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No More Tax Software for Win 98/ME
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 |
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No More Tax Software for Win 98/ME
Tim Slattery wrote in
: "webster72n" wrote: 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. I have tried installing ostensibly non-Win98 programs over the years, sometimes just to see if they would work and sometimes because I didn't know they were XP only. For me, they have always failed, often with a message that did not identify the problem. That happened to me with Corel Draw 12, which dates from 2003. I wondered what it did that made it XP only. If it only crashed ocassionally, that might not bad. However, I never found any way to get around the block on the install process. |
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No More Tax Software for Win 98/ME
Tim Slattery wrote in
: "webster72n" wrote: 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. I have tried installing ostensibly non-Win98 programs over the years, sometimes just to see if they would work and sometimes because I didn't know they were XP only. For me, they have always failed, often with a message that did not identify the problem. That happened to me with Corel Draw 12, which dates from 2003. I wondered what it did that made it XP only. If it only crashed ocassionally, that might not bad. However, I never found any way to get around the block on the install process. |
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No More Tax Software for Win 98/ME
On 10/06/2009 09:40 PM, Jerry Martin wrote:
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 Not exactly what the discussion entails, however, there are other options [for 2008/2009 though will be reflected for 2009/2010]: free-file Free File is the fast, easy, and free way to prepare and e-file your federal taxes online. http://www.irs.gov/efile/article/0,,id=118986,00.html e-file http://www.irs.gov/efile/index.html Forms http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html Its a bit early in the tax preparation year for 2009/2010 [individuals], so reviews for and 9X/ME capable preparation programs may come more towards the applicable time period. http://financialsoft.about.com/od/ot...rate_Taxes.htm One can still use the various offered online calculators [like offered on the tax prep sites] in conjunction with manual paper entry, or the full online offerings, or you may find some shareware/new-ware applications offered [like for this year 2008/2009 tax time]. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- |
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No More Tax Software for Win 98/ME
On 10/06/2009 09:40 PM, Jerry Martin wrote:
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 Not exactly what the discussion entails, however, there are other options [for 2008/2009 though will be reflected for 2009/2010]: free-file Free File is the fast, easy, and free way to prepare and e-file your federal taxes online. http://www.irs.gov/efile/article/0,,id=118986,00.html e-file http://www.irs.gov/efile/index.html Forms http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html Its a bit early in the tax preparation year for 2009/2010 [individuals], so reviews for and 9X/ME capable preparation programs may come more towards the applicable time period. http://financialsoft.about.com/od/ot...rate_Taxes.htm One can still use the various offered online calculators [like offered on the tax prep sites] in conjunction with manual paper entry, or the full online offerings, or you may find some shareware/new-ware applications offered [like for this year 2008/2009 tax time]. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- |
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No More Tax Software for Win 98/ME
"Tim Slattery" wrote in message ... "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. My Windows Vista does and so does ME, if my memory serves me correctly, but there's always the possibility of being mistaken. I definitely will not insist on being right. H. -- Tim Slattery http://members.cox.net/slatteryt |
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No More Tax Software for Win 98/ME
"Tim Slattery" wrote in message ... "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. My Windows Vista does and so does ME, if my memory serves me correctly, but there's always the possibility of being mistaken. I definitely will not insist on being right. H. -- Tim Slattery http://members.cox.net/slatteryt |
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No More Tax Software for Win 98/ME
On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:31:43 -0700, J V wrote:
Tim Slattery wrote in : "webster72n" wrote: 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. I have tried installing ostensibly non-Win98 programs over the years, sometimes just to see if they would work and sometimes because I didn't know they were XP only. For me, they have always failed, often with a message that did not identify the problem. That happened to me with Corel Draw 12, which dates from 2003. I wondered what it did that made it XP only. If it only crashed ocassionally, that might not bad. However, I never found any way to get around the block on the install process. There is a program that may or may not let it work on windows 98se. It called KernelEx-4.0-Final2 However, it is open source and some people claim if you use that, it like running windows xp original without any updates. However, I think it more like running windows xp sp2 without any further updates. JMO Some programs work and other programs don't. I don't know if it safe to use firefox 3.5.3 and KernelEx on secure sites or not. Greg |
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No More Tax Software for Win 98/ME
On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:31:43 -0700, J V wrote:
Tim Slattery wrote in : "webster72n" wrote: 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. I have tried installing ostensibly non-Win98 programs over the years, sometimes just to see if they would work and sometimes because I didn't know they were XP only. For me, they have always failed, often with a message that did not identify the problem. That happened to me with Corel Draw 12, which dates from 2003. I wondered what it did that made it XP only. If it only crashed ocassionally, that might not bad. However, I never found any way to get around the block on the install process. There is a program that may or may not let it work on windows 98se. It called KernelEx-4.0-Final2 However, it is open source and some people claim if you use that, it like running windows xp original without any updates. However, I think it more like running windows xp sp2 without any further updates. JMO Some programs work and other programs don't. I don't know if it safe to use firefox 3.5.3 and KernelEx on secure sites or not. Greg |
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No More Tax Software for Win 98/ME
On Oct 8, 7:18*am, Greg wrote:
On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:31:43 -0700, J V wrote: Tim Slattery wrote in : "webster72n" wrote: 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. I have tried installing ostensibly non-Win98 programs over the years, sometimes just to see if they would work and sometimes because I didn't know they were XP only. *For me, they have always failed, often with a *message that did not identify the problem. That happened to me with Corel Draw 12, which dates from 2003. *I wondered what it did that made it XP only. *If it only crashed ocassionally, that might not bad. However, I never found any way to get around the block on the install process. There is a program that may or may not let it work on windows 98se. It called KernelEx-4.0-Final2 * However, it is open source and some people claim if you use that, *it like running windows xp original without any updates. * *However, *I think it more like running windows xp sp2 without any further updates. JMO Some programs work and other programs don't. I don't know if it safe to use firefox 3.5.3 and KernelEx on secure sites or not. * * Greg I just use the cheapest WinXP Pro I could find, install it, run stuff, and then let the license expire, until I need it again. I just reserve about 5GB on the disk for it. |
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