Michael
Sat Sep 01 11:30:39 PDT 2007
There now are clients for WM5 -- do a search here (or on the web) for
Ultrasoft.
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Michael Gordon
"ME" <trash.trash@comcast.netREMOVETHIS> wrote in message
news:IJCdnc2zM8hwpE_bnZ2dnUVZ_t-gnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I agree as well. I have been a user since '95. My file has grown to over
>13mb, and thats after I export each previous year, every year. I can't
>stand how difficult it is to setup money up to use a different sign on for
>different accounts at the same bank (yeah, you can do it but its a pain and
>for me it causes a very irratatting duplicate account to occur for the
>first account.) And don't get me started on deleting duplicate accounts
>that Money makes each time I try to setup an account online...
>
> Each year money gets worse as it they try to market it ever more to the
> lame brain computer user. I hate the web like interface (I hate HTML
> interfaces) and frankly could due without the fact that the program takes
> over the second I open it to check *something* online (all my accounts are
> setup to get updates on demand vs. automatically, still it takes over for
> that first minute or so after I open it).
>
> Above all, I really HATE the fact that I can't use it any longer on my PDA
> (Pocket Money 05 does NOT function on MS Windows Mobile 5!!!! Can someone
> say unified products?). I have money 2005 and I am DREADING moving to the
> newest version (Though I HAVE TO because of they only support it working
> for 2 years after deployment) as I am sure it has become even more "user
> friendly". That latest update to the online engine really did a number on
> me and I am REALLY considering switching. The trouble is Quicken doesn't
> seem to be all that much better and I have this huge problem with setting
> up a new file and ePay setup. I hate being forced into a corner.
>
> Which is really the main issue. There really is no real competion out
> there. Sure you have Quicken but I am sure (from past experience with
> older versions) that there are also irratating issues with it. Its the
> Microsoft story, it is what is, live with it. What choice do we have?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
> "David Schwartz" <who4ever@optonline.net> wrote in message
> news:a47Ai.117$%X5.9@newsfe12.lga...
>>I couldn't agree with you more. I hate the program. I read up on
>>converting the data to Quicken and could tell by reading it the database
>>would be completely corrupted so I didn't bother. But it has turned into
>>a horrible program.
>>
>> --
>> David Schwartz
>> Commack, NY
>>
>>
>> "Aging Hippie" <Aging Hippie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:759FDD61-6BBE-4CB4-9E43-D7F671D4A911@microsoft.com...
>>> I'd happily pay double to get back a functioning copy of my Microsoft
>>> Money
>>> 2001. It quietly downloaded all transactions from everywhere, it never
>>> pestered me with ads, it didn't create duplicate accounts and then
>>> refuse to
>>> merge them, it didn't time limit how long it would run, and every
>>> message had
>>> a help button explaining what to do.
>>>
>>> Microsoft: throw out your code base and go back to the 2001 version!
>>> Give
>>> us a product that works!
>>>
>>> "The service that allows you to download transactions from MSN Money My
>>> Accounts has been disabled. Close and reopen Money. If the problem
>>> persists
>>> then try turning the service off and then re-enabling it. If the problem
>>> still persists you will need to re-enable the service with a new Windows
>>> Live
>>> ID."
>>
>>
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