This one looses me, too. It seems like if I can do 11 months backward of
this year, what's the difference of going back an eternity? This is probably
another piece of Most Users Prefer(tm) goofiness.

"Bill Mac" <BillMac[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Jumping in - Thanks for your reply to the mortgage question Dick. I was
trying to convert a liability account that ciontained my mortgage into a true
mortgage account (M2004 SB) and was confronted with the issue of not being
able to go back to the original date to re-enter all past info. I wondered
if re-setting the system clock would solve this.

What I can't figure is why Microsoft would program it this way?

Bill

"Dick Watson" wrote:

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in M05, when you create a new account you can choose other, mortgage
and the wizards asks many questions such as the first payment date

Sounds like another case of Dumbing Down because Most Users Prefer(tm)
Dumbed Down. Try setting you computer date back to 1/1/year you started the
mortgage.

"BDC" <BDC[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Using M2005. The setup loan dialog never asked the original amount of the
loan, just asked how much was owed on the loan as of Jan 1, 2005. It asked
the terms, ARM? , Balloon? monthly payments? etc. But nowhere was there a
question regarding origination date of the loan, or the original amount.
What if someone just decided to buy Money, and wants to computerize their own
home mortgage? Can they on do that for the current year?

"Dick Watson" wrote:

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What Money version? I recall the both questions in the M04 Loan Account
setup dialog. There are also reports that it won't allow going into the
previous year, much less further back--that have been solved by temporarily
changing the clock date on your system back, creating the loan account, then
setting it forward to current.

I have not created a Loan Account under M05.

"BDC" <BDC[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I imported data from Quicken, and the mortgage didn't quite make the
conversion. I have tried creating a new mortgage, hoping to get Money to
calculate and enter back payments (i.e. monthly payment, P + I from date of
inception and the ability to enter the original loan amount). However, Money
doesn't ask me about how many payments may have already been made, or if they
have been made monthly, nor does it ask the origination date of the loan. I
am sure this can be done, and I can just "start over" in money and trash the
quicken mortgage account. Thanks in advance for your help.---BDC