I had a very nasty bug with my budget in MS Money 2004
that I hoped would be fixed in 2005 but it still exists.
Some of the items in my budget show up with values in
the "Budgeted" column that are WAY off (%150). For
example, if I tell the budget that I expect $3400 twice a
week for "Grossly Income", one month the budget will tell
me I've budgeted $6800 for Grossly Income, which is
correct, but then another month it will tell me I've
budgeted over $10,000?! This happens with several items
in the budget.

Creating a new budget does not resolve the problem.
However, I tested by creating an entirely new money data
file and a new budget and this did fix the problem. So,
thinking my money file was somehow corrupt I ran the
repair tool which then told me there was nothing wrong
with the file.

Creating a new data file and spending the time to get it
all setup again and transfer all of my information from
the existing file is not an option.

I'm starting to think this software is a scam. Should we
really have to pay for a "new version" of MS Money once a
year? With each new version I expect significant changes
and fixes but each release seems just like the same old
program with an overhauled interface - and not always
overhauled for the better.

Re: Money2005 - Still Buggy by Glyn

Glyn
Mon Sep 20 14:15:58 CDT 2004

The numbers work - most months will have only 4 of a particular day. But say
that you get paid on the first friday of the month, and thats the first. The
next pay would be on the 15th and the last on the 29th - three payslips so
$10,200 in that month because there are 5 Fridays.

--
Glyn Simpson, Microsoft MVP - Money
http://money.mvps.org

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<breeto@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:33c601c49f43$67a5a270$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>I had a very nasty bug with my budget in MS Money 2004
> that I hoped would be fixed in 2005 but it still exists.
> Some of the items in my budget show up with values in
> the "Budgeted" column that are WAY off (%150). For
> example, if I tell the budget that I expect $3400 twice a
> week for "Grossly Income", one month the budget will tell
> me I've budgeted $6800 for Grossly Income, which is
> correct, but then another month it will tell me I've
> budgeted over $10,000?! This happens with several items
> in the budget.
>
> Creating a new budget does not resolve the problem.
> However, I tested by creating an entirely new money data
> file and a new budget and this did fix the problem. So,
> thinking my money file was somehow corrupt I ran the
> repair tool which then told me there was nothing wrong
> with the file.
>
> Creating a new data file and spending the time to get it
> all setup again and transfer all of my information from
> the existing file is not an option.
>
> I'm starting to think this software is a scam. Should we
> really have to pay for a "new version" of MS Money once a
> year? With each new version I expect significant changes
> and fixes but each release seems just like the same old
> program with an overhauled interface - and not always
> overhauled for the better.



Re: Money2005 - Still Buggy by breeto

breeto
Mon Sep 20 14:48:08 CDT 2004

Thanks for your response!

I can understand the program doing some special
calculations with a budget item if it's a paycheck, but I
told it that it occurs twice a month. I still think it
would work out to 2 * 3400 * 12 months = 81600... 81600 /
12 = $6800 budget.

I also tried changing it to $6800 monthly and still had
the problem of seeing 10,000+ some months. If I only got
paid once each month, 12 months a year, shouldn't every
month have $6800 budgeted?

I also have the same problem with the value it shows
budgeted for debt planner and health insurance, just to
name a few off the top of my head.

I'll do some more testing and looking into it though. =\


>-----Original Message-----
>The numbers work - most months will have only 4 of a
particular day. But say
>that you get paid on the first friday of the month, and
thats the first. The
>next pay would be on the 15th and the last on the 29th -
three payslips so
>$10,200 in that month because there are 5 Fridays.
>
>--
>Glyn Simpson, Microsoft MVP - Money
>http://money.mvps.org
>
>Check http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
scid=fh;EN-GB;mny
>for UK tips and fixes for MS Money. To send Microsoft
your wishes or
>suggestions, use
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
>or http://www.microsoft.com/uk/support/money/feedback
especially
>if it's a UK specific wish.
>
>I do not respond to any unsolicited email regarding Money
>
><breeto@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:33c601c49f43$67a5a270$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>I had a very nasty bug with my budget in MS Money 2004
>> that I hoped would be fixed in 2005 but it still exists.
>> Some of the items in my budget show up with values in
>> the "Budgeted" column that are WAY off (%150). For
>> example, if I tell the budget that I expect $3400 twice
a
>> week for "Grossly Income", one month the budget will
tell
>> me I've budgeted $6800 for Grossly Income, which is
>> correct, but then another month it will tell me I've
>> budgeted over $10,000?! This happens with several items
>> in the budget.
>>
>> Creating a new budget does not resolve the problem.
>> However, I tested by creating an entirely new money data
>> file and a new budget and this did fix the problem. So,
>> thinking my money file was somehow corrupt I ran the
>> repair tool which then told me there was nothing wrong
>> with the file.
>>
>> Creating a new data file and spending the time to get it
>> all setup again and transfer all of my information from
>> the existing file is not an option.
>>
>> I'm starting to think this software is a scam. Should
we
>> really have to pay for a "new version" of MS Money once
a
>> year? With each new version I expect significant
changes
>> and fixes but each release seems just like the same old
>> program with an overhauled interface - and not always
>> overhauled for the better.
>
>
>.
>

