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Hi Steve,
Yes, I do understand the difference. My other accounts are saving
accounts and such and I don't want them to reflect in my budget.
Sounds like I have no choice though. Question for you or anyone out
there, Andrew in his response above indicated this is a bit different
in M04. If M03 came with the computer, is it possible to get a free
upgrade or is there a cost?

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It doesn't work that way. Do you fully understand the difference between an
account and a category in MONEY? The budget program has many bugs, but it isn't
smart enough to let you personalize it any way you want. Good luck. Steve

I'm trying to work with my budget in Microsoft Money and am running
into all sorts of problems.

1) I have multiple accounts set up in Money but I want ONLY ONE
account to be reflected in the budget. I have gone to every
category's page and have selected my cash flow be for that one account
and yet it continues to show other transactions from my other accounts
in my budget. How do I get to do only one?

2) It doesn't seem to reflect accurate information when I look at a
report. For example, I have a category I budgeted 70 dollars in. My
report says I've only spent 91 cents in that category but if I double
click on that line in the report I can see 5 or 6 entries for that
account all A LOT more than 91 cents. What's going on there?

3) I have a budget item that is a monthly expense (electric bill) and
the amount changes each month. I wanted to modify the actual budget
amount for this month as it's less than last month. I can go into
that bill and modify the amount, but the amount won't reflect in my
budget. It continues to show the budget I had previously. I've even
gotten out of the application thinking that something was stuck in
memory but that didn't do me any good.

Anyone out there able to help with these?