Essential Account view/duplicate accounts??

Just upgraded to Money 2005 (from 04) and I now have four
credit card accounts instead of two. After calling MS
tech support I was told that the reason I have four
accounts instead of two is; two have the new Essential
Account Register view and two have the Advanced Account
Register view. This is dumb. Why does it show you the
different views as duplicate accounts? It makes it look
like you have more accounts then you really do. It even
calls them a different name of the original accounts...
Anyone experience this strange function???
Very disappointed as this feature doesn't make sense!

Jeff
Sun Sep 19 14:31:30 CDT 2004

For some reason this version creates a new account when you first connect to
online services. Tech support was wrong. What you need to do is go to
Account List, choose "Merge duplicate accounts" on the left bar and then
match up the duplicates.

You'll only need to perform this action once after upgrading and
successfully connecting to online services.

Jeff

"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:32d501c49e77$360dd6f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Just upgraded to Money 2005 (from 04) and I now have four
> credit card accounts instead of two. After calling MS
> tech support I was told that the reason I have four
> accounts instead of two is; two have the new Essential
> Account Register view and two have the Advanced Account
> Register view. This is dumb. Why does it show you the
> different views as duplicate accounts? It makes it look
> like you have more accounts then you really do. It even
> calls them a different name of the original accounts...
> Anyone experience this strange function???
> Very disappointed as this feature doesn't make sense!

Michael
Sun Sep 19 14:35:05 CDT 2004

Don't know why Tech support said that; try to "merge" the accounts.

--
Michael Gordon
MVP
"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:32d501c49e77$360dd6f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Just upgraded to Money 2005 (from 04) and I now have four
> credit card accounts instead of two. After calling MS
> tech support I was told that the reason I have four
> accounts instead of two is; two have the new Essential
> Account Register view and two have the Advanced Account
> Register view. This is dumb. Why does it show you the
> different views as duplicate accounts? It makes it look
> like you have more accounts then you really do. It even
> calls them a different name of the original accounts...
> Anyone experience this strange function???
> Very disappointed as this feature doesn't make sense!

John
Sun Sep 19 14:43:49 CDT 2004

Jeff,
Thanks for responding. I did try that but it displays
only one account that is a credit card that I manually
enter in. However the pull down menu does list all the
online accounts. Any ideas?
Thanks,
John


>-----Original Message-----
>For some reason this version creates a new account when
you first connect to
>online services. Tech support was wrong. What you need
to do is go to
>Account List, choose "Merge duplicate accounts" on the
left bar and then
>match up the duplicates.
>
>You'll only need to perform this action once after
upgrading and
>successfully connecting to online services.
>
>Jeff
>
>"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:32d501c49e77$360dd6f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Just upgraded to Money 2005 (from 04) and I now have
four
>> credit card accounts instead of two. After calling MS
>> tech support I was told that the reason I have four
>> accounts instead of two is; two have the new Essential
>> Account Register view and two have the Advanced Account
>> Register view. This is dumb. Why does it show you the
>> different views as duplicate accounts? It makes it
look
>> like you have more accounts then you really do. It
even
>> calls them a different name of the original accounts...
>> Anyone experience this strange function???
>> Very disappointed as this feature doesn't make sense!
>
>
>.
>

Dick
Sun Sep 19 14:54:48 CDT 2004

Michael, can you clarify some things for me, please? (Or anybody else...)

An "Essential Register" account REQUIRES online access setup. Why? Can an
"Essential Register" account be converted to an "Advanced Register" account?
What's the difference between the two? It looks to me as if the difference
is that an Essential Register account is nothing more than a Money view of
yodlee data? (It's just a one-stop login to all of the FI web sites; no
more, no less.) Can you enter your own transactions in it the old-fashioned
way? How does a user, say, setup an "Essential Register" view of her pocket
change or some other virtual account? If all one uses is Essential Register,
what has Money added over, say, Fidelity Full View?

Is it safe to say that an "Essential Register" is to an "Advanced Register"
as a bank statement is to a checkbook register?

"Michael Gordon, MVP" <gordonm@denison.edu> wrote in message
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> Don't know why Tech support said that; try to "merge" the accounts.

Vadim
Sun Sep 19 15:18:03 CDT 2004

DW> If all one uses is Essential Register, what has Money added over, say,
DW> Fidelity Full View?

Wrong question. Money did not "add over". It intentionally provided a view
looking like the bank's web page. Kinda integration. That's what the users
wanted. With the old interface, they were sometimes confused because Money
intrerface was too different from the bank web page. With Money 2005, these
users will feel more confortable.

Vadim

anonymous
Sun Sep 19 16:06:27 CDT 2004

Thanks for responding. I did try that but it displays
only one account that is a credit card that I manually
enter in. However the pull down menu does list all the
online accounts. Any ideas?
Thanks,
John

>-----Original Message-----
>Don't know why Tech support said that; try to "merge"
the accounts.
>
>--
>Michael Gordon
>MVP
>"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:32d501c49e77$360dd6f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Just upgraded to Money 2005 (from 04) and I now have
four
>> credit card accounts instead of two. After calling MS
>> tech support I was told that the reason I have four
>> accounts instead of two is; two have the new Essential
>> Account Register view and two have the Advanced Account
>> Register view. This is dumb. Why does it show you the
>> different views as duplicate accounts? It makes it
look
>> like you have more accounts then you really do. It
even
>> calls them a different name of the original accounts...
>> Anyone experience this strange function???
>> Very disappointed as this feature doesn't make sense!
>
>
>.
>

Dick
Sun Sep 19 17:39:04 CDT 2004

So why do these users want to use Money then?

"Vadim Rapp" <vr@myrealbox.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%23CAyEXonEHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Wrong question. Money did not "add over". It intentionally provided a view
> looking like the bank's web page. Kinda integration. That's what the users
> wanted. With the old interface, they were sometimes confused because Money
> intrerface was too different from the bank web page. With Money 2005,
> these users will feel more confortable.

Vadim
Sun Sep 19 19:00:11 CDT 2004

Hello Dick:
You wrote in conference microsoft.public.money on Sun, 19 Sep 2004
16:39:04 -0600:

DW> So why do these users want to use Money then?

1. For the reasons similar to why they buy magazines for $3-4 where 90% are
commercials, and the rest 10% are commercials disguised as articles.

2. Because PC Magazine praised it.


Vadim

Michael
Mon Sep 20 15:47:35 CDT 2004

Hi Dick,
I think I looked at the "essential" register very early on and then never
again.
I'll take a look.

Michael

--
Michael Gordon
MVP
"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko@mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
message news:Oee9zIonEHA.2300@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Michael, can you clarify some things for me, please? (Or anybody else...)
>
> An "Essential Register" account REQUIRES online access setup. Why? Can an
> "Essential Register" account be converted to an "Advanced Register"
> account? What's the difference between the two? It looks to me as if the
> difference is that an Essential Register account is nothing more than a
> Money view of yodlee data? (It's just a one-stop login to all of the FI
> web sites; no more, no less.) Can you enter your own transactions in it
> the old-fashioned way? How does a user, say, setup an "Essential Register"
> view of her pocket change or some other virtual account? If all one uses
> is Essential Register, what has Money added over, say, Fidelity Full View?
>
> Is it safe to say that an "Essential Register" is to an "Advanced
> Register" as a bank statement is to a checkbook register?
>
> "Michael Gordon, MVP" <gordonm@denison.edu> wrote in message
> news:%23NeaH$nnEHA.3680@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Don't know why Tech support said that; try to "merge" the accounts.
>
>