Users say Microsoft's Money is broke
Posted by malebolgia on 30 September 2004 - 20:46 · 35 comments & 1572 views
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#1 Posted by christracy on 30 Sep 2004 - 20:52
QUOTE causing the program to report a deficit of more than $2 million.
whoa, microsoft i think we have a problem. im glad i havent upgraded my financial software program since money 2002 and it does what i need and thats all i ask for.
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#1.1 Posted by toadeater on 01 Oct 2004 - 04:23
- Wow, ANOTHER faulty, bug-ridden, bloated piece of software from Micro$oft!
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#1.3 Posted by PimpinWithAaron on 01 Oct 2004 - 12:20
- Money has sucked since ver 2004
Last edited by 67042 on 01 Oct 2004 - 13:09
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#2 Posted by EZRecovery on 30 Sep 2004 - 21:00
QUOTE im glad i havent upgraded my financial software program since money 2002
I'm glad you havent, cause you will receive the same headaches as those people
There is Mocosoft, I mean Microsoft.
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#3 Posted by wa22guy on 30 Sep 2004 - 21:01
- MS Money 2005 is a POS. I've used it and the web interface is just broke down.
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#4 Posted by bob0r on 30 Sep 2004 - 21:01
- Internet + Money = Bad combination
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#5 Posted by rbet on 30 Sep 2004 - 21:03
- I use Money 2004 deluxe. It suffices.
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#6 Posted by GShapiro on 30 Sep 2004 - 21:30
- As a long time Quicken user all I can say is...
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#7 Posted by vas on 30 Sep 2004 - 21:46
- seems to work ok for what i need.
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#8 Posted by dougkinzinger on 30 Sep 2004 - 21:47
- Just upgraded to Money 2005 Small Business Edition. Works like a champ, including all online functions. Love it.
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#8.1 Posted by Boz on 30 Sep 2004 - 22:15
- Hey, is it worth the upgrade from Money 2004 SMBE? Their invoice template system is horrible in 2004, I hope they made it better this time?
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#8.2 Posted by U.N.C.L.E. on 30 Sep 2004 - 22:42
- Well, I'm glad to hear that it does work as expected. I'm looking at the cd and have been holding off on the upgrade because of this "fracas".
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#8.3 Posted by DjTeriyake on 01 Oct 2004 - 00:06
- Nice word choice, but a fracas is more akin to a brawl. I would call this a snafu?????
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#8.4 Posted by Oleg on 01 Oct 2004 - 05:24
- it works like a charm for a SMALL business
when you get file to 30mb (you know, last years data + couple utilities + 100 customers + dozen vendors + couple cars) it slows to crawl!!
I just uninstalled 2005 and went back to 2004 what a waste of money
i guess they went with xml (just a guess) and it crawls, hangs, and restarts on 3ghz pentium with 1gb ram and 9800 pro radeon, i can only imagine what it'll do for slower systems
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#8.5 Posted by dougkinzinger on 01 Oct 2004 - 11:54
- You've got some problem, friend; it works great for SBE users.
--DK
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#9 Posted by QuantumTrickery on 30 Sep 2004 - 21:54
- Program has been working quite well for me. I've paid all my bills online for several years now, and Money 2005 is working better than the previous version.
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#9.1 Posted by mleonc on 30 Sep 2004 - 22:24
- Who's in control of your money, you or the program?????
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#9.2 Posted by petrolxl on 30 Sep 2004 - 23:19
- If he has been doing it for several years, who do you think is in control.
I have paid my bills online for several years as well and I will never write another check again.
People need to get with the times. There are plenty of safeguards for your money if something ever does occur (which has never happened to me). People are so afraid of identity theft nowadays, but it seems like the people who get affected are careless with their information. Don't shop from shady sites, make sure the site is secured. and don't send out information to people who request it, unless you are 100 percent sure of the source. How hard is that?
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#10 Posted by paulhaskew on 30 Sep 2004 - 22:50
- ever heard of a check?
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#10.2 Posted by petrolxl on 01 Oct 2004 - 22:31
- LOL, UK spelling. Too bad americans deviated from the REAL english language. Much more classy
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#10.3 Posted by snake-eyes on 02 Oct 2004 - 00:46
- Good thing we didn't deviate from oral hygiene.
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#11 Posted by QuantumTrickery on 01 Oct 2004 - 00:02
- Yep, many of us have heard of checks. We've also heard of them getting lost in the mail, the money getting taken out late/incorrectly, among tons of other problems with them. As Far as i'm concerned, checks are stone age, and should be completely done away with. Especially gets tiresome being in line behind someone that uses checks and takes forever while the rest of us have moved away from the past. Paying bills online has been 100% problem free, and alot less headaches. I thank Microsoft for a program that does it well. Those who are so afraid of data getting stolen: Learn what safe computing practices are.
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#12 Posted by ahodes1 on 01 Oct 2004 - 00:14
- I've had LOADS of problems with 2005. Duplicate entries that don't sync up to already entered entries... its awful. I also ended up with duplicate accounts after installing it, and syncing with most banks seems to take about 4 minutes... if it works.
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#13 Posted by MegaManXcalibur on 01 Oct 2004 - 00:38
- I guess I've just been using the Pocket PC version of Money... by the looks of it I'll stay with it.
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#14 Posted by DeepThought on 01 Oct 2004 - 01:59
- I'm pretty sure this is the first time Microsoft has had a problem with money since the late 80s.
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#15 Posted by chorpeac on 01 Oct 2004 - 02:41
- Grrreaaat. I can't wait to get mine....
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#16 Posted by jb347 on 01 Oct 2004 - 16:09
- Seems to work OK for me. Has a very different feel than 2004, not sure if I like it yet.
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#17 Posted by Randall_Lind on 01 Oct 2004 - 20:56
- Most banks use Quicken so I am suprise that MS Money is still around. I know Bank Of America charges $9.95 a month to use quicken in order to pay bills on;ine and download transactions.
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#18 Posted by chaicka on 04 Oct 2004 - 03:01
- There are so many solutions out there that is far better than Ms Money, and furthermore, most banks supports those other solutions more readily than Money.
Customers posting comments in a Microsoft community newsgroup and various product review pages say the new Money 2005 has made it difficult or impossible to access online bill paying services Microsoft runs through its MSN subsidiary.
Pierre Aterianus, an electrical engineer from Whitefish Bay, Wisc., said he followed Microsoft instructions to turn off MSN Bill Pay before installing Money 2005 and then reactivate the service, yet he still can't pay his credit card bill. Attempts to initiate payments either aren't sent or result in a "duplicate payment" error message, he said, and Microsoft support personnel haven't been able to provide a solution.
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