BonzaiDuck
Lifer
I learned about networking when I created an ORACLE DBMS system for multiple workstation access.
And I know that INTUIT -- perhaps maker of the more robust software available -- had introduced QuickBooks for this purpose. Indeed, I had even worked with QuickBooks and set it up for my cousin's small-business LAN.
It isn't worth it to me to buy QuickBooks so I can access my accounts from any workstation on my LAN. I do all the financial management for myself and the family trust.
Quicken probably has more potential than many think. I've designed reports with it that could be part of a company's annual report. I've seen frustrations people had with the newer versions since 2012, but it is still robust in the latest version.
I want to be able to access the same Quicken account files from either of two PCs, but only one at a time. For this reason, I was able to get a budget price on two installation licenses. Ordinarily, I might try and install the same license on both machines, but nothing was wasted in my purchase of two, and this is "serious business."
Would anyone disagree that I can configure each installation to access the same files from either computer and one at a time?
To me the biggest problem arises with the direct bank access feature that updates the local Quicken accounts: INTUIT and the banks want your access controlled to one computer, and you have to go through the hoops with your "secret questions and answers" to do online banking on a new computer. It's troublesome, even if you do it for some temporary reason for which the bank or INTUIT will abjure recognizing the second computer as "the" computer.
But one set of my accounts in Quicken -- all in a single Quicken file -- do not use this banking feature. The other set of accounts is designated for the family trust accounts, and I can choose how to deal with that later.
My main concern is using two different installations -- two different PCs, same version of Quicken Home & Business 2017 -- to access the same files without simultaneous access.
And I know that INTUIT -- perhaps maker of the more robust software available -- had introduced QuickBooks for this purpose. Indeed, I had even worked with QuickBooks and set it up for my cousin's small-business LAN.
It isn't worth it to me to buy QuickBooks so I can access my accounts from any workstation on my LAN. I do all the financial management for myself and the family trust.
Quicken probably has more potential than many think. I've designed reports with it that could be part of a company's annual report. I've seen frustrations people had with the newer versions since 2012, but it is still robust in the latest version.
I want to be able to access the same Quicken account files from either of two PCs, but only one at a time. For this reason, I was able to get a budget price on two installation licenses. Ordinarily, I might try and install the same license on both machines, but nothing was wasted in my purchase of two, and this is "serious business."
Would anyone disagree that I can configure each installation to access the same files from either computer and one at a time?
To me the biggest problem arises with the direct bank access feature that updates the local Quicken accounts: INTUIT and the banks want your access controlled to one computer, and you have to go through the hoops with your "secret questions and answers" to do online banking on a new computer. It's troublesome, even if you do it for some temporary reason for which the bank or INTUIT will abjure recognizing the second computer as "the" computer.
But one set of my accounts in Quicken -- all in a single Quicken file -- do not use this banking feature. The other set of accounts is designated for the family trust accounts, and I can choose how to deal with that later.
My main concern is using two different installations -- two different PCs, same version of Quicken Home & Business 2017 -- to access the same files without simultaneous access.
