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Information on software program - Quicken
I have Quicken 2005. I cannot find any newsgroups on this. To contact the
company it is like $25 a question. Anyone have any ideas what I can do. Every time I open Quicken I get the message "another user is already using program". I have completely deleted Quicken and reinstalled it and still get that message. Any ideas? |
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This link within the Quicken Website will take you to Quicken Chat where you can type one on one with a Quicken representative.. no mention of $25 a shot.. http://web.intuit.com/support/quicke...hat/intro.html This link within the Quicken Website will take you to Quicken forums.. http://intuit.forums.liveworld.com/i...a?categoryID=1 -- Mike Hall MVP - Windows Shell/user http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "PattiChati" wrote in message ... I have Quicken 2005. I cannot find any newsgroups on this. To contact the company it is like $25 a question. Anyone have any ideas what I can do. Every time I open Quicken I get the message "another user is already using program". I have completely deleted Quicken and reinstalled it and still get that message. Any ideas? |
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PattiChati typed: I have Quicken 2005. I cannot find any newsgroups on this. To contact the company it is like $25 a question. The Quicken newsgroup is alt.comp.software.financial.quicken. There are lots of knowledgeable helpful people there. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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I added the newsgroup through tools but it says it cannot find the server.
Not sure what that means. How do I access this newsgroup then? I guess I have only been on microsoft newsgroups, not sure what they mean by servers? Can you help? Thanks. "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I have Quicken 2005. I cannot find any newsgroups on this. To contact the company it is like $25 a question. The Quicken newsgroup is alt.comp.software.financial.quicken. There are lots of knowledgeable helpful people there. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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PattiChati typed: I added the newsgroup through tools but it says it cannot find the server. Not sure what that means. How do I access this newsgroup then? I guess I have only been on microsoft newsgroups, not sure what they mean by servers? Can you help? Thanks. A news server is a computer somewhere on the internet that carries newsgroups. The Quicken newsgroup I mentioned below is not a Microsoft newsgroup (Quicken isn't a Microsoft product), so if you're using the Microsoft news server to read this group and trying to find the Quicken group there, you won't. I see that you're using Outlook Express to read these newsgroup messages, and Outlook Express can handle multiple news servers without a problem (I use five). You need to add a general purpose News Server to OE, under Tools | Accounts. Many ISPs provide such news servers, and you should start by asking yours if they do, and if so, how to set it up. If not, do a google search and find an alternative news server. Some of them are free, but you might have to pay for some of the better (more complete) ones. Once you've set up a general news server, you can then download their list of newsgroups and subscribe to the Quicken one. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I have Quicken 2005. I cannot find any newsgroups on this. To contact the company it is like $25 a question. The Quicken newsgroup is alt.comp.software.financial.quicken. There are lots of knowledgeable helpful people there. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Wow - I have tried accessing several newsgroups and it says it cannot find
server. I finally got two groups and it had nothing to do about Quicken. I went to Google and typed in newsgroups and tried downloading from there - but same thing - no server. How can I narrow it down to find out what newsgroup and/or server carries info about Quicken??? This is all really greek to me, but I do want to learn it. Thanks for your help. "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I added the newsgroup through tools but it says it cannot find the server. Not sure what that means. How do I access this newsgroup then? I guess I have only been on microsoft newsgroups, not sure what they mean by servers? Can you help? Thanks. A news server is a computer somewhere on the internet that carries newsgroups. The Quicken newsgroup I mentioned below is not a Microsoft newsgroup (Quicken isn't a Microsoft product), so if you're using the Microsoft news server to read this group and trying to find the Quicken group there, you won't. I see that you're using Outlook Express to read these newsgroup messages, and Outlook Express can handle multiple news servers without a problem (I use five). You need to add a general purpose News Server to OE, under Tools | Accounts. Many ISPs provide such news servers, and you should start by asking yours if they do, and if so, how to set it up. If not, do a google search and find an alternative news server. Some of them are free, but you might have to pay for some of the better (more complete) ones. Once you've set up a general news server, you can then download their list of newsgroups and subscribe to the Quicken one. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I have Quicken 2005. I cannot find any newsgroups on this. To contact the company it is like $25 a question. The Quicken newsgroup is alt.comp.software.financial.quicken. There are lots of knowledgeable helpful people there. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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PattiChati typed: Wow - I have tried accessing several newsgroups and it says it cannot find server. Exactly how did you do try to do this? Please be as specific as possible. I finally got two groups and it had nothing to do about Quicken. I went to Google and typed in newsgroups and tried downloading from there - but same thing - no server. How can I narrow it down to find out what newsgroup and/or server carries info about Quicken??? I gave you the name of the newsgroup. You need to use a server that carries it. Almost any general -purpose news server will carry it. This is all really greek to me, but I do want to learn it. What news server are you trying to use? Where did you get its name? How did you set this up in Outlook Express? As I said, the place to start for news server info is with your ISP. Ask them if they provide a news server, and if som get info from them about how to set it up. Thanks for your help. You're welcome. Glad to help. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I added the newsgroup through tools but it says it cannot find the server. Not sure what that means. How do I access this newsgroup then? I guess I have only been on microsoft newsgroups, not sure what they mean by servers? Can you help? Thanks. A news server is a computer somewhere on the internet that carries newsgroups. The Quicken newsgroup I mentioned below is not a Microsoft newsgroup (Quicken isn't a Microsoft product), so if you're using the Microsoft news server to read this group and trying to find the Quicken group there, you won't. I see that you're using Outlook Express to read these newsgroup messages, and Outlook Express can handle multiple news servers without a problem (I use five). You need to add a general purpose News Server to OE, under Tools | Accounts. Many ISPs provide such news servers, and you should start by asking yours if they do, and if so, how to set it up. If not, do a google search and find an alternative news server. Some of them are free, but you might have to pay for some of the better (more complete) ones. Once you've set up a general news server, you can then download their list of newsgroups and subscribe to the Quicken one. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I have Quicken 2005. I cannot find any newsgroups on this. To contact the company it is like $25 a question. The Quicken newsgroup is alt.comp.software.financial.quicken. There are lots of knowledgeable helpful people there. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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PattiChati typed: Wow - I have tried accessing several newsgroups and it says it cannot find server. OK, I think I see your problem now. I missed it before. Read below wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I added the newsgroup through tools but it says it cannot find the server. Did you go to Tools | Accounts and add the name of the newsgroup I gave you there? That's the wrong thing to do. That's where you need to put the name of the server, not the newsgroup. You've told it to look for a server called alt.comp.software.financial.quicken, and it's telling you it can't find that server. That's no surprise; there is no such server. Again, you need to get the name of a news server (probably from your ISP) and put it there. Then once you've done that, you can download the list of newsgroups that server carries. Alt.comp.software.financial.quicken should be one of them, and you can then subscribe to it. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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I went to tools, accounts and tried to access ALL the servers they had there
and they all said "server cannot be found". I called my Internet and they said it wasn't their problem, they didn't have a clue. I went to all the "help" sections in windows and Outlook and IE and cannto find anything. I really appreciate your help Ken, and if you have any other ideas I would appreciate it, but otherwise, thank you very much. I just must have a crazy Cable Internet. "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: Wow - I have tried accessing several newsgroups and it says it cannot find server. OK, I think I see your problem now. I missed it before. Read below wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I added the newsgroup through tools but it says it cannot find the server. Did you go to Tools | Accounts and add the name of the newsgroup I gave you there? That's the wrong thing to do. That's where you need to put the name of the server, not the newsgroup. You've told it to look for a server called alt.comp.software.financial.quicken, and it's telling you it can't find that server. That's no surprise; there is no such server. Again, you need to get the name of a news server (probably from your ISP) and put it there. Then once you've done that, you can download the list of newsgroups that server carries. Alt.comp.software.financial.quicken should be one of them, and you can then subscribe to it. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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PattiChati typed: I went to tools, accounts and tried to access ALL the servers they had there and they all said "server cannot be found". Nope, that's the wrong thing to do. You won't find the answer there. You have to know the name of a new server before you do anything. The answer isn't on your computer. Don't try to do anything with the computer. I called my Internet and they said it wasn't their problem, they didn't have a clue. You're asking the wrong question. Call your ISP back. Do not ask them about a problem. There is no problem. Ask them exactly this question: "Do you provide a usenet news server for your customers?" If they say yes, then ask this question: "What is its name? Spell it, please." Write down the answers to these questions, then post back for more help. Also, tell me who your ISP is, please. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup I went to all the "help" sections in windows and Outlook and IE and cannto find anything. I really appreciate your help Ken, and if you have any other ideas I would appreciate it, but otherwise, thank you very much. I just must have a crazy Cable Internet. "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: Wow - I have tried accessing several newsgroups and it says it cannot find server. OK, I think I see your problem now. I missed it before. Read below wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I added the newsgroup through tools but it says it cannot find the server. Did you go to Tools | Accounts and add the name of the newsgroup I gave you there? That's the wrong thing to do. That's where you need to put the name of the server, not the newsgroup. You've told it to look for a server called alt.comp.software.financial.quicken, and it's telling you it can't find that server. That's no surprise; there is no such server. Again, you need to get the name of a news server (probably from your ISP) and put it there. Then once you've done that, you can download the list of newsgroups that server carries. Alt.comp.software.financial.quicken should be one of them, and you can then subscribe to it. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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My ISP is Comcast and they had an online help form. They got me on their
server - comcast.net. But after all that, including having the wrong password and all, there is nothing in that newsgroup about the Quicken software. But at least now I know how to do it. I don't know how to actually find servers though, that is the only one they had she said. Thanks again. "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I went to tools, accounts and tried to access ALL the servers they had there and they all said "server cannot be found". Nope, that's the wrong thing to do. You won't find the answer there. You have to know the name of a new server before you do anything. The answer isn't on your computer. Don't try to do anything with the computer. I called my Internet and they said it wasn't their problem, they didn't have a clue. You're asking the wrong question. Call your ISP back. Do not ask them about a problem. There is no problem. Ask them exactly this question: "Do you provide a usenet news server for your customers?" If they say yes, then ask this question: "What is its name? Spell it, please." Write down the answers to these questions, then post back for more help. Also, tell me who your ISP is, please. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup I went to all the "help" sections in windows and Outlook and IE and cannto find anything. I really appreciate your help Ken, and if you have any other ideas I would appreciate it, but otherwise, thank you very much. I just must have a crazy Cable Internet. "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: Wow - I have tried accessing several newsgroups and it says it cannot find server. OK, I think I see your problem now. I missed it before. Read below wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I added the newsgroup through tools but it says it cannot find the server. Did you go to Tools | Accounts and add the name of the newsgroup I gave you there? That's the wrong thing to do. That's where you need to put the name of the server, not the newsgroup. You've told it to look for a server called alt.comp.software.financial.quicken, and it's telling you it can't find that server. That's no surprise; there is no such server. Again, you need to get the name of a news server (probably from your ISP) and put it there. Then once you've done that, you can download the list of newsgroups that server carries. Alt.comp.software.financial.quicken should be one of them, and you can then subscribe to it. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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PattiChati typed: My ISP is Comcast and they had an online help form. They got me on their server - comcast.net. I just went to the comcast site and found this page: http://www.comcast.net/help/faq/inde...sSoftware17506 Is that the "online help form" you mean? If not, go there and follow the instructions. Note that their news server name is *not* comcast.net. It is newsgroups.comcast.net. But after all that, including having the wrong password and all, there is nothing in that newsgroup about the Quicken software. Please don't mix up the name of the server with the name of the newsgroup. You say "nothing in that newsgroup." Do you mean nothing on that *server*? No, that's highly unlikely. Once you've set up the news account in Outlook Express, download the list of newsgroups. Then scroll down to alt.comp.software.financial.quicken and subscribe to it. That's the name of the nesgroup you want on the server newsgroups.comcast.net. But at least now I know how to do it. I don't know how to actually find servers though, that is the only one they had she said. Thanks again. One news server is all any ISP provides, and is normally all you need. You're not looking for additional servers, you're looking for *one* newsgroup (the Quicken newsgroup) on the server your ISP provides. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I went to tools, accounts and tried to access ALL the servers they had there and they all said "server cannot be found". Nope, that's the wrong thing to do. You won't find the answer there. You have to know the name of a new server before you do anything. The answer isn't on your computer. Don't try to do anything with the computer. I called my Internet and they said it wasn't their problem, they didn't have a clue. You're asking the wrong question. Call your ISP back. Do not ask them about a problem. There is no problem. Ask them exactly this question: "Do you provide a usenet news server for your customers?" If they say yes, then ask this question: "What is its name? Spell it, please." Write down the answers to these questions, then post back for more help. Also, tell me who your ISP is, please. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup I went to all the "help" sections in windows and Outlook and IE and cannto find anything. I really appreciate your help Ken, and if you have any other ideas I would appreciate it, but otherwise, thank you very much. I just must have a crazy Cable Internet. "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: Wow - I have tried accessing several newsgroups and it says it cannot find server. OK, I think I see your problem now. I missed it before. Read below wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I added the newsgroup through tools but it says it cannot find the server. Did you go to Tools | Accounts and add the name of the newsgroup I gave you there? That's the wrong thing to do. That's where you need to put the name of the server, not the newsgroup. You've told it to look for a server called alt.comp.software.financial.quicken, and it's telling you it can't find that server. That's no surprise; there is no such server. Again, you need to get the name of a news server (probably from your ISP) and put it there. Then once you've done that, you can download the list of newsgroups that server carries. Alt.comp.software.financial.quicken should be one of them, and you can then subscribe to it. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Ken, - I FOUND IT!!! Yes, that was the news server. Wow - I sure am glad
my kids are grown and can't see everything you can get in a newsgroup!! Even I blushed. Ken, you have been great - how do you have the patience to work with someone as dense as me. That was the Comcast site I was on and the server was called newsgroups. I just looked for the word Quicken and nothing came up in the search. I don't know what the alt.comp and all that means. But I am where I need to be.Thank you so much for ALL your help. Thanks. "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: My ISP is Comcast and they had an online help form. They got me on their server - comcast.net. I just went to the comcast site and found this page: http://www.comcast.net/help/faq/inde...sSoftware17506 Is that the "online help form" you mean? If not, go there and follow the instructions. Note that their news server name is *not* comcast.net. It is newsgroups.comcast.net. But after all that, including having the wrong password and all, there is nothing in that newsgroup about the Quicken software. Please don't mix up the name of the server with the name of the newsgroup. You say "nothing in that newsgroup." Do you mean nothing on that *server*? No, that's highly unlikely. Once you've set up the news account in Outlook Express, download the list of newsgroups. Then scroll down to alt.comp.software.financial.quicken and subscribe to it. That's the name of the nesgroup you want on the server newsgroups.comcast.net. But at least now I know how to do it. I don't know how to actually find servers though, that is the only one they had she said. Thanks again. One news server is all any ISP provides, and is normally all you need. You're not looking for additional servers, you're looking for *one* newsgroup (the Quicken newsgroup) on the server your ISP provides. