Loss of features in Money 2006 from 2004

It appears that Microsoft has removed from the 2006 version of Money some
features I found helpful. In liability/credit card registers, the credit
limits used to be displayed on the lower left side of the screen. In
investment accounts, the corresponding cash account balance would be display.
Now however, the system does not display this data nor can you turn it on.
Customer support said they removed this feature from 2006. I think that is a
mistake. Are there others out there that use to make use of this feature?

Support did say (I've not verified it yet) that they have restored the
selective archiving that existed prior to 2004 but was removed from the 2004
and later versions due to customer complaints (of which I was one) since
users who wanted to clear old transactions early in the new year archiving
created a myriad of recon issues as uncleared as well as cleared transactions
were deleted.

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John
Sun Oct 09 08:21:06 CDT 2005

Unfortunately 2004 was the last good Money. Starting with 2005 it is
horrible. By the time I got thru with the tech service, it was a matter of
having to re-enter all the new items I had posted in 2005 or try to live
with a crappy product. The fix they put out only fixed some of the
problems, I still live with the rest (like random backwards posting of
investment transactions and no automatic updating of bank accounts on
startup - has to be done manually or leave it running for hours).


"Thomas Smith" <ThomasSmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C603BDD-C50D-47BF-ABCD-0ED71F29FDCE@microsoft.com...
> It appears that Microsoft has removed from the 2006 version of Money some
> features I found helpful. In liability/credit card registers, the credit
> limits used to be displayed on the lower left side of the screen. In
> investment accounts, the corresponding cash account balance would be
> display.
> Now however, the system does not display this data nor can you turn it on.
> Customer support said they removed this feature from 2006. I think that is
> a
> mistake. Are there others out there that use to make use of this feature?
>
> Support did say (I've not verified it yet) that they have restored the
> selective archiving that existed prior to 2004 but was removed from the
> 2004
> and later versions due to customer complaints (of which I was one) since
> users who wanted to clear old transactions early in the new year archiving
> created a myriad of recon issues as uncleared as well as cleared
> transactions
> were deleted.
>
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> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
> this
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> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
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Mike
Sun Oct 09 20:11:38 CDT 2005


"John Barnes" <jbfoofy@email.net> wrote in message
news:O29ZPRNzFHA.1040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Unfortunately 2004 was the last good Money. Starting with 2005 it is
> horrible. By the time I got thru with the tech service, it was a matter
> of having to re-enter all the new items I had posted in 2005 or try to
> live with a crappy product. The fix they put out only fixed some of the
> problems, I still live with the rest (like random backwards posting of
> investment transactions and no automatic updating of bank accounts on
> startup - has to be done manually or leave it running for hours).
>
>
\Based on the intial upgrade problem I have experienced - i.e. 2003 to 2006,
I might not continue to use Money....might move to Quicken instead!!

John
Mon Oct 10 12:16:47 CDT 2005

Unfortunately, BOTH Money and Quicken made similar DISASTERS with their 2005
editions and Money has carried forward. I would be sure to read reviews of
Quicken BEFORE you buy it, unless they have a trial version also. You might
look at the reviews on Amazon.


"Mike" <me@home.com> wrote in message
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>
> "John Barnes" <jbfoofy@email.net> wrote in message
> news:O29ZPRNzFHA.1040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Unfortunately 2004 was the last good Money. Starting with 2005 it is
>> horrible. By the time I got thru with the tech service, it was a matter
>> of having to re-enter all the new items I had posted in 2005 or try to
>> live with a crappy product. The fix they put out only fixed some of the
>> problems, I still live with the rest (like random backwards posting of
>> investment transactions and no automatic updating of bank accounts on
>> startup - has to be done manually or leave it running for hours).
>>
>>
> \Based on the intial upgrade problem I have experienced - i.e. 2003 to
> 2006, I might not continue to use Money....might move to Quicken instead!!
>

Chris
Mon Oct 10 19:03:47 CDT 2005

Spend some time in alt.comp.software.financial.quicken before making a
decision.
--
Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL


"Mike" <me@home.com> wrote in message
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> \Based on the intial upgrade problem I have experienced - i.e. 2003 to
> 2006, I might not continue to use Money....might move to Quicken instead!!

Paul>
Tue Oct 11 08:35:25 CDT 2005

Are there any other products besides Money and Quicken?

"Chris Cowles" <NoSpam@For.me> wrote in message
news:OSEqCdfzFHA.2072@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Spend some time in alt.comp.software.financial.quicken before making a
> decision.
> --
> Chris Cowles
> Gainesville, FL
>
>
> "Mike" <me@home.com> wrote in message
> news:dicerf$2s83$1@si05.rsvl.unisys.com...
>> \Based on the intial upgrade problem I have experienced - i.e. 2003 to
>> 2006, I might not continue to use Money....might move to Quicken
>> instead!!
>
>

Dick
Tue Oct 11 09:03:01 CDT 2005

MoneyDance, AceMoney and GNUcash to name three. They can be googled.

<Paul> wrote in message news:eA7gQimzFHA.904@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Are there any other products besides Money and Quicken?