"Chad" <Chad[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Consider it Microsoft's way of misleading you into thinking you have to have
an account with them. They don't clearly say you don't have to, but they
never really say you must, either.
--
Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

In microsoft.public.money, Chad wrote:

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The last two paragraphs of my initial response tried to explain how
to proceed if you did not want a Passport on your Money file.

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Forgive my outburst... the comment was written out of frustration. As a
general computers user, I find some steps at the Microsoft troubleshooting &
repair page to be unclear & frustrating including some of the fix steps &
about using Passport. Maybe Passport is Microsoft's way of saying that you
have an account with them - not sure. I'll work through this as best as
possible, and as mentioned, there are CDs of the program available.
THANKS!!!!

"Cal Learner" wrote:

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Forgive my outburst, but I believe that general computers users such as
myself find some steps at the Microsoft troubleshooting & repair page to be
unclear including some of the fix steps & about using Passport. Maybe
Passport is Microsoft's way of saying that you have an account with them -
not sure. I'll work through this as best as possible, and as you said, there
are CDs of the program available. Thanks!

"Chris Cowles" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Chad wrote:

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Is this a comment on semantics or philosophy?

"Chad" <Chad[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Garbage to you, valuable to others. I'm not one of them but it's not a big
deal to simply ignore it. You do have to register it, though, for it to know
it's no longer a trial.

Users who buy hard copy CDs generally have less problems. They're available
for significant discounts at Sam's and the like, and for no or very low cost
in association with tax software purchases.

BTW, you can get a refund if you don't want to keep it.

Forgive me, but this made no sense. I don't know why Microsoft uses this
Passport garbage - the program is for my private use on my computer. The
instructions per your link do not provide understandable steps to correcting
this problem. Instead of a rebate, perhaps Microsoft should offer a refund.

"Cal Learner" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Chad wrote:

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If you want a Passport on your file, take the steps in
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;889930


If you do not want a Passport on your active Money file, do
something similar to, but not the same. In the resolution, create a
NEW empty file (named perhaps Temp.mny) that you put the referenced
Passport onto. Let updates happen Restart the computer.

Confirm that Money shows the right version. Then click on your
real Money file that is shown on the bottom of the File menu.

I recently purchased and downloaded MS Money 2006 Standard. Now, when I use
it, it says I'm using a trial version. I tried to email MS thru technical
support but the trial version does not have the appropriate product ID
numbers to continue in the screens. Since I truly did purchase the download,
what can I do to make it stop thinking this is a trial version?