No More Tax Software for Win 98/ME

Hello:

In recent years there has been only one U.S. tax software package that
continued to support Windows 98/ME: TaxACT from 2nd Story Software (
http://www.taxact.com/ ).

In May of 2009, I asked the company if they planned to continue supporting
Win 98/ME in the upcoming 2009 edition. They replied that "Currently, we are
still planning to support Windows 98/ ME in the 2009 edition."

However, they have just released the 2009 Preview Edition and the systems
requirements now states: "Operating System: Windows 2000, XP, Vista."

I emailed TaxACT customer support about this change and they replied today
that: "During the development of the 2009 TaxACT preview edition, the
decision was made to no longer support Windows 98 / ME."

So, sadly, there are no more U.S. tax software packages that support these
older versions of Windows.

Cheers,
Jerry

"Jerry Martin" wrote in
:

Hello:

In recent years there has been only one U.S. tax software
package that continued to support Windows 98/ME: TaxACT
from 2nd Story Software ( http://www.taxact.com/ ).

In May of 2009, I asked the company if they planned to
continue supporting Win 98/ME in the upcoming 2009 edition.
They replied that "Currently, we are still planning to
support Windows 98/ ME in the 2009 edition."

However, they have just released the 2009 Preview Edition
and the systems requirements now states: "Operating System:
Windows 2000, XP, Vista."

I emailed TaxACT customer support about this change and
they replied today that: "During the development of the
2009 TaxACT preview edition, the decision was made to no
longer support Windows 98 / ME."

So, sadly, there are no more U.S. tax software packages
that support these older versions of Windows.

Cheers,
Jerry


What does a tax preparation package do that requires something in XP that is not in 98?

"Jerry Martin" wrote in
:

Hello:

In recent years there has been only one U.S. tax software
package that continued to support Windows 98/ME: TaxACT
from 2nd Story Software ( http://www.taxact.com/ ).

In May of 2009, I asked the company if they planned to
continue supporting Win 98/ME in the upcoming 2009 edition.
They replied that "Currently, we are still planning to
support Windows 98/ ME in the 2009 edition."

However, they have just released the 2009 Preview Edition
and the systems requirements now states: "Operating System:
Windows 2000, XP, Vista."

I emailed TaxACT customer support about this change and
they replied today that: "During the development of the
2009 TaxACT preview edition, the decision was made to no
longer support Windows 98 / ME."

So, sadly, there are no more U.S. tax software packages
that support these older versions of Windows.

Cheers,
Jerry


What does a tax preparation package do that requires something in XP that is not in 98?

J V wrote:

So, sadly, there are no more U.S. tax software packages
that support these older versions of Windows.

Cheers,
Jerry

What does a tax preparation package do that requires something in XP that is not in 98?

Nothing in particular, I'm sure. I'm also sure that Win98/ME users
were a tiny part of their user base, and that they figured supporting
those users was costing them considerably more than they were getting
back.

Just because they don't say that the package works in the older
versions doesn't necessarily mean it won't. It means they haven't gone
out of their way to make sure it will, they haven't tested it in the
old versions, and if you have a problem running it on the older
versions, they won't help. But it might work anyway.

--
Tim Slattery

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

J V wrote:

So, sadly, there are no more U.S. tax software packages
that support these older versions of Windows.

Cheers,
Jerry

What does a tax preparation package do that requires something in XP that is not in 98?

Nothing in particular, I'm sure. I'm also sure that Win98/ME users
were a tiny part of their user base, and that they figured supporting
those users was costing them considerably more than they were getting
back.

Just because they don't say that the package works in the older
versions doesn't necessarily mean it won't. It means they haven't gone
out of their way to make sure it will, they haven't tested it in the
old versions, and if you have a problem running it on the older
versions, they won't help. But it might work anyway.

--
Tim Slattery

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

"Tim Slattery" wrote in message
...
J V wrote:

So, sadly, there are no more U.S. tax software packages
that support these older versions of Windows.

Cheers,
Jerry

What does a tax preparation package do that requires something in XP that
is not in 98?

Nothing in particular, I'm sure. I'm also sure that Win98/ME users
were a tiny part of their user base, and that they figured supporting
those users was costing them considerably more than they were getting
back.

Just because they don't say that the package works in the older
versions doesn't necessarily mean it won't. It means they haven't gone
out of their way to make sure it will, they haven't tested it in the
old versions, and if you have a problem running it on the older
versions, they won't help. But it might work anyway.

If WinME is not included in the requirements, it will automatically reject
the program, will it not? It will be up to an actual user to test it,
because I don't use the software myself and cannot try it out.
Best of luck and success. H.


--
Tim Slattery

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

"Tim Slattery" wrote in message
...
J V wrote:

So, sadly, there are no more U.S. tax software packages
that support these older versions of Windows.

Cheers,
Jerry

What does a tax preparation package do that requires something in XP that
is not in 98?

Nothing in particular, I'm sure. I'm also sure that Win98/ME users
were a tiny part of their user base, and that they figured supporting
those users was costing them considerably more than they were getting
back.

Just because they don't say that the package works in the older
versions doesn't necessarily mean it won't. It means they haven't gone
out of their way to make sure it will, they haven't tested it in the
old versions, and if you have a problem running it on the older
versions, they won't help. But it might work anyway.

If WinME is not included in the requirements, it will automatically reject
the program, will it not? It will be up to an actual user to test it,
because I don't use the software myself and cannot try it out.
Best of luck and success. H.


--
Tim Slattery

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

"webster72n" wrote:


If WinME is not included in the requirements, it will automatically reject
the program, will it not? It will be up to an actual user to test it,
because I don't use the software myself and cannot try it out.

The software's installation routine might detect the OS and refuse to
install on Win98 or ME, but that's not likely. The OS would not reject
an application.

--
Tim Slattery

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

"webster72n" wrote:


If WinME is not included in the requirements, it will automatically reject
the program, will it not? It will be up to an actual user to test it,
because I don't use the software myself and cannot try it out.

The software's installation routine might detect the OS and refuse to
install on Win98 or ME, but that's not likely. The OS would not reject
an application.

--
Tim Slattery

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

Turbo Tax is dropping their support of Windows 2000 this year also.


"Jerry Martin" wrote in message
...
Hello:

In recent years there has been only one U.S. tax software package that
continued to support Windows 98/ME: TaxACT from 2nd Story Software (
http://www.taxact.com/ ).

In May of 2009, I asked the company if they planned to continue supporting
Win 98/ME in the upcoming 2009 edition. They replied that "Currently, we
are
still planning to support Windows 98/ ME in the 2009 edition."

However, they have just released the 2009 Preview Edition and the systems
requirements now states: "Operating System: Windows 2000, XP, Vista."

I emailed TaxACT customer support about this change and they replied today
that: "During the development of the 2009 TaxACT preview edition, the
decision was made to no longer support Windows 98 / ME."

So, sadly, there are no more U.S. tax software packages that support these
older versions of Windows.

Cheers,
Jerry