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"Marten Engblom" <martenengblom[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Make sure that both copies of Money have had Internet Updates installed to
the same service level. Not all M05 files can be opened with all M05 service
levels. If necessary, open the sample file on both machines and let the
Internet Update rip. If done at the same time, this should get both to the
same service level and both should be able to deal--serially!!!--with your
data file.

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Absolutely.

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I think they were intentionally trying to mislead about what this feature
really is/does. Even if you do this, you are NOT sharing the file and all of
the data in it, nor can multi-users access the data the same way--i.e., via
the Money client.

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Hard to argue with that. I don't look for this to improve. Apparently Most
Users Prefer(tm) the most dumbed-down version they know how to create.

Sorry, I should have been more specific. When I say "share" I mean between 2
different computers. We are both on the same home network, so in theory we
should be able to just use the same money file. But, when I try to open the
file on the 2nd computer money is saying it needs to convert the file to
2005 format...?

Also, from what I understand you can run into problems if 2 people are
accessing the same Money file at the same time.

Given that, it is totally rediculus that Microsoft lists multiple user
accounts as a new feature in Money 2005 ("New. Multi-user access. Because
Money 2005 enables custom settings for every user, several people can share
access to the same Money file with their own usernames and passwords.").
Yeah... if you send ALL your financial information to Microsoft for storage
on their servers!
Nice scam...

It seems like for every day I use this program I discover that more and more
functionality that you'd expect out of a program like Money is actually
missing :-/

Marten



"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
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What do you mean "share"? You login and use it then logout and then she logs
in and uses it?

When Microsoft says the "sharing" feature of M05 shares your data file, they
are just misleading you, as you note, and you cited the reason why in your
latter supposition.

"Marten Engblom" <martenengblom[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Is there really no way to share my 2005 Money for Small Business file with
my spouse without enabling syncronization with "MSN Money service"?

Why on earth would I want to send all my finacial information across the net
to be stored on Microsoft's servers?!?!?!? That is the most rediculus thing;
it is either a band-aid solution to get in a last minute feature in the
product, or more likely, a cheap shot to trick people into using "MSN Money
service" (the documentation is not exactly clear about the fact that by
enabeling that "feature", you are sending all your data to MSN).

Please tell me there is another way?