From: Mike Gasson on
In message <xZqQm.6292$3O3.5072(a)newsfe29.ams2>, stephen
<srinker(a)clara.co.uk> writes

Stephen
I'm using Quicken 2004XG on Windows 7 in the UK. It works just fine, but
you need to add some dlls and some other commands to get it to run. I
don't need to update investment and prices though.
I could probably dig out my notes if you like?
I picked up a copy (sealed pack) on eBay for �13.98.


>John
>
>Thanks
>
>I suppose a workaround would be for me to move to the US!
>
>Its astonishing that Quicken and now MS Money have abandoned the UK market.
>Perhaps they realize all the brits are broke. I dont know what the
>alternative is, I have been using Quicken for about 15 years, now i'm told
>the most recent uk version (2004) wont run on Windows 7 which I am about to
>migrate to,
>
>Cheers
>
>Stephen
>"John Pollard" <8plus7isf(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:herf4v$e8u$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>> stephen wrote:
>>> Thanks to all
>>>
>>> Edward I didn't have a lot of luck getting the trial version of
>>> Quicken to run. It installed fine but when I tried to open my old UK
>>> Quicken
>>> 2004 file I got an error message saying that European Files were
>>> incompatible
>>> with this version of Quicken, which I guess was the source of the warning
>>> I was given? Realizing I could do a QIF export/import from old to new
>>> version I tried to start a new quicken file. I floundered again as the
>>> programme
>>> (trial) insisted on a registration before I could use it and would
>>> only function If I entered a US address and more importantly Zip code so
>>> I
>>> gave up.
>>>
>>> Can you help as I would love to get this working!
>>
>> You can look up zip codes here:
>>
>> http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
>>
>> Live where ever you like: pick a city and state; like Bentonville, AR
>> Chicago, IL or Lodi, CA and a street like Main Street.
>>
>> Or skip registration altogether. Hold down CTRL+SHIFT while clicking One
>> Step Update (in the Online menu).
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> John Pollard
>>
>>
>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
>> signature database 4645 (20091128) __________
>>
>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>>
>> http://www.eset.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
>signature database 4645 (20091128) __________
>
>The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>
>http://www.eset.com
>
>
>
>

--
Mike Gasson