Money 2004 Update Request

I originally believed that today was a good day. I've
upgraded to MS Money 2004 Standard and now I am unhappy.

1. Would you please update the software to allow users
to "Completely Block All Internet Access" within the
Options? Or show me how I can do this within the software.

2. Would you plese allow me the option to backup to
floppy (USB Memory key) upon exit like the older versions
of Money?

1. Explained: I don't want my copy of Money to even
believe it is possible to be connected to the internet.
Who out there can guarentee me 100% (Nothing less, not
even 99.99%) Safety. Allowing this software to interact
with the internet is NOT safe. I did not purchase this
software to "Enhance my Internet Experience", I purchased
it to improve my personal accounting of my money.

2. Explained: My original version of MS Money would allow
me to back up to floppy upon exit. Money 2004 will only
back up to Hard Drive upon exit. You have limited its
functions instead of improving them. I want to be able to
plug in my USB Memory key and backup as I exit when I
feel it is necessary.

Sincerely,
Stan

via_newsgroup
Sat Jan 31 14:52:34 CST 2004

In microsoft.public.money, Stan wrote:

>I originally believed that today was a good day. I've
>upgraded to MS Money 2004 Standard and now I am unhappy.
>
>1. Would you please update the software to allow users
>to "Completely Block All Internet Access" within the
>Options? Or show me how I can do this within the software.

Somebody familiar with a particular software firewall could
configure a software firewall to do this. I could do it for my
version of Kerio.

>
>2. Would you plese allow me the option to backup to
>floppy (USB Memory key) upon exit like the older versions
>of Money?
>
>1. Explained: I don't want my copy of Money to even
>believe it is possible to be connected to the internet.
>Who out there can guarentee me 100% (Nothing less, not
>even 99.99%) Safety. Allowing this software to interact
>with the internet is NOT safe. I did not purchase this
>software to "Enhance my Internet Experience", I purchased
>it to improve my personal accounting of my money.
>
>2. Explained: My original version of MS Money would allow
>me to back up to floppy upon exit. Money 2004 will only
>back up to Hard Drive upon exit. You have limited its
>functions instead of improving them. I want to be able to
>plug in my USB Memory key and backup as I exit when I
>feel it is necessary.

You could set the Tools->Options->Backup to Automatically back up to
floppy every "1" days. Also select Prompt me before backing up each
time.

Chris
Sat Jan 31 16:34:56 CST 2004

Your post is written as though Microsoft is listening here. They're not.
This is a public forum for user-to-user correspondence. All volunteers. All
powerless to do anything you request to Money itself.

"Stan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:79c501c3e839$0070fad0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> I originally believed that today was a good day. I've
> upgraded to MS Money 2004 Standard and now I am unhappy.
>
> 1. Would you please update the software ...

Dick
Sat Jan 31 19:53:09 CST 2004

Money only connects to the Internet when you tell it to. I wouldn't be
unhappy about that, were I you.

Millions of Money users allow Money and dozens of other pieces of software
to interact with the Internet with relative safety. Nothing is 100% safe.
You can die in your sleep.

p.s., we DON'T work here.

"Stan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:79c501c3e839$0070fad0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> I originally believed that today was a good day. I've
> upgraded to MS Money 2004 Standard and now I am unhappy.
>
> 1. Would you please update the software to allow users
> to "Completely Block All Internet Access" within the
> Options? Or show me how I can do this within the software.
>
[snipped]
>
> 1. Explained: I don't want my copy of Money to even
> believe it is possible to be connected to the internet.
> Who out there can guarentee me 100% (Nothing less, not
> even 99.99%) Safety. Allowing this software to interact
> with the internet is NOT safe. I did not purchase this
> software to "Enhance my Internet Experience", I purchased
> it to improve my personal accounting of my money.
[snipped]

via_newsgroup
Sat Jan 31 20:35:56 CST 2004

In microsoft.public.money, Dick Watson wrote:

>Money only connects to the Internet when you tell it to. I wouldn't be
>unhappy about that, were I you.

... if you don't set up a passport for the file.

Dick
Sat Jan 31 20:46:29 CST 2004

I count that as having told Money to connect. But then I understand how some
of this stuff works.

"Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup@please.tnx> wrote in message
news:4cpo101vi31nprlu0d5c98vgodomalcgpf@4ax.com...
> In microsoft.public.money, Dick Watson wrote:
>
> >Money only connects to the Internet when you tell it to. I wouldn't be
> >unhappy about that, were I you.
>
> ... if you don't set up a passport for the file.
>

anonymous
Sun Feb 01 14:13:51 CST 2004

Good Day Cal,

Thank You for your quick response; but...

