Alternatives to Microsoft Money

[Duneatreides]

I am using a win98SE machine modified with 98Lite. Since M$ plans on pulling the plug on updating security flaws for 98SE I plan to uninstall IE when that day comes. But I am having trouble finding a personal finance software that doesn't require IE. I know that a lot of programs that require IE really only needs the M$ HTML rendering engine. At the time of this posting, I don't have IE, and yet I am running ZoneAlarm and EZ Antivirus. The trick is to install IE, install the program, then uninstall IE (it may or maynot work, depends on the program) MS Money 2005 is throwing a hissy fit since IE isn't installed. Now I am beginning to ramble.

Does anyone know of some good financial software that doesn't require IE?

[JanusChrist]

Google the following and you'll be much happier:

Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird
AdAware SE
Spybot 1.3
Open Office
AntiVir

[Calum]

http://www.gnucash.org/

[Kintaro]

You cannot uninstall IE on 98, not without major fucking around.

However get the following Virus Checker to protect you: http://voidmain.is-a-geek.net/av/

[Duneatreides]

Technically speaking, you are right.  You can not normally uninstall IE from Win98 without out going through the painful process of uninstalling IE.  One day I found http://toastytech.com  (check out Internet Explorer is Evil, it is hilarious) and Toastytech had a link to http://www.litepc.com  .  This is a very good site, and I tried it myself.  My system is much more stable now, and it adds more security as well since you can uninstall normally uninstallable features (such as Outlook express).  It feels nice not having to patch something I don't use.

About GNU Cash, can you install it on a windows machine?  To the best of my knowledge, it is only for Linux/Unix/Non-Windows machines.

[Calum]

it's gnu software and so i suppose it can be installed on any system that has a compiler. i imagine that since it has a GUI, you would need to be running X, and windows doesn't by default (nor do i know if it can)

but you asked what the alternatives were, and i think from what little i know that that would be right up there as one of the best of them, so i mentioned it.

why must you use windows? i think you're limiting your choices by saying the replacement software has to run on windows.

[mobrien_12]

...I imagine that since it has a GUI, you would need to be running X, and windows doesn't by default (nor do i know if it can)

There is a special X.org XServer that is distributed as part of Cygwin.  

I've been using it for a couple of weeks now.

[MrX]

you actually need IE to install ZoneAlarm. it installed a 98micro installation (and yes, litePC uninstalls IE completely) and i figured out the error that i was getting and i installed IE and then zonealarm install. however, you do not need IE to use ZoneAlarm. only to install it.

Mr X

[Calum]

There is a special X.org XServer that is distributed as part of Cygwin.  

I've been using it for a couple of weeks now.

there you go, install cygwin and then install gnucash on it. good idea

[skyman8081]

Why hasn't anybody mentioned Quicken, by Intuit, which is perfect for this role, and better than MS Money.