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I went to tools, accounts and tried to access ALL the servers they had there and they all said "server cannot be found". Nope, that's the wrong thing to do. You won't find the answer there. You have to know the name of a new server before you do anything. The answer isn't on your computer. Don't try to do anything with the computer. I called my Internet and they said it wasn't their problem, they didn't have a clue. You're asking the wrong question. Call your ISP back. Do not ask them about a problem. There is no problem. Ask them exactly this question: "Do you provide a usenet news server for your customers?" If they say yes, then ask this question: "What is its name? Spell it, please." Write down the answers to these questions, then post back for more help. Also, tell me who your ISP is, please. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup I went to all the "help" sections in windows and Outlook and IE and cannto find anything. I really appreciate your help Ken, and if you have any other ideas I would appreciate it, but otherwise, thank you very much. I just must have a crazy Cable Internet. "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: Wow - I have tried accessing several newsgroups and it says it cannot find server. OK, I think I see your problem now. I missed it before. Read below wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I added the newsgroup through tools but it says it cannot find the server. Did you go to Tools | Accounts and add the name of the newsgroup I gave you there? That's the wrong thing to do. That's where you need to put the name of the server, not the newsgroup. You've told it to look for a server called alt.comp.software.financial.quicken, and it's telling you it can't find that server. That's no surprise; there is no such server. Again, you need to get the name of a news server (probably from your ISP) and put it there. Then once you've done that, you can download the list of newsgroups that server carries. Alt.comp.software.financial.quicken should be one of them, and you can then subscribe to it. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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PattiChati typed: Ken, - I FOUND IT!!! Yes, that was the news server. Great, glad to hear it! Wow - I sure am glad my kids are grown and can't see everything you can get in a newsgroup!! Even I blushed. LOL! Yes, there are newsgroups on *many* different subjects. Ken, you have been great - how do you have the patience to work with someone as dense as me. You're not dense, Patti, you're just unfamiliar with the correct terminolgy, so it makes things harder for you. The more you learn, the more familiar you get with the language and the easier new things will become. That was the Comcast site I was on and the server was called newsgroups. I just looked for the word Quicken and nothing came up in the search. I don't know what the alt.comp and all that means. But I am where I need to be.Thank you so much for ALL your help. Thanks. You're welcome. Glad to have helped. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: My ISP is Comcast and they had an online help form. They got me on their server - comcast.net. I just went to the comcast site and found this page: http://www.comcast.net/help/faq/inde...sSoftware17506 Is that the "online help form" you mean? If not, go there and follow the instructions. Note that their news server name is *not* comcast.net. It is newsgroups.comcast.net. But after all that, including having the wrong password and all, there is nothing in that newsgroup about the Quicken software. Please don't mix up the name of the server with the name of the newsgroup. You say "nothing in that newsgroup." Do you mean nothing on that *server*? No, that's highly unlikely. Once you've set up the news account in Outlook Express, download the list of newsgroups. Then scroll down to alt.comp.software.financial.quicken and subscribe to it. That's the name of the nesgroup you want on the server newsgroups.comcast.net. But at least now I know how to do it. I don't know how to actually find servers though, that is the only one they had she said. Thanks again. One news server is all any ISP provides, and is normally all you need. You're not looking for additional servers, you're looking for *one* newsgroup (the Quicken newsgroup) on the server your ISP provides. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I went to tools, accounts and tried to access ALL the servers they had there and they all said "server cannot be found". Nope, that's the wrong thing to do. You won't find the answer there. You have to know the name of a new server before you do anything. The answer isn't on your computer. Don't try to do anything with the computer. I called my Internet and they said it wasn't their problem, they didn't have a clue. You're asking the wrong question. Call your ISP back. Do not ask them about a problem. There is no problem. Ask them exactly this question: "Do you provide a usenet news server for your customers?" If they say yes, then ask this question: "What is its name? Spell it, please." Write down the answers to these questions, then post back for more help. Also, tell me who your ISP is, please. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup I went to all the "help" sections in windows and Outlook and IE and cannto find anything. I really appreciate your help Ken, and if you have any other ideas I would appreciate it, but otherwise, thank you very much. I just must have a crazy Cable Internet. "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: Wow - I have tried accessing several newsgroups and it says it cannot find server. OK, I think I see your problem now. I missed it before. Read below wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I added the newsgroup through tools but it says it cannot find the server. Did you go to Tools | Accounts and add the name of the newsgroup I gave you there? That's the wrong thing to do. That's where you need to put the name of the server, not the newsgroup. You've told it to look for a server called alt.comp.software.financial.quicken, and it's telling you it can't find that server. That's no surprise; there is no such server. Again, you need to get the name of a news server (probably from your ISP) and put it there. Then once you've done that, you can download the list of newsgroups that server carries. Alt.comp.software.financial.quicken should be one of them, and you can then subscribe to it. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Click on this link for a Quicken forum http://intuit.forums.liveworld.com/i...a?categoryID=1 -- Mike Hall MVP - Windows Shell/user http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "PattiChati" wrote in message ... Ken, - I FOUND IT!!! Yes, that was the news server. Wow - I sure am glad my kids are grown and can't see everything you can get in a newsgroup!! Even I blushed. Ken, you have been great - how do you have the patience to work with someone as dense as me. That was the Comcast site I was on and the server was called newsgroups. I just looked for the word Quicken and nothing came up in the search. I don't know what the alt.comp and all that means. But I am where I need to be.Thank you so much for ALL your help. Thanks. "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: My ISP is Comcast and they had an online help form. They got me on their server - comcast.net. I just went to the comcast site and found this page: http://www.comcast.net/help/faq/inde...sSoftware17506 Is that the "online help form" you mean? If not, go there and follow the instructions. Note that their news server name is *not* comcast.net. It is newsgroups.comcast.net. But after all that, including having the wrong password and all, there is nothing in that newsgroup about the Quicken software. Please don't mix up the name of the server with the name of the newsgroup. You say "nothing in that newsgroup." Do you mean nothing on that *server*? No, that's highly unlikely. Once you've set up the news account in Outlook Express, download the list of newsgroups. Then scroll down to alt.comp.software.financial.quicken and subscribe to it. That's the name of the nesgroup you want on the server newsgroups.comcast.net. But at least now I know how to do it. I don't know how to actually find servers though, that is the only one they had she said. Thanks again. One news server is all any ISP provides, and is normally all you need. You're not looking for additional servers, you're looking for *one* newsgroup (the Quicken newsgroup) on the server your ISP provides. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I went to tools, accounts and tried to access ALL the servers they had there and they all said "server cannot be found". Nope, that's the wrong thing to do. You won't find the answer there. You have to know the name of a new server before you do anything. The answer isn't on your computer. Don't try to do anything with the computer. I called my Internet and they said it wasn't their problem, they didn't have a clue. You're asking the wrong question. Call your ISP back. Do not ask them about a problem. There is no problem. Ask them exactly this question: "Do you provide a usenet news server for your customers?" If they say yes, then ask this question: "What is its name? Spell it, please." Write down the answers to these questions, then post back for more help. Also, tell me who your ISP is, please. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup I went to all the "help" sections in windows and Outlook and IE and cannto find anything. I really appreciate your help Ken, and if you have any other ideas I would appreciate it, but otherwise, thank you very much. I just must have a crazy Cable Internet. "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: Wow - I have tried accessing several newsgroups and it says it cannot find server. OK, I think I see your problem now. I missed it before. Read below wrote in message ... In , PattiChati typed: I added the newsgroup through tools but it says it cannot find the server. Did you go to Tools | Accounts and add the name of the newsgroup I gave you there? That's the wrong thing to do. That's where you need to put the name of the server, not the newsgroup. You've told it to look for a server called alt.comp.software.financial.quicken, and it's telling you it can't find that server. That's no surprise; there is no such server. Again, you need to get the name of a news server (probably from your ISP) and put it there. Then once you've done that, you can download the list of newsgroups that server carries. Alt.comp.software.financial.quicken should be one of them, and you can then subscribe to it. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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