Money 2001 Std vs 2004 or 2005

Hi,

I'm considering upgrading from Money 2001 Std. to either 2004 or 2005
and interested in your experience/opinions. Is mostly to keep my
software current as Money 2001 is robust enough for my needs, though
I worry that eventually the banks will only accept software that is
just a couple of years old.

Interested in any major improvements to newer versions and especially
in any drawbacks having to do with removal or replacement of features.
About the only bad behavior I encounter in Money 2001 is when it
labels transactions imported on bank statements after previous
transactions having nothing to do with the current one. For
instance... If I charge record a check for $60 and make it payable to
Bank #1, Money sometimes labels a whole bunch of transactions the same
way. Doesn't even have to be similar names or amounts. Sometimes its
just too "intuitive" for its own good. Is minor annoyance, but still
out there.

One major concern I have about newer versions is "too much security".
Let me explain:

I am running multiple copies of my WIN XP Pro OS on multiple hard
drives within the same computer. These are perfectly legal clones of
the OS on the first hard drive and its just one of those redundancy
(or paranoia) things I tend to do. I normally install applications to
anything but "C" drive, but of course they still place lines in the
Windows registry.

When I installed Money 2001 I encountered a situation where the
program generated a unique license or ID number for each installation,
thereby interfering with my system or method of installing from or
onto each operating system partition, but having all of the OS's share
one instance of the application's files (i.e. Winxp 1 on disk 0 and
Winxp 2 on disk 1 which are both "C" partitions, actually used the
Money Installation on a logical drive "E" for instance). I found a
work around and exported the registry branch for Money 2001 from one
XP OS's partition and imported to both of the others after logging
onto them. It worked and I have had no operational problems since.

However....Does anyone use a setup at least remotely similar to mine,
and if so, were you able to access Money from the first OS Partition
on which you installed it after having added it to another OS
Partition within your system? If I'm not able to install Money on each
partition as described above, I may as well stick with old version.

Thanks for any ideas/input/feedback.

Larry

Franz
Tue Sep 28 01:36:21 CDT 2004

I have upgraded Money every year, starting with the very
first version. This is the first time I had to uninstall
the new version (Money 2005) and go back to the prior
version (Money 2004). You may be okay with Money 2005 if
you just want a simple interface and don't plan to sync
your file with MSN Money. I am hard pressed to see what
I got out of Money 2005 considering what I lost in terms
of functionality.

wiredup
Tue Sep 28 08:51:54 CDT 2004


I too have upgraded every year. I actually like this
version; however, I DO NOT use the online features (MSN)
which seem to have most complaints.

Good Luck

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I'm considering upgrading from Money 2001 Std. to either
2004 or 2005
>and interested in your experience/opinions. Is mostly to
keep my
>software current as Money 2001 is robust enough for my
needs, though
>I worry that eventually the banks will only accept
software that is
>just a couple of years old.
>
>Interested in any major improvements to newer versions
and especially
>in any drawbacks having to do with removal or
replacement of features.
>About the only bad behavior I encounter in Money 2001 is
when it
>labels transactions imported on bank statements after
previous
>transactions having nothing to do with the current one.
For
>instance... If I charge record a check for $60 and make
it payable to
>Bank #1, Money sometimes labels a whole bunch of
transactions the same
>way. Doesn't even have to be similar names or amounts.
Sometimes its
>just too "intuitive" for its own good. Is minor
annoyance, but still
>out there.
>
>One major concern I have about newer versions is "too
much security".
>Let me explain:
>
>I am running multiple copies of my WIN XP Pro OS on
multiple hard
>drives within the same computer. These are perfectly
legal clones of
>the OS on the first hard drive and its just one of those
redundancy
>(or paranoia) things I tend to do. I normally install
applications to
>anything but "C" drive, but of course they still place
lines in the
>Windows registry.
>
>When I installed Money 2001 I encountered a situation
where the
>program generated a unique license or ID number for each
installation,
>thereby interfering with my system or method of
installing from or
>onto each operating system partition, but having all of
the OS's share
>one instance of the application's files (i.e. Winxp 1 on
disk 0 and
>Winxp 2 on disk 1 which are both "C" partitions,
actually used the
>Money Installation on a logical drive "E" for instance).
I found a
>work around and exported the registry branch for Money
2001 from one
>XP OS's partition and imported to both of the others
after logging
>onto them. It worked and I have had no operational
problems since.
>
>However....Does anyone use a setup at least remotely
similar to mine,
>and if so, were you able to access Money from the first
OS Partition
>on which you installed it after having added it to
another OS
>Partition within your system? If I'm not able to install
Money on each
>partition as described above, I may as well stick with
old version.
>
>Thanks for any ideas/input/feedback.
>
>Larry
>.
>

