[T-rex]

Has anyone received this message when trying to open Becker software?

“Error while unpacking program, code 2. Please report to author.”

If so, how did you get the problem resolved?

Becker technical support is closed until Monday, and I can’t afford to lose an entire weekend of studying.

T-rex

AUD - 95, BEC - 85
REG - 85, Rawrrrrrr FAR - 88
Used Becker for all sections.
CA candidate not residing in CA

[T-rex]

Thanks, gottagetmycpa.

For BEC & REG, Becker is all I used. I guess it works, because I did pass. However, Becker didn't prepare me well at all for the REG sims. I have no idea how I passed REG given my performance on those sims. And there was a ton of material on the BEC exam that wasn't covered in Becker. BEC was like the twilight zone. I really had to use my experience, my common sense, and educated guessing on that exam. If you have time to supplement Becker with another prep course for BEC & REG, I recommend you do that.

I used Becker for AUD, and I believe that it prepared me well. However, prior to studying for AUD, I took an auditing course at school in which we used the Gleim CPA review book, so I had some practice using Gleim.

As for knowing when I'm ready, I've never felt ready for any of the parts. I just study as much as I can in the time I've allotted and then go in hoping that I know enough to score a 75 or better. Here's my basic approach:

Watch the lectures (although they are pretty useless).

Read every Becker chapter & take extensive notes.

Work through all Becker questions twice or until I score in the 80s or 90s on them.

Do each sim at least once.

Do all Becker Final Review questions & sims.

Review my notes at least once.

Since I felt that Becker hadn't prepared me well for BEC & REG, my plan was to supplement Becker with Gleim for FAR. Given that I'm not even done with Becker yet, and my exam is on 8/29, I'm not sure I'll actually have time to use Gleim too.

AUD - 95, BEC - 85
REG - 85, Rawrrrrrr FAR - 88
Used Becker for all sections.
CA candidate not residing in CA

[peter olinto fan]

T-Rex, i have the exact same problem! how did you install that update (KB948465)??? this is really frustrating.

FAR - 81
BEC - 73, 73, 79
REG - 72, 75
AUD - 72, 68, 82

DONE!!!!

[T-rex]

peter olinto fan,

That update just popped up in the bottom right-hand corner of my screen. There is an icon there that tells me when Windows Vista updates are available. As a matter of fact, it's telling me that there are 14 updates available now. I'm not installing any of them again until I'm done with this exam.

If you don't have that icon, you might be able to obtain the “Windows Vista Service Pack 2 for x64-based Systems (KB948465)” update directly from Microsoft's website. You might also try Microsoft's tech support, which is free if you use the chat feature. I don't know if Becker can help or not, but it might be worth it to call them tomorrow. I wonder how many more Windows Vista users are going to encounter this problem.

I'm sorry you're having to deal with this, and I hope you are able to resolve the problem soon!

AUD - 95, BEC - 85
REG - 85, Rawrrrrrr FAR - 88
Used Becker for all sections.
CA candidate not residing in CA

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