Money 2006 Completely Hosed

I've been using this version of MOney with no problems for months. About a
week ago, all of a sudden it decided not to recognize that I was logged in to
Passport, no matter what I did (tried every single remedy listed in the two
KB articles, to no avail) I do have a backup .mny file (not a Money Backup,
but just a copy of the file I normally save to a USB thumb drive every time I
quit out) from the last time it actually worked. Everything in that file is
correct.

I had to reinstall IE, and then uninstall Money 2006 and reinstall it in
order to get past the Passport thing. Now it will let me log in. However,
two things are happening now - for one thing, even when I'm logged in, it
displays as the Trial Version. I purchased this.

The other problem is that as soon as I open the file, suddenly all these
incorrect updates are coming in from online. Things like credit cards that
were paid off and closed out last year are downloaded and now showing
negative balances. That's bad enough, but I can handle those. However, my
EXISTING accounts are showing wrong or inconsistent balances as well, and
since I have data going back over ten years in here, I don't have any easy
way of finding where the problems are, and there are many of them.
Whatever's in my online money account is obviously wrong, although I don't
know why that should be - I was using it fine until everything blew up last
week, including online services. But it's overwriting the CORRECT data
that's in my backup .mny file on my thumb drive (fortunately when I loaded
it, I loaded a copy so I still have a pristine copy of my accounts as they
are SUPPOSED to be)

I'm really getting fed up with this. Even if I get it working, and even
though I do have a file that is completely correct, whatever's online is
going to keep over writing it with old data, and I don't even know where
that's coming from. There's apparently no way to start with my good file
and a clean slate - and why does this thing keep telling me I have a Trial
Version? I only have ever had one hotmail account, one passport account, and
that's the one I bought Money and registered it with.

Steve
Thu Mar 16 20:33:37 CST 2006

Someone will probably tell you how to fix your problem. I will tell you
that you are all screwed up with security concerns. You do not need
passport to run Money. I have NEVER used a password with my Money and
I've had it since 1995, upgrading yearly. All of your problems stem
from trying to let all your data reside on the Microsoft server instead
of in your own computer. You also probably want all the information
downloaded or uploaded so you don't have to enter it yourself OR THINK
what you want the reporting to provide. Money is a great personal
finance software if you use it to manage your financial affairs instead
of simply having it download data from other sources. JMHO. Steve



Netmeg wrote:
> I've been using this version of MOney with no problems for months. About a
> week ago, all of a sudden it decided not to recognize that I was logged in to
> Passport, no matter what I did (tried every single remedy listed in the two
> KB articles, to no avail) I do have a backup .mny file (not a Money Backup,
> but just a copy of the file I normally save to a USB thumb drive every time I
> quit out) from the last time it actually worked. Everything in that file is
> correct.
>
> I had to reinstall IE, and then uninstall Money 2006 and reinstall it in
> order to get past the Passport thing. Now it will let me log in. However,
> two things are happening now - for one thing, even when I'm logged in, it
> displays as the Trial Version. I purchased this.
>
> The other problem is that as soon as I open the file, suddenly all these
> incorrect updates are coming in from online. Things like credit cards that
> were paid off and closed out last year are downloaded and now showing
> negative balances. That's bad enough, but I can handle those. However, my
> EXISTING accounts are showing wrong or inconsistent balances as well, and
> since I have data going back over ten years in here, I don't have any easy
> way of finding where the problems are, and there are many of them.
> Whatever's in my online money account is obviously wrong, although I don't
> know why that should be - I was using it fine until everything blew up last
> week, including online services. But it's overwriting the CORRECT data
> that's in my backup .mny file on my thumb drive (fortunately when I loaded
> it, I loaded a copy so I still have a pristine copy of my accounts as they
> are SUPPOSED to be)
>
> I'm really getting fed up with this. Even if I get it working, and even
> though I do have a file that is completely correct, whatever's online is
> going to keep over writing it with old data, and I don't even know where
> that's coming from. There's apparently no way to start with my good file
> and a clean slate - and why does this thing keep telling me I have a Trial
> Version? I only have ever had one hotmail account, one passport account, and
> that's the one I bought Money and registered it with.

KDsDaddy
Wed Aug 02 11:44:59 CDT 2006


Netmeg, Did you ever get any resolution to this issue? I'm experiencing
the same goofy thing with Money06. I'm at a loss to how to get around
it. It's showing ($5,500) balances in checking accounts that were
previously balanced and accurate. VERY FRUSTRATING.

Please let me know if you've had any luck getting answers to the
incorrect updates.

Thanks.
kdsdaddy@gmail.com


Netmeg wrote:
> [The other problem is that as soon as I open the file, suddenly all
> these
> incorrect updates are coming in from online. Things like credit
> cards that
> were paid off and closed out last year are downloaded and now
> showing
> negative balances. That's bad enough, but I can handle those.
> However, my
> EXISTING accounts are showing wrong or inconsistent balances as well,
> and
> since I have data going back over ten years in here, I don't have any
> easy
> way of finding where the problems are, and there are many of them.
> Whatever's in my online money account is obviously wrong, although I
> don't
> know why that should be - I was using it fine until everything blew
> up last
> week, including online services. But it's overwriting the CORRECT
> data
> that's in my backup .mny file on my thumb drive (fortunately when I
> loaded
> it, I loaded a copy so I still have a pristine copy of my accounts as
> they
> are SUPPOSED to be)
>
> I'm really getting fed up with this. Even if I get it working, and
> even
> though I do have a file that is completely correct, whatever's online
> is
> going to keep over writing it with old data, and I don't even know
> where
> that's coming from. There's apparently no way to start with my good
> file
> and a clean slate - and why does this thing keep telling me I have a
> Trial
> Version? I only have ever had one hotmail account, one passport
> account, and
> that's the one I bought Money and registered it with. [/B]



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