It’s the best of times and the worst of times whenever Microsoft releases a new operating system. Both business and consumer users are filled with excitement to try out the latest and greatest technology from Redmond, Wash. All too often, however, the thrill of purchasing a new OS is tempered by the awful realization that key software is not compatible with the upgraded OS. Potential incompatibility is one reason it can take business users up to 18 months to migrate to a new OS.
Please do not blame Vista for the problem. If you run Quicken product in XP in LUA (Least Privilege Users Account), they will not run. On the Quicken Personal 2006, I have dissected it and it turned out mostly it was due to poorly implemented licence protection scheme and the developers have no clue on Windows Security Model. The specification of the Windows Security Model is nothing new and was released prior to Windows 2000. If after 6 years Intuit still could not get their acts together, they should not be selling software. Obviously, Intuit has no interest in offer proper software to their customers. The Quicken 2005 was better than 2006 in its conformance to Windows Security Issue. I contacted their support and was told that I had to run Quicken 2006 in Administrator Account. That's a joke. I could run Windows Kernel Debugger, MS Access, and Visual Studio in LUA and why should an accounting package needing Admin rights? It is just a glorified spreadsheet. I am not promoting MS Money nor comparing MS Money to Quicken in terms of accounting support but you can see how conforming MS Money is to the Windows Security Model. I could run MS Money in LUA and every software should be! I think you should ask Intuit why an accounting package in XP requiring Admin rights. Microsoft should have published shame list in Windows 2000 for those not meeting the security model.
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New Vista, Old Software: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Posted by: Walaika Haskins February 17, 2007 01:30 AMIt’s the best of times and the worst of times whenever Microsoft releases a new operating system. Both business and consumer users are filled with excitement to try out the latest and greatest technology from Redmond, Wash. All too often, however, the thrill of purchasing a new OS is tempered by the awful realization that key software is not compatible with the upgraded OS. Potential incompatibility is one reason it can take business users up to 18 months to migrate to a new OS.
The specification of the Windows Security Model is nothing new and was released prior to Windows 2000. If after 6 years Intuit still could not get their acts together, they should not be selling software. Obviously, Intuit has no interest in offer proper software to their customers.
The Quicken 2005 was better than 2006 in its conformance to Windows Security Issue.
I contacted their support and was told that I had to run Quicken 2006 in Administrator Account. That's a joke. I could run Windows Kernel Debugger, MS Access, and Visual Studio in LUA and why should an accounting package needing Admin rights? It is just a glorified spreadsheet.
I am not promoting MS Money nor comparing MS Money to Quicken in terms of accounting support but you can see how conforming MS Money is to the Windows Security Model. I could run MS Money in LUA and every software should be!
I think you should ask Intuit why an accounting package in XP requiring Admin rights.
Microsoft should have published shame list in Windows 2000 for those not meeting the security model.