Quicken has caused problems with Microsoft's activation. Also, Quicken uses
a copy protection scheme that has the capability of acting like a Trojan on
your PC. It installs identifying information on your hard drive that
formatting and partitioning will not erase. I suggest using your hard drive
for target practice and starting over - but with no Quicken.
Dale
"Renorush" <Renorush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F3042855-8CEE-4528-9175-92269B9B8EBA@microsoft.com...
> Thanks very much for the reply, but since posting the question, I actually
> found the fix and Quicken 2007 is working quite well now on Windows Vista.
>
> I found on the Quicken web site the fix at the following link:
>
> https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin...i=&p_topview=1
>
> Basically, Microsoft has a utility called "Windows Installer Cleanup
> Utility", and after downloading it, I used its remove utility and it
> successfully removed Quicken. I was then able to re-install Quicken
> normally
> and it works great.
>
> I don't really understand why the uninstall utility in Windows Visat
> doesn't
> work as well or the same as this utility I downloaded, but anyway, it's
> working now.
>
>
> "Saran" wrote:
>
>> Renorush wrote:
>> > I just purchased a new HP Pavilion computer with Windows Vista
>> > Premium. I installed Quicken 2007 on it and everything seemed okay. I
>> > then deleted some of the garbage icons it places on my desktop. For
>> > some reason after this, I couldn't start Quicken.
>> >
>> > When I try to reinstall it, it takes me to a screen to "Modify,
>> > Repair or Remove" the program. No matter which one I choose, it does
>> > not follow through and says something interrupted the wizard.
>> >
>> > I've also tried unistalling the program through Windows and it
>> > doesn't seem to do anything.
>>
>> Quicken 2007 will run just fine in XP... theres just too many problems
>> with Vista to be makign the switch right now (or ever in the eyes of
>> many...) half the programs I tried to get installed for a customer had
>> similar problems, some just doesn't run at all, others wouldn't even
>> install fully... at least 2 gave links to web sites that, instead of
>> yielding a new version, instead tell you it'll be availale in "Spring"
>> or in 6 months or some other BS.
>>
>> New version wouldn't be needed if MS didn't break certain mechanism
>> (many of which have to do with a method of registering a DLLs), among
>> other broken parts.
>>
>>
>>