This article solved all my conversion problems.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889246

I;m not clear whether your 2005 program has got the update - the update
fixed a number of conversion problems, hence why I suggested it. To check,
Money 2005 will have a version 14.0.??.1105 - the 1105 is the important bit.

Of course, if 2003 is working fine, then carry on with that for the moment,
but if you do decide to convert to 2005 at a later date, then this update
will be required.

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"Stuart" <Stuart[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Tried this last night. No luck.

I've used the salvage tool on a copy of the file. It reports a couple of
transaction problems but says they are fixed. Unfortunately, I still can't
get the file to load in 2005.

The file is pretty big. It's been some time since I've worked with it and
Money 2003 has been collecting transactions from my bank all this time. Do
you think it would help to revert to 2003 and catch up before I try to load
it into 2005?

Stuart


"Glyn Simpson, MVP" wrote:

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What might be an idea is as soon as you start Money, click on file-> new and
create a new file (ie don't convert the old one immediately). This will
remove the conversion issue to start with and allow Money to download it's
update. If this succeeds, you can then allow Money to convert the file. The
comms error could be the program trying to connect to the update servers,
removing the conversion might help establish whether that's the case.

The .M14 file refers to a backup copy of the Money 2005 file. Because the
first conversion hasn't yet happened, you won't have one of those (you'll
have a .M11 file which is the backup of the Money 2003 file).

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Thanks for the response Bob.

I'm on a cable modem. The connection is live all the time.

Could there be a firewall issue? I'm using XP SP2 and am behind a D-Link
cable modem router. It's set up with UpNP and usually works transparently on
this kind of thing.

Stuart



"Bob Peel MVP" wrote:

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When you first start M2005 it goes on-line to get a program update, so you
need to be on-line at that time.

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"Stuart" <Stuart[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I'm upgrading from Money 2003 to 2005. When 2005 starts it says it's
converting the file. It makes the back up copy but then hangs for a long
time (5-10 minutes) then comes up with an error... " A communication error
occurred. Please try your call again. If you continue to have problems call
your financial institutions Online Services Customer Support"

If I revert to 2003 everything works as it should. The knowledge base
mentions this error message. It says the fix is to search for a file *.m14
and turn off MSN bill pay. A search doesn't produce any file that matches
*.m14. Anyone have any suggestions?