Money 2003--cannot archive

#2 10-16-2005, 01:46 PM

Archive useless. I did, now I wish I could go back to mine to 1994.
Information I could use. You don't know what you would like to see or need.
Wasted effort. Would be nice for MS to find a way to undo that situation
even if we had to purchase and update or upgrade. Valuable information
sitting doing nothing.

Stan
"William R Wood" <w.wood[at]cox.net> wrote in message
news:eyCzBmd0FHA.3188[at]TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
- quote -

> I agree with Cal. The solution is not to archive. I tried it and
> concluded that archives were worthless. It does not add speed or make your
> file much smaller. The only significant difference it that you loose
> access to your older data which is harmful to you not helpful. Having
> access to all of your data allows you to create much more accurate budgets
> and otherwise study your finances over long periods of time. I use my old
> data many times every year just to answer questions like, What did we pay
> for that vacuum cleaner or how long have we had that desk?
> Let your file grow as big as it wants to get, that does not cause any
> problems. Make sure you have plenty of backup copies. Backup your actual
> active file in addition to using Money's backup routine.
> Regards
> Bill Wood
> "K Clark" <rkclark[at]stjoelive.com> wrote in message
> news:u3SkWRZ0FHA.3152[at]TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > When I try to archive Money 2003 (Delux Personal and Business, v 11.0, it
> > freezes at some point and I have to shut it down manually. I've attempted
> > letting it archive for different lengths of time with the same result.
> > After the attempted archiving, Money has changed all my balances. I've
> > not encountered this problem before. Anyone have a solution? Are there
> > updates and if so where do I find them? I've searched Microsoft with no
> > luck! Thanks, K. Clark
>

#1 10-15-2005, 10:40 PM

I agree with Cal. The solution is not to archive. I tried it and concluded
that archives were worthless. It does not add speed or make your file much
smaller. The only significant difference it that you loose access to your
older data which is harmful to you not helpful. Having access to all of
your data allows you to create much more accurate budgets and otherwise
study your finances over long periods of time. I use my old data many times
every year just to answer questions like, What did we pay for that vacuum
cleaner or how long have we had that desk?

Let your file grow as big as it wants to get, that does not cause any
problems. Make sure you have plenty of backup copies. Backup your actual
active file in addition to using Money's backup routine.

Regards

Bill Wood

"K Clark" <rkclark[at]stjoelive.com> wrote in message
news:u3SkWRZ0FHA.3152[at]TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
- quote -

> When I try to archive Money 2003 (Delux Personal and Business, v 11.0, it
> freezes at some point and I have to shut it down manually. I've attempted
> letting it archive for different lengths of time with the same result.
> After the attempted archiving, Money has changed all my balances. I've not
> encountered this problem before. Anyone have a solution? Are there updates
> and if so where do I find them? I've searched Microsoft with no luck!
> Thanks, K. Clark

10-15-2005, 02:41 PM

In microsoft.public.money, K Clark wrote:

- quote -

> When I try to archive Money 2003 (Delux Personal and Business, v 11.0, it
> freezes at some point and I have to shut it down manually. I've attempted
> letting it archive for different lengths of time with the same result. After
> the attempted archiving, Money has changed all my balances. I've not
> encountered this problem before. Anyone have a solution? Are there updates
> and if so where do I find them? I've searched Microsoft with no luck!

My suggestion is to not archive. If your purpose is to make your
file smaller and faster, it will probably not meet your
expectations. If you think you can re-integrate the archived data
later, think again.

If you insist on doing it, try letting it run overnight.

#-1 10-15-2005, 02:25 PM

When I try to archive Money 2003 (Delux Personal and Business, v 11.0, it
freezes at some point and I have to shut it down manually. I've attempted
letting it archive for different lengths of time with the same result. After
the attempted archiving, Money has changed all my balances. I've not
encountered this problem before. Anyone have a solution? Are there updates
and if so where do I find them? I've searched Microsoft with no luck!
Thanks, K. Clark

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