simple home finances
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SHF Requirements

Works on windows PC’s and laptops.

 

Operating System:

  • Windows 7

  • Windows 8

  • Windows 10

  • Windows 11 (Need to turn off updates always to allow exe to process)

Software:

You must already own one of the following:

  • Microsoft Excel from office 2007 (now discontinued)

  • Microsoft Excel from office 2010 (now discontinued)

  • Microsoft Excel from office 2013

  • Microsoft Excel from office 2016

  • Microsoft Excel from office 2019

  • Microsoft Excel from office 2021

  • Microsoft Excel from office 365 (subscription)

Note: You do not need to know how to use Microsoft Excel to use these toolkits.

Browser:

Most browsers work well with our software including:

  • Internet Explorer: 7 or higher (discontinued)

  • Microsoft Edge

  • Firefox: all versions

  • Google Chrome: all versions

Minimum Hardware Requirements:

Laptop products:

SHF Master Spending (about 1.0 MB)
SHF Master Spending and Debt (about 1.4 MB)
SHF Retirement Planning (about 1.5 MB)

  • 2.0 Gigahertz processor

  • 4.0 Gigabyte of RAM memory

  • 4 MB of Hard Disk space (This includes a backup version of the software)

In all cases a higher processor speed and more Ram will provide a better user experience

Minimum recommended screen resolution:

  • 1024 x 768 or higher