Please can you help me - I have an old programmes called Quicken 98 and my new windows 7 laptop won't let me load it on - how can I get this programme on my machine?

Anonymous
2010-01-14T21:21:45+00:00

Please can you help me - I have Quicken 98 and it won't load on my new Windows 7 laptop - I realise its a very old programme - but it is brilliant and I use it every day - I have the data stored on an external drive - I really need help with this please

ps My cassells dictionery disc won't load either - why do's this happen when the systems change - it really isn't fair

thank with kind regards

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Anonymous
2010-01-15T16:19:14+00:00

Today, 64-bit processors have become the standard for systems ranging from the most scalable servers to desktop PCs. The way to take full advantage of these systems is with 64-bit editions of Microsoft Windows products.

The 64-bit systems offer direct access to more virtual and physical memory than 32-bit systems and process more data per clock cycle, enabling more scalable, higher performing computing solutions. There are two 64-bit Windows platforms: x64-based and Itanium-based.

x64 solutions are the direct descendants of x86 32-bit products, and are the natural choice for most server application deployments—small or large. Itanium-based systems offer alternative system designs and a processor architecture best suited to extremely large database and custom application solutions.

64 bit is a way of manipulating data and if something is currently 16 bit there is no way for you to upgrade them to 64. That is the job of the author of the product. You will have to contact them.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-05-13T17:25:15+00:00

    Several years ago I figured out how to get around the registration process as I knew it would not be long before the phone number would no longer work.  If I remember correctly you would call in with the serial number and they would give you a customer number.  The serial number is contained in a file located at:  c:/windows/quicken.ini  I have an old serial number that ties to a customer number.  So what I would do is change the serial number in the quicken.ini file (open in wordpad) and then the customer number works.   This was the only way around it that I saw as the program seems to regenerate the serial number each time it was loaded.  Hopefully those of you with this issue will have an old serial number and customer number written down somewhere.

    At least that is my from my notes and memory.  Now I have to figure out how to get it working on a Windows 7 machine and thanks to all of you, it appears with some work I will be able to do so.

    Scott

    Hi Everyone,

    Just a suggested approach that I have found effective to get around the Registration bit. I dont have a code now - lost it many years ago. I found that when the Quicken program gives you the options 'Register' or 'Cancel' (after 7 or 8 normal loads/uses I believe) just click 'cancel'. This will allow you a further 12 normal loads/uses of the program. Eventually, after the these '20' uses of the program, the next time that you load the program it will then request that you either 'Register' or 'Close'. Choose 'Close' The trick here is that after repeating this 'close' routine for 3 times in sucession, the program will automatically revert to the start of the '20' uses cycle. I know this sounds a little convoluted, but it is after all just a few mouse clicks. Try it for yourself. Hope it helps someone.

    Bob

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-11-29T15:17:24+00:00

    Several years ago I figured out how to get around the registration process as I knew it would not be long before the phone number would no longer work.  If I remember correctly you would call in with the serial number and they would give you a customer number.  The serial number is contained in a file located at:  c:/windows/quicken.ini  I have an old serial number that ties to a customer number.  So what I would do is change the serial number in the quicken.ini file (open in wordpad) and then the customer number works.   This was the only way around it that I saw as the program seems to regenerate the serial number each time it was loaded.  Hopefully those of you with this issue will have an old serial number and customer number written down somewhere.

    At least that is my from my notes and memory.  Now I have to figure out how to get it working on a Windows 7 machine and thanks to all of you, it appears with some work I will be able to do so.

    Scott

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-11-10T22:45:32+00:00

    Glad to be of help, Stephen. And glad, too, that this thread is still proving useful after all this time!

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-11-10T22:10:38+00:00

    Voila! The mention of the 16-digit registration code prompted me to go hunting and eventually found it. Problem solved, no more registration window.

    Thanks.

    For anybody in same boat in UK that doesn't have your original registration code, I don't think the QWREMIND.INI file is where it is stored.

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