgrades which is a normal procedure for almost all modern software releases. I have upgraded to Quicken 2004 on my desktop computer running Windows XP Pro and on my notebook running Windows XP Home. Neither computer system had any problems at all and I actually find this version of Quicken to be the easiest to use, most trouble free, and best looking interface since I began using other Quicken versions over years ago. My favorite improvement to Quicken 2004 is the increased reliability of the internet account updates. Quicken 2002 used to crash all the time during internet account downloading or download error recovery and Quicken 2004 has been flawless for me.
worked like a charm June 13, 2009
J. D. Lohr (Western Maryland)
I had Quicken 2004 that I downloaded some years ago. I got a new computer with Vista - Quicken 2004 half worked on Vista. Anyway in the process of switching back to XP on the new computer the Quicken program got corrupted and wouldn't work. I purchased this CD, installed it and it went and retrieved my saved data..and there it was, good as new!
Last Excellent Version of Quicken January 30, 2010
Alan (Jackson, MS USA)
I'm thoroughly enjoying Quicken 2004 Deluxe. I purchased this even though I already had Quicken 2005 Deluxe because the 2004 version was the last one to support import of QIF files into the various accounts. This import works great for my credit card transactions as my credit card bank still provides QIF file versions since that format is in the public domain and is free. I will not be purchasing any other Intuit Quicken products since they changed the file type import supported to their proprietary OFX or QFX for which they can charge financial institutions to use and which only work for 3 years until they force you to upgrade to a newer Quicken version. Intuit has also made TurboTax virtually unusable for the visually impaired such as myself since they've converted most presented text in that program to images which screen readers used by the visually impaired cannot read.
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