This is another very scary addition to the thread about Money upgrade
forcing functions that ran sometime back. (See
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e....shawcable.net.)

The bottom line: Microsoft has a) only made updates for Money available via
the Money Internet Update integrated install--i.e., no patch file to
download and store away, and b) routinely disappeared updates for old
versions.

The implications of this are that there may be **no way** for a user to
install a usable/working/updated copy of your **fully-licensed** but
obsolete version of Money on a new machine or a reloaded hard disk after the
point where Microsoft withdraws support and disappear the Internet Updates.
In the case of, say, a failed hard disk, there may be no way for you to get
to the point of being able to restore a working good backup of your Money
data short of buying a newer version of Money and hoping that it can
restore/upgrade this backup.

Microsoft really should provide the product updates some alternate way where
the patch file is downloadable from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads just
like other patches for normal Microsoft products.

Hey Microsoft, I know you are listening!

"Jody Miller" <jodyemberly[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3Prqd.6321$5w3.4128[at]fe03.lga...
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Had a similar problem once. What worked for me was to open a new file and download the updates to make sure the Money program was up to date. Then load your original file.

Hope it helps,

Jody
"Tagman" <Tagman_2000[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eGqMCPw0EHA.2012[at]TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
Just a thought - when you reloaded money - did you reload the same version as you were last using?
"Paul" <pingramnet[at]ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:q8jpd.185029$Np3.7502845[at]ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
This same problem happened to me once before and I don't know how I solved
it.

Here's what happened.

I had a problem that was bad enough to warrant a reformat of my computer. To
be safe I backed up my file to 2 or 3 different discs as I have a full years
work in this file. Anyway, after cleaning up the computer I try to restore
from backup. MS Money asks for my password to open the file and I enter it
only to be told I am using the wrong password. I am definitely not using the
wrong password because my password has always been the same for a couple of
years and I have never ever changed my password. It almost seems like a bug
in MS Money.

I even tried to restore off of one of the other discs and the same problem
happens. I am hoping that someone else out there might be aware of this
problem and can give me some help fixing this.

TIA

Paul Ingram

Just a thought - when you reloaded money - did you reload the same version as you were last using?
"Paul" <pingramnet[at]ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:q8jpd.185029$Np3.7502845[at]ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
This same problem happened to me once before and I don't know how I solved
it.

Here's what happened.

I had a problem that was bad enough to warrant a reformat of my computer. To
be safe I backed up my file to 2 or 3 different discs as I have a full years
work in this file. Anyway, after cleaning up the computer I try to restore
from backup. MS Money asks for my password to open the file and I enter it
only to be told I am using the wrong password. I am definitely not using the
wrong password because my password has always been the same for a couple of
years and I have never ever changed my password. It almost seems like a bug
in MS Money.

I even tried to restore off of one of the other discs and the same problem
happens. I am hoping that someone else out there might be aware of this
problem and can give me some help fixing this.

TIA

Paul Ingram

This same problem happened to me once before and I don't know how I solved
it.

Here's what happened.

I had a problem that was bad enough to warrant a reformat of my computer. To
be safe I backed up my file to 2 or 3 different discs as I have a full years
work in this file. Anyway, after cleaning up the computer I try to restore
from backup. MS Money asks for my password to open the file and I enter it
only to be told I am using the wrong password. I am definitely not using the
wrong password because my password has always been the same for a couple of
years and I have never ever changed my password. It almost seems like a bug
in MS Money.

I even tried to restore off of one of the other discs and the same problem
happens. I am hoping that someone else out there might be aware of this
problem and can give me some help fixing this.

TIA

Paul Ingram