Quicken 2002 Deluxe [OLD VERSION]

by Intuit

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005LA8Y
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 17, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,182 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Whether planning a retirement strategy or just balancing a checkbook, it can be tough to deal with financial data sensibly and securely. Quicken 2002 Deluxe helps new and upgrading users devise the best arrangements for their information and plan for the future. The program's Web-page-based tracking system (which integrates Internet Explorer thoroughly) is simple, customizable, and easy on the eyes.

Installing the upgrade is practically transparent, and new users will only have to pay attention for a few minutes before taking a quick coffee break and letting the computer do the work. Data entry is painless now that nearly every major bank and investment house has online information access, though this can be moderately tricky to implement, depending on the business in question.

Those who are a bit more daring can branch out from basic data maintenance and ask the onboard experts for advice on debt reduction, college payment, and many other common financial milestones. Links to helpful online services abound--though they're incomplete, they're a good start--and users should be able to find information on just about any topic they need.

Upgraders will find the 2002 version a bit slicker and better suited to Web transactions, but little is otherwise different. Those shifting from other packages or new to personal financial management software will have a short but steep learning curve.

Will Quicken make up for sloppy budgeting, bad investment advice, or the heartbreak of tax day? No, but it will help users committed to financial responsibility achieve their goals without going crazy, and that's more than enough. --Rob Lightner

Amazon.com Product Description

Quicken 2002 Deluxe helps you manage the seven key areas of your finances: banking, investing, taxes, planning, spending and saving, loans, and insurance. It's packed with powerful features and enhancements that help you see the complete picture of your finances. Balance your checkbook easily. Reconcile your bank statement in minutes. See where your money is going using insightful reports and graphs about your spending, budget, net worth, and more. Write checks, print checks, or send payments online. Download your bank records, pay bills, and transfer funds with online banking. Quicken works with more than 1,700 banks, credit card institutions, and brokerage companies.

Track and analyze your investments, 401(k), and IRAs easily. Gain valuable insights and see how your portfolio is performing at a glance. Download the latest stocks and mutual funds right into Quicken. Even download your brokerage records to minimize data entry. Users also get a step-by-step life events planner to help them plan for and monitor financial goals such as retirement, college, a big vacation, or a new home.

Take advantage of tax tracking and planning tools to help you keep more money and ease the pain of tax time. Search for tax deductions or explore ways to minimize capital gains taxes. Cut preparation time by transferring your Quicken tax data into TurboTax software.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

348 of 367 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Features ... but a word of caution ..., August 23, 2001

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Jerald P. Hobby (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quicken 2002 Deluxe [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I have used Quicken for many years and I've always liked the product. This version is a nice upgrade and is probably worth it for any Quicken owner to pick it up.

I also picked up Microsoft Money 2002 since it had a great rebate from the wholesale store. Money will convert Quicken 2001 files cleanly, so it was easy to compare the products. Microsoft Money is different, but equally capable for the most part. I recommend Microsoft Money to anyone who has not already become familiar with Quicken. Money seems to be easier to learn and use than Quicken. But if you are comfortable with Quicken, I don't see any real value in Money over Quicken to justify the learning curve.

WARNING!!! I recently had a minor problem with a corrupt quicken file which I corrected. It made me more consciences about running VALIDATE periodically. Before upgrading to Quicken 2002, I ran Validate and Super-Validate and no problems were found. After upgrading I ran Validate and Super-Validate again, with no problems. I went online to update my register and post payments and then I ran Validate once again. This time I had 167 errors. I don't know what it "fixed", but I got really nervous. I validated a second time, no problems. I went online again the next day, then validated again, and more errors were found. I hope that Quicken is just cleaning up some online garbage ... no apparent problems exist in my data ... just please run VALIDATE frequently to be extra safe, and run your backups too.

I also had a problem where I had duplicate scheduled payments in my Quicken schedule. I was able to identify which payments were legitimate and which were not, so I cleaned up that mess. This problem is addressed in the Quicken knowledgebase, albeit poorly addressed.

This makes three seperate data problems with Quicken. One with Quicken 2001 and two with Quicken 2002. All within the last two months. All three were caused by Quicken, so I am getting nervous about trusting this company with my data. I am running Validate frequently now and I recommend that you do too.

I like Quicken and I will continue to use it as long as I can continue to trust it with my data. I like the new features in this upgrade. Microsoft Money is a great product as well, but not worth the learning curve to switch. If you do buy or use Quicken, just be extra careful to validate your data frequently.

56 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Still a great product, but disappointing upgrade, September 25, 2001

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Hal C. Elrod (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quicken 2002 Deluxe [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

Having been a Quicken user for more than ten years and having recently upgraded from Quicken 2000, this new version is a disappointment. There aren't any compelling new features (the new reports are nice, but how many do you need?) On the downside: (1) it's much slower to open, (2) it has lots of gimicky links to more stuff to purchase from Intuit. Example: On the Finance Menu there's an item that says "Manage Payroll". Click on it and you get a ad telling you to buy QuickPayroll. You can't turn this junk off.

It's not horrible, it's just stupid.

I regret having upgraded but once your file is converted and you've updated data you can't go back. If you have Quicken 2K or later and are satisfied, pass on this one.

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth upgrading to, January 29, 2002

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"shortnuke" (Dallas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quicken 2002 Deluxe [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I was previously running Quicken 2000 and loved it. I "upgraded" to 2002 hoping to get up-to-date tax information for tax planning and faster recognition of categories based on 2002's ability to recognize businesses. My recommendation to anyone with 2000 or 2001 is to keep what you've got.

Here are my complaints. First, in order to install 2002 in the default directory, I had to uninstall 2000. The 2000 version was pre-installed on my computer, so there is no practical way to recover it. You can change the install directory, but I suspect that this will result in numerous conflicts and files not found.

The program crashes constantly, although the number of crashes seems to decrease with use.

You get bombarded with alerts and suggestions for scheduled transactions that must be cleared out one at a time (automated alerts is one of the features advertised in this version). Buy a book from Amazon.com, and the purchase will appear as an alert for the next month. I continue to get warnings that several accounts are past due, even though they are all up to date and have entries in the register. Several areas show some type of warning icon that I cannot get rid of. For example, I have chosen not to supply some information on my bank accounts to Quicken. The result is warning icons on the overview pages for the account.

Planning, tax, and investment calculations appear inaccurate. I am also unimpressed by the Quicken's inability to handle more that one Flexible Spending Account.

Finally, as other users have noted, you get bombarded with links for other Quicken services. The bottom of each page provides icons for these services, and I have not yet found a way to turn them off.