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ewagner@imssys.imssys.com wrote:
: >I saw a number of posts that said Quicken v4.0 for Windows will not work
: >on OS/2. I have the older v2.0 of Quicken for Windows, will this works on the
: >newest OS/2. I just need to verify this before I make the OS switch. 
: >Please reply via email.

: Not true.  I have Quicken 4 running under WARP without any problems.  
: The trick is to use it ONLY in a WinOS2 window (e.g. don't load WinOS/2
: and then run Quicken -- it will GPF from then on).

  With Warp,m y problem is this: Quicken 4 will run in a WinOS2 window,
but if I click on the graph in the Quicken Calendar, I get a GPF in 
USER.EXE.  If I run Quicken in a WinOS2 full-screen session, I get a
GPF in PROGMAN.EXE when Quicken loads, but Quicken still works.  I still
get the GPF in USER.EXE from the Calendar graph, though.  This behavior
is with the Cirrus Logic 542x drivers shipped with Warp.
  I then tried the drivers from ftp.cirrus.com (CL542x-D3, or something).
With those drivers, Quicken still GPFs in USER.EXE when running in a 
WinOS2 window and clicking on the Calendar Graph.  But, from a full-screen
WinOS2 session, Quicken loads OK, and PROGMAN.EXE does NOT GPF.  This
time, however, clicking on the Calendar Graph causes OS/2 to lock up
(CTRL-ESC does nothing), but CRTL-ALT-DEL will reboot.
  I had no problems running Quicken 4 under OS/2 2.1, full version.  Also,
Quicken runs fine under DOS/Windows.  I can live with it for now. 
  Other Windows programs run fine, such as Encarta.

.commentary-on
  This type of problem will hurt Warp in the home-user marketplace.
I don't know if it's Intuit's fault, or IBM's, but it won't matter
to most users.  Quicken is a popular product, and if OS/2 can't handle
it, OS/2 will suffer, not Quicken.  
  What is it with Intuit products and OS/2 anyway?  Remember the Quicken
Home Inventory proble, where it wouldn't run under OS/2 unless you renamed
the executable?  Stupid, trivial problems...
.commentary-off
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