Many users are still using M05 and prior versions. What do you mean it "only
works" for two years? What are you going to use instead? How's it going so
far?

"elizabenotd5[at]aol.com" <elizabenotd5aolcom[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:FF95C62F-B774-4BC2-9B69-99ECDCD9F7AA[at]microsoft.com...
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I suddenly lost all my MS Money data because the MS Money 2005 I PURCHASED,
was only a RENTAL, because the program only works for two years!! What a
shock. I will never buy a MS money program again. Downloading a free
money-register program.

"TomBee" wrote:

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"Wehoguy" <Wehoguy[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BEAD7773-DB6D-44CD-9DA8-BE2B9689E162[at]microsoft.com...
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You don't, except by not starting Money.
--
Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

Microsoft has taken to viewing Money kinda like the cable companies view
their channels. They just want something--anything, really, it doesn't
matter what works--that will be bait to some set of the population to draw
viewers' eyes to view paying advertisers' messages.

"Wehoguy" <Wehoguy[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BEAD7773-DB6D-44CD-9DA8-BE2B9689E162[at]microsoft.com...
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Thanks for the tip. But it still doesn't remove the spam advertising on the
Investing page, which is really bothersome. How do I get rid of those ads?

"Chris Cowles" wrote:

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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 01:10:38 -0600, Vasiliy Zaitsev (foad[at]aol.com)
wrote:

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Have you tried the Yahoo Sports "GameChannel" feature (NFL scores in
realtime)? Better than the NFL.com version without random ads. From
one football fan to another...


--Howie

It may get worse and probably will never get better:
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+eyes+a...3-5954406.html

Not that this article has Microsoft whining:
"worldwide sales of full packaged software--which includes Works, the
Encarta encyclopedia, digital imaging software and Money--dropped by 7
percent in fiscal year 2004. In addition, the company said it was seeing
similar trends for fiscal 2005."

Nowhere did they mention the fact that at least some people explicitly
avoided M05 not out of lack of desire to buy a better product but because it
surely wasn't better by any measure.

"Laotzu" <Laotzu[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AC6AE33D-3A41-499F-8ABC-E006BDBAEAA4[at]microsoft.com...
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I agree. We shouldn't need to see distracting ads. We paid for a program to
manage our finances, not succumb to advertising pitches...

"TomBee" wrote:

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<skid0g[at]juno.com> wrote in message
news:b7djo1p5aftt1lt53ifdfvbt28f50f0duq[at]4ax.com...
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Settings> Program Settings> Turn off sponsorship ...
--
Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

Where is Options? I have a setting area, but that didn't help.


On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:15:29 -0700, GreyTop <GreyTop[at]military.comwrote:

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The ads and ad links in Money are irritating, I agree. However, it is not
enough to not use the program. They put the ads because they can, just like
you pay for cable, but still see tv ads. I don't believe they sell any of
your information.


"TomBee" <TomBee[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9237E492-5A5A-4ACB-A63D-3DD37A80D7CD[at]microsoft.com...
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Thanks for the info. It is discouraging. You try to be the honest customer
only using legally licensed software in support of your vendor, not pirating
it out to other users, then Microsoft stabs you by sneaking in marketing on
software that you bought & paid for. Who's the "Pirate" now? How does this
speak to Microsoft's integrity? Do they also use your personal financial
information - or worse yet - do they sell it to other parties?


It's not that big of a deal. They are not anything that have like a video you are forced to watch
before you can look at your account, and they're not popups. If you don't want them, don't click the
links. Like the Insurance home page - there is a button that directs the web browser to some
insurance quote sites. The Banking home page has a "Related Links" area in the left column with
"Check out Loan Rates" and "Get Free Insurance Quotes". There's nothing sneaky about them, so I don't
even consider them an annoyance.

Now, the day they start forcing me to watch ads, bye-bye MS Money. Much like the NFL.com live scoring
does now - every so often, the curren play drive window turns into a commercial video ad. I change to
a different game, it's very annoying. If that happened in something I was actually paying for, I
would be very PO'd. But they already show commercials before movies now, so I'm sure it's coming.
Vasiliy Zaitsev
PGP Key: 0xF8F5619A

Thanks for the info. It is discouraging. You try to be the honest customer
only using legally licensed software in support of your vendor, not pirating
it out to other users, then Microsoft stabs you by sneaking in marketing on
software that you bought & paid for. Who's the "Pirate" now? How does this
speak to Microsoft's integrity? Do they also use your personal financial
information - or worse yet - do they sell it to other parties?

"Chris Cowles" wrote:

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Some pages still have links to commercial things even when turning off the
more blatant ads, but it's not so bad that it makes me consider a different
product.

"GreyTop" <GreyTop[at]military.com> wrote in message
news:g14im19s4fpfn5a11fa8fjj6g4ng04adtn[at]4ax.com...
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Yes they can be truned off in options

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 10:36:07 -0800, TomBee
<TomBee[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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Would like to upgrade from Mny '99 to Mny 2006. Have read a lot of skepticism
concerning issues of Microsoft using Mny 2006 as a means to advertise (or
sell 3rd party ads). Can the user "disable" the online activity to avoid this?