Mini rant: Why does Money blank out my password when it can't contact the server?

I just tried to open Money '07, it's about 11:00pm on Saturday night.
All I wanted to do was enter some transactions into my register. What
happens?

I get an error message telling me that the password, which is current
and correct, and remembered by Money, is incorrect and proceeds to
erase it from its settings.

Clicking the link for why, I'm told that "the server might be down".

So why the *&*&^#%#*))_$@##@!#$ does it have to wipe my password if the
problem is only that "the server might be down"?

For that matter, why the *(&$*^#@$*&($%# does it even have to contact
the remote server if I'm using Money on my local machine with a local
database? It should only attempt to contact the server when I ask it
to do something that actually requires a connection, like download
statements, etc.

Furrfu.

No reply really needed, I just had to vent.

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Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
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"I hate it when the hero gets the heroine. It's so cliché." (Tempus,
L&C "Soul-Mates")

Cal
Sat Mar 08 23:02:12 CST 2008

In microsoft.public.money, Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:

>
>No reply really needed, I just had to vent.

File->Restore is a workaround.

Chris
Sun Mar 09 08:09:40 CDT 2008

"Jeffrey Kaplan" <nomail@gordol.org> wrote in message
news:2so6t3h9humbnkm9fdlale52fla4j5tq7c@gordol.org...

> For that matter, why the *(&$*^#@$*&($%# does it even have to contact
> the remote server if I'm using Money on my local machine with a local
> database? It should only attempt to contact the server when I ask it
> to do something that actually requires a connection, like download
> statements, etc.

Have you looked into settings related to automatic updates?
--
Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

Jeffrey
Mon Mar 10 18:08:30 CDT 2008

Previously on microsoft.public.money, Cal Learner-- MVP said:

> In microsoft.public.money, Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
> >No reply really needed, I just had to vent.
>
> File->Restore is a workaround.

Not needed when I can re-enter the same password later.

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Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol

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Predicting the future by the use of arrows. The future of the then
reigning British royalty was accurately foretold in this fashion at the
Battle of Hastings.

Jeffrey
Mon Mar 10 18:09:55 CDT 2008

Previously on microsoft.public.money, Chris Cowles said:

> > For that matter, why the *(&$*^#@$*&($%# does it even have to contact
> > the remote server if I'm using Money on my local machine with a local
> > database? It should only attempt to contact the server when I ask it
> > to do something that actually requires a connection, like download
> > statements, etc.
>
> Have you looked into settings related to automatic updates?

It's set to update the accounts from the online sources, I'm not
questioning why it goes online at all, I'm questioning why it's going
online to verify my password when trying to enter my register. Which
is on my own computer.

--
Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol

"The Superior Person's Book Of Words", by Peter Bowler: BELOMANCY:
Predicting the future by the use of arrows. The future of the then
reigning British royalty was accurately foretold in this fashion at the
Battle of Hastings.

Cal
Mon Mar 10 18:50:24 CDT 2008

In microsoft.public.money, Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:

>Previously on microsoft.public.money, Cal Learner-- MVP said:
>
>> In microsoft.public.money, Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
>> >No reply really needed, I just had to vent.
>>
>> File->Restore is a workaround.
>
>Not needed when I can re-enter the same password later.

Yeah. It depends on the tradeoff of waiting for restore vs what it
takes to look up and enter the password. Some passwords are short or
memorable. Some are not.