Quicken 2004 Basic

by Intuit

Product Details

Product Manual [1.79mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000A98NJ
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 25, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,810 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #15 in Software > Personal Finance > Investment Tools
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Quicken 2004 Basic is the easiest way to start organizing your finances. Quicken works just like your checkbook, so it's easy to get started. Balance your checkbook quickly, pay bills easily, track spending, and more! Save time on data entry by downloading your credit card, banking and brokerage transactions from your financial institution - Quicken works with over 2,000 financial institutions. Come see why over 15 million people trust their money to Quicken.

3 Easy Steps to Start Organizing Your Finances:

1. Balance Your Checkbook and Pay Bills

• Get started with Quicken Guided Setup. It asks for your goals, suggests what to set up and track, and offers practical next steps to help you get there.
• Track your checking, savings and credit card transactions in one place. Reconcile your bank statements in minutes. Quicken does the math, so records are more accurate.
• Pay bills right from your computer. Write and print checks or pay bills online.

2. See Where Your Money Goes

• Sort your expenses by date, amount, payee or category (like "charity" or "groceries").
• Choose from dozens of reports and graphs that show where your money goes, how much you're saving and more.
• Get answers to questions like "How much did I spend on dining?" and "How does that compare to last month?"

3. Make Your Money Work Harder

• Create a personalized budget to help meet your goals.
• Monitor your cash flow to cover your spending.
• Keep an eye on your expenses and explore ways to save more money.

Plus... Stop typing it all in!

With the click of a button, Quicken instantly connects to your banks and credit cards and enters your transactions into your Quicken register. You'll have complete, up to date records without the effort. Quicken works with more than 2,000 financial institutions.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

97 of 107 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Quicken User Since Version 2.0!, October 22, 2003

By 

David Wilson (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quicken 2004 Basic (CD-ROM)

I've used Quicken since 1994 when I bought my first computer and Quick 2.0 came preinstalled. Since then I've tried MS-Money twice. I keep going back to Quicken. It's intuitive, logical and makes reconciling the check book a breeze. I admit that my finaces are fairly simple and others may need the deluxe or small business versions of the program, but I think for the average person the basic program is perfect. I don't upgrade every year. I don't think there's a need to. I up grade about every two to three years. The program is very stable. I haven't had problems with bugs or crashes in any version. I highly recommend it.

38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Same old, same old, February 26, 2004

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Stephen Zielinski (Allison Park, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quicken 2004 Basic (CD-ROM)

I've used Quicken and QuickBooks for more than a few years and I find it disturbing that Intuit finds ways to force the user to update his or her software. The required update has nothing to do with the user's need for new features. It's all about Intuit keeping the milk flowing from its cash cow.

I haven't had the troubles some have reported they have had with the software. I just do not see the benefits flowing to me from my upgrade from Quicken 2000 to Quicken 2004. I'd imagine I'll need to buy another version in a few years, when Intuit changes the color scheme for the user interface...

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Stick with Quicken 2002 (maybe from Ebay?), April 24, 2004

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"dmfix3" (Allen, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quicken 2004 Basic (CD-ROM)

I was warned!! Instead I thought I could put up with all the small inconveniences of 2004. Every one of the negative reviews is correct and then some. I've been using (and promoting) Quicken since 1996 and updating every other year. 2004 regularly crashes on Windows XP. The investment register is useless for record reviews. The help topics are not useful. I was excited the first time it took me directly to Intuit's knowledge base, until I found nothing in the knowledge base that applied. Their Indian customer service can barely speak English. Not that it matters much since they haven't a clue how solve problems other than uninstall and re-install. The final straw however came today when, during an online update, Quicken corrupted my data files. The only fix for this is to uninstall the program. My fix is to reinstall Quicken 2002 and wait until I see some positive reviews on a new version before buying another Intuit product, even though I'm in for a couple days re-entering data that won't transfer from version 2004.

Laughably, a couple years ago Intuit was used in marketing case studies as a better way to treat customers than Microsoft. Where did those managers go? They now make Microsoft look positively brilliant. Since I have loved Quicken for so long, I really hope Intuit is monitoring these site reviews and will Quickly correct these myriad problems. I'm just glad I didn't post a high recommendation on this product and have to eat those words now.