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Part I: Zen, Quicken, and the Big Picture

Installing and Starting Quicken

You install Quicken the same way that you install any program in Windows.

If you already know how to install programs, you don’t need any help from

me. Stop reading here, do the installation thing, start your newly installed

Quicken program, and then start reading the next section, “Finishing Setup If

You’ve Used Quicken Before.”

If you need help installing Quicken, here are the step-by-step instructions.

Installing Quicken from a CD-ROM is as easy as one, two, three, four:

1. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

In a short amount of time, Quicken should display the Quicken 2010

installation window. I’m not going to show this window in a figure.

There’s really nothing in the window to talk about. The window just

reads Welcome.

Note: If nothing happens when you put the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM

drive, don’t panic! First, try removing the CD and then putting it in again.

If Windows still doesn’t recognize the CD, you need to tell Windows that

it should install your Quicken program. In many versions of Windows

(but not necessarily with your version), you do this with the Windows

Control Panel by using the Programs tool. To do this, refer to your

Windows user guide or a good book about your version of Windows

(such as Windows Vista For Dummies, written by Andy Rathbone).

2. Click Next.

Quicken then displays a window that asks you a few questions:

• Whether you accept the Quicken license agreement.

• Where you want to install Quicken. You should accept the instal-

lation’s program suggestion. (The installation program suggests a

Quicken subfolder in your Program Files folder.)

• Whether it’s okay to uninstall the previous version of Quicken if

there is a previous version of Quicken installed on your computer.

You may also be asked whether it’s okay with you if Quicken gets

any program updates and if you’re okay with the Quicken program

sending Intuit information about how you use Quicken.

3. Answer these questions by clicking the appropriate buttons. Click

Next to move to the next question. Then click the Install button when

you answer the last question.

Quicken installs itself. This process takes a few minutes. Along the way,

you see several other screenfuls of messages, including marketing infor-

mation about the features new to Quicken and some progress reports on

the installation itself.

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