news
Wed Sep 29 00:00:30 CDT 2004

Thank you to both of you who replied.

And I think I forgot to mention that I don't use a lot of Money's
bells and whistles either ---well to me they are (the planning
features and investment monitoring). I do most of my banking online,
but simply download my data and import into Money. I don;t use any of
the more sophisticated online features as I prefer more control versus
convenience.

I am mostly concerned with nuts and bolts such as any enhancements or
"de-hancements" (<---probably not a real word) of everyday features in
2004 and/or 2005 versus earlier versions. Also there is that
installation matter. Anyone installed to a logical drive shared by
multiple OS's?




"wiredup" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<447401c4a562$4ff46010$a401280a@phx.gbl>...
> I too have upgraded every year. I actually like this
> version; however, I DO NOT use the online features (MSN)
> which seem to have most complaints.
>
> Good Luck
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm considering upgrading from Money 2001 Std. to either
> 2004 or 2005
> >and interested in your experience/opinions. Is mostly to
> keep my
> >software current as Money 2001 is robust enough for my
> needs, though
> >I worry that eventually the banks will only accept
> software that is
> >just a couple of years old.
> >
> >Interested in any major improvements to newer versions
> and especially
> >in any drawbacks having to do with removal or
> replacement of features.
> >About the only bad behavior I encounter in Money 2001 is
> when it
> >labels transactions imported on bank statements after
> previous
> >transactions having nothing to do with the current one.
> For
> >instance... If I charge record a check for $60 and make
> it payable to
> >Bank #1, Money sometimes labels a whole bunch of
> transactions the same
> >way. Doesn't even have to be similar names or amounts.
> Sometimes its
> >just too "intuitive" for its own good. Is minor
> annoyance, but still
> >out there.
> >
> >One major concern I have about newer versions is "too
> much security".
> >Let me explain:
> >
> >I am running multiple copies of my WIN XP Pro OS on
> multiple hard
> >drives within the same computer. These are perfectly
> legal clones of
> >the OS on the first hard drive and its just one of those
> redundancy
> >(or paranoia) things I tend to do. I normally install
> applications to
> >anything but "C" drive, but of course they still place
> lines in the
> >Windows registry.
> >
> >When I installed Money 2001 I encountered a situation
> where the
> >program generated a unique license or ID number for each
> installation,
> >thereby interfering with my system or method of
> installing from or
> >onto each operating system partition, but having all of
> the OS's share
> >one instance of the application's files (i.e. Winxp 1 on
> disk 0 and
> >Winxp 2 on disk 1 which are both "C" partitions,
> actually used the
> >Money Installation on a logical drive "E" for instance).
> I found a
> >work around and exported the registry branch for Money
> 2001 from one
> >XP OS's partition and imported to both of the others
> after logging
> >onto them. It worked and I have had no operational
> problems since.
> >
> >However....Does anyone use a setup at least remotely
> similar to mine,
> >and if so, were you able to access Money from the first
> OS Partition
> >on which you installed it after having added it to
> another OS
> >Partition within your system? If I'm not able to install
> Money on each
> >partition as described above, I may as well stick with
> old version.
> >
> >Thanks for any ideas/input/feedback.
> >
> >Larry
> >.
> >