You are missing the point. I need it to back up to floppy
(USB Key) upon exiting the program. The older versions of
MS Money would prompt you to back up, allow you to set
the path and verify that you wanted to overwright the
previous file. This was a fluid process that reminded me
to insert my USB key, backup, and protect my data
somewhere other than my internal hard drive. What is the
point of having the software save a backup to the
internal hard drive? Everyone who has even the smallest
bit of information recovery training knows you need to
save your data outside of the box. If it ain't broke,
don't fix it. You broke it, now fix it.

I can and have blocked MS Money's access to the internet
with Zone Alarm Pro. I should have the option to block
access within MS Money. What is the point of needing more
software to control software that isn't written to
control itself.

My requests stand due to their logical, common sence
grounding in reality.

Stan
>-----Original Message-----
>In microsoft.public.money, Stan wrote:
>
>>I originally believed that today was a good day. I've
>>upgraded to MS Money 2004 Standard and now I am
unhappy.
>>
>>1. Would you please update the software to allow users
>>to "Completely Block All Internet Access" within the
>>Options? Or show me how I can do this within the
software.
>
>Somebody familiar with a particular software firewall
could
>configure a software firewall to do this. I could do it
for my
>version of Kerio.
>
>>
>>2. Would you plese allow me the option to backup to
>>floppy (USB Memory key) upon exit like the older
versions
>>of Money?
>>
>>1. Explained: I don't want my copy of Money to even
>>believe it is possible to be connected to the internet.
>>Who out there can guarentee me 100% (Nothing less, not
>>even 99.99%) Safety. Allowing this software to interact
>>with the internet is NOT safe. I did not purchase this
>>software to "Enhance my Internet Experience", I
purchased
>>it to improve my personal accounting of my money.
>>
>>2. Explained: My original version of MS Money would
allow
>>me to back up to floppy upon exit. Money 2004 will only
>>back up to Hard Drive upon exit. You have limited its
>>functions instead of improving them. I want to be able
to
>>plug in my USB Memory key and backup as I exit when I
>>feel it is necessary.
>
>You could set the Tools->Options->Backup to
Automatically back up to
>floppy every "1" days. Also select Prompt me before
backing up each
>time.
>
>
>
>.
>

Dick
Sun Feb 01 15:34:48 CST 2004

These seem to be some fundamentals you don't get here.

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7bad01c3e8ff$e8fa5410$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> You are missing the point. I need it to back up to floppy
> (USB Key) upon exiting the program. The older versions of
> MS Money would prompt you to back up, allow you to set
> the path and verify that you wanted to overwright the
> previous file. This was a fluid process that reminded me
> to insert my USB key, backup, and protect my data
> somewhere other than my internal hard drive. What is the
> point of having the software save a backup to the
> internal hard drive? Everyone who has even the smallest
> bit of information recovery training knows you need to
> save your data outside of the box. If it ain't broke,
> don't fix it. You broke it, now fix it.

Cal didn't break anything. He's just a user. Besides, I can set mine up to
backup to, say, my MemoryStick on exit just fine. Have you tried to browse
the file tree here to see if your key shows up here or would you rather just
complain at those of us who can't do anything to change the way Money works?

> I can and have blocked MS Money's access to the internet
> with Zone Alarm Pro. I should have the option to block
> access within MS Money. What is the point of needing more
> software to control software that isn't written to
> control itself.

Money does "control itself" just fine. It doesn't go get anything from the
net unless you've told it to. Why should it need another setting like
Tools|Options|Connection|Even if I tell you to get information from the
Internet, don't do it? And why do you think Money connecting to the Internet
to get whatever it is that you didn't intend to tell it to get is more of a
"safety" hazard than having your computer connected to the Internet at all?
That's pretty illogical. If you don't trust Money in the first place,
whatever makes you think you could trust a switch named
Tools|Options|Connection|Even if I tell you to get information from the
Internet, don't do it? If you fundamentally don't trust the product, by all
means don't use it!

See http://www.bollar.org/msmoney/#Q66 if you really want to do something
that ***might*** get the product changed in future versions. Ranting here
won't get it done, that's for sure. I've been lobbying for some things here
since there was first a newsgroup. I know.

via_newsgroup
Sun Feb 01 15:44:23 CST 2004

In microsoft.public.money, <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>Good Day Cal,
>
>Thank You for your quick response; but...
>
>You are missing the point

Yep. I did not realize that you were just doing that.