Re: Money2005 - Still Buggy by Glyn

Glyn
Mon Sep 20 15:10:14 CDT 2004

I think I read this posting as every 2 weeks, as you said 'twice a week' in
the original posting. It would be useful to look in the bills/.deposits
schedule to see exactly what it was recording.

--
Glyn Simpson, Microsoft MVP - Money
http://money.mvps.org

Check http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-GB;mny
for UK tips and fixes for MS Money. To send Microsoft your wishes or
suggestions, use http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
or http://www.microsoft.com/uk/support/money/feedback especially
if it's a UK specific wish.

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<breeto@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:344c01c49f4a$c09038d0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks for your response!
>
> I can understand the program doing some special
> calculations with a budget item if it's a paycheck, but I
> told it that it occurs twice a month. I still think it
> would work out to 2 * 3400 * 12 months = 81600... 81600 /
> 12 = $6800 budget.
>
> I also tried changing it to $6800 monthly and still had
> the problem of seeing 10,000+ some months. If I only got
> paid once each month, 12 months a year, shouldn't every
> month have $6800 budgeted?
>
> I also have the same problem with the value it shows
> budgeted for debt planner and health insurance, just to
> name a few off the top of my head.
>
> I'll do some more testing and looking into it though. =\
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>The numbers work - most months will have only 4 of a
> particular day. But say
>>that you get paid on the first friday of the month, and
> thats the first. The
>>next pay would be on the 15th and the last on the 29th -
> three payslips so
>>$10,200 in that month because there are 5 Fridays.
>>
>>--
>>Glyn Simpson, Microsoft MVP - Money
>>http://money.mvps.org
>>
>>Check http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
> scid=fh;EN-GB;mny
>>for UK tips and fixes for MS Money. To send Microsoft
> your wishes or
>>suggestions, use
> http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
>>or http://www.microsoft.com/uk/support/money/feedback
> especially
>>if it's a UK specific wish.
>>
>>I do not respond to any unsolicited email regarding Money
>>
>><breeto@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>news:33c601c49f43$67a5a270$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>>I had a very nasty bug with my budget in MS Money 2004
>>> that I hoped would be fixed in 2005 but it still exists.
>>> Some of the items in my budget show up with values in
>>> the "Budgeted" column that are WAY off (%150). For
>>> example, if I tell the budget that I expect $3400 twice
> a
>>> week for "Grossly Income", one month the budget will
> tell
>>> me I've budgeted $6800 for Grossly Income, which is
>>> correct, but then another month it will tell me I've
>>> budgeted over $10,000?! This happens with several items
>>> in the budget.
>>>
>>> Creating a new budget does not resolve the problem.
>>> However, I tested by creating an entirely new money data
>>> file and a new budget and this did fix the problem. So,
>>> thinking my money file was somehow corrupt I ran the
>>> repair tool which then told me there was nothing wrong
>>> with the file.
>>>
>>> Creating a new data file and spending the time to get it
>>> all setup again and transfer all of my information from
>>> the existing file is not an option.
>>>
>>> I'm starting to think this software is a scam. Should
> we
>>> really have to pay for a "new version" of MS Money once
> a
>>> year? With each new version I expect significant
> changes
>>> and fixes but each release seems just like the same old
>>> program with an overhauled interface - and not always
>>> overhauled for the better.
>>
>>
>>.
>>