Al
Wed Aug 08 14:09:06 CDT 2007
Retired Coal Miner wrote:
> I just picked up on this issue, primarily because it's affecting me
> using M04. Money 2008 will be released on Aug 27, 2007, but there are
> two years of prior releases of Money, 2004 and 2005, whose online
> services will expire on Sept 1, 2007, only 5 days later. That is per
> the table and details in this link:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/money/fi/osp.mspx
>
> The details state "You will be able to use the Internet-based Services
> in Microsoft Money 2005 for a period of two (2) years from installation
> of the product or until September 1, 2007, whichever is earlier.".
>
> The Deluxe, Premium, Small Business editions of Money 2004 had 3 years
> of online services, so they expire on September 1, 2007, (or earlier) also.
>
> To keep online services working, users with either of those versions of
> Money should be prepared to run to Costco or Sams Club after the 27th,
> and before Sept 1, to get a copy of MP08. I could probably survive for
> a few days without being able to use online bill pay, but it would mess
> up my routine a lot, and would be especially awkward at the beginning of
> a month.
>
> Based on what we now know (prior comment on here about a 'late release'
> this year, etc), I'll guess the Money product team knew this, and still
> managed to squeeze the release date in before the prior versions online
> services expire.
Why not download a trial version of 2007 to tide you over. That's good
for 90 days. I did that and after the MS updates are applied to M2007
actually works quite well.
Al