ScanSoft PaperPort 11 Review

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(More customer reviews)First, let me be specific, I am reviewing Paperport 11, not Paperport Pro. Why do I think Paperport 11 is a scam? Because it's like a demo version of Paperport Pro (which is the full product). The use of this non-pro version is super limited.
Problems:
1) I can't create a new scanner profiles (I am limited to the 4 they supplied initially) for scanning.
2) They claim to support most scanners, but unless yours is a popular scanner, it's treated just as a generic plain paperport scanner. Nothing special.
3) I bought the product hoping it can create searchable PDF files so I can use my desktop search engine (like google desktop) to search my scanned documents. No such thing! To do it, you have to: a) buy Paperport 11 Pro, b) buy OmniPage (I presume). Which totals more than 300 bucks!!!
4) Very very limited customer support. You have ONE free technical support call (which I used up during installation because the installer crashed my system). After that, it's 20 bucks per phone call. There is no free email support. The first and every message you send them will cost 10 bucks each. What a scam: crash the user's computer upon installation, force them to call you so they burn up their "free" support. After that, any questions you have will cost you $$$!
I so want to return this product, but I already mailed in the UPC code for the rebate so I cannot return the product anymore. Another trap!!! Unbelievable!!!
Final words: STAY AWAY!!! I will never buy anything from Nuance, EVER!

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Quicken Deluxe 2009 Review

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(More customer reviews)I've been using Quicken Deluxe for about 6 years. I just upgraded to Quicken Deluxe 2009 and it 20 seconds to look at an account and 10 seconds to process any transaction which makes it basically unusable. After working with Quicken support for an hour and verifying the data file, support said that 2009 didn't support large data files well, they suggested I just delete all my old transactions every year and it would be much faster. Of course that defeats the whole purpose of using Quicken.
My quicken data file has about 20MB of data and quicken 2007 used about 200MB of ram to open it. Quicken 2009 now uses about 1.2GB of ram to open the same file.

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McAfee VirusScan Plus 2007 Review

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(More customer reviews)Pro: Buy this only if you need all 3 programs and do not already have any of them.
Those being:
1. anti-virus
2. firewall
3. anti spyware
CONS: several (read on)
My antispyware from mcafee expired sept 2006.
I contacted mcafee and found out that you cannot buy it separately anymore.
You have to buy a stupid "suite" of mcafee softwares in order to get the
antispyware program.
So I bought this particular mcafee "suite" .
[Remember now, I bought this ONLY for the antispyware program.
(maybe down the road, I'll use the mcafee firewall. But at present
my ZA6 is still good for 6 months).
Just the Antispyware program].
What mcafee did NOT tell me is that this "Suite" will want to install
what it thinks I should install, not what I tell it I want/need installed.Surprise #1 !
The antispyware does not have it's own install program.
(probably tied in as part of the anti-virus)
Surprise #2 !
Tried to install as a CUSTOM install and once it sees that
zone alarm 6(my firewall) is loaded, it gives me the option to "Skip" this item, leaving the current installed program in place.
I did so and then it tells me:
a. it cannot load the virusscan due to the zone alarm being found????
[What kind of "CUSTOMIZED install" is this?
CUSTOMIZED means that the installer dictates what gets installed.
Not according to this software pkg].
b. What does the a competitor's firewall have to do with mcafee's virusscanner not installing ??
They are 2 different function programs.
What kind junk is this????
c. Who cares whether ZA6 firewall is found? It should NOT prevent the viruscan and anti-spyware from loading/installing.
Surprise #3
Looks like mcafee won and I lost.
I want the stinking ANTISPYWARE and only the antispyware.
They don't want to give it to me as a single program.
Good thing the box says they have a 30 day moneyback guarantee.
REMEMBER :
If you need all 3 programs because you got a new pc, or your old subscription for a whole "suite" of programs has expired,
This package MIGHT work for you.
If you are looking for ONLY the anti-spyware application;
FORGET IT!
Consider the Mcafee Antispyware application part of
"SUITE installation only" package.
It doesn't install by itself as a standalone program anymore.
Go get webroot's spysweeper or sunbelt's counterspy.
Both/either are good
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UPDATE 10-06-2006
I installed this onto a 2nd pc, since it is not worth my efforts and postage costs to return it to mcafee for a refund.
As a suite that exists by itself, without any other conflicting applications, it does a decent job.
I was testing it a bit more and it does give a nice display of my home network - router, modem, other pc's, and such. Active or disconnected network links on the home network,IP addresses and network names, ect.
For this 2nd pc that I installed it on, when it failed to install onto my primary pc, it works fine.
In that respect, I would give it 4 stars.-----------------------------------

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