Reccomend a home accounts software package?

Just to try and fill up some empty space, what is the home accounting
software of choice? Quicken and MS Money have both had UK support
dropped although I can get hooky copies of the USA varieties.

There are others, but are they any good? Which ones should I avoid?
Yes, I could spend ages with excel but my skills in that direction are
limited and a quill and parchment is so 17th century.

Any advice for a poor lurker?

Thanks.

 

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/accountingexpress/FX101729681033.aspx

Never used it, but the price is right.
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And, as with Money, they've just dropped support for it.

It is very good though.

 

Oh shit, sorry, I didnt know that - its not that old though is it?
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"On October 30, 2009, Microsoft will transfer customer support for
Office Accounting in the UK to Mamut Software Ltd. Mamut is a
long-standing industry partner of Microsoft’s in the UK and Europe and
is a leading supplier of integrated software solutions. "

So not dropped as such, more transferred.
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Gavin.

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I'm still using Quicken, but I had a look recently at what was around
and bookmarked the following as worth a second look.

http://www.moneydance.com/
http://www.moneysoft.co.uk/mmp_intro.htm
http://www.accountz.com/household.html
http://www.mechcad.net/products/acemoney/

HTH

 

Glad I'm not the only one! I've tried a few others just out of
interest, but always come back to Quicken after a few days.

 

Yes, transferred to a different software that you have to pay for (quite
expensive) after the first year.

 

Gnucash

 

Seconded.

http://www.gnucash.org
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnu...table)/2.2.9/gnucash-2.2.9-setup.exe/download

I normally use the Portable Apps version (2.2.8) on a usb stick for
Windows. Can also edit the same accounts on different platforms, I've
tried it on Linux (version 2.2.6 on Ubuntu 9.04) and if you're an Apple
fan boi there's a Mac OS X version too.

If you need any tips on setting it up I can probably help. Although I'm
not an accountant I helped develop interactive teaching software for
double entry book-keeping in my dim and distant past.

 

Thanks for that. The timing is good as it seems the 16th of November
is going to be the date they stop distribution frm the MS site. I'm
downloading it to see if it's any good as I type.

 

After the first year? The MS site says...

U.K. version only.
Download size: 287MB
Requirements: Windows XP/2003 Server/Vista
License: FREE. Absolutely no strings attached.

I'll read the T&C's when I can be bothered.

 

Do you have a UK version of Quicken then? I can only find / buy USA
ones. Or have you done some sort of tweaking with it.

 

This looks good too. I like the price, thanks for the pointer.

 

Doh, look wot I fownd.

http://web.intuit.com/support/quicken/docs/qkn_w2002.html

Amazing what one can do when one can be bothered! Now to see if I can
get it legally licenced.

 

Used this for years
http://www.moneysoft.co.uk/

I even went to a lot of trouble to gt it working under Solaris using Wine.

Only stopped when I realised I was being a total saddo.

 

Only that I can't buy a licence for the UK product any more. Of course
there's the hookey version, but I'm TRYING to be good.

 

Of course he could always buy a legit one on the bay.

 

You made me look. 2004 XG versions for sale at 22 quid. Looked up the
reviews and they stink for this one. I've downloaded the 2002 version
which has a 60 day trial, so I need to start hunting for a crack.

 

Still using Quicken 98. The new ones scare me