I would call Money and Quicken personal finance and not accounting.
Thanks for that link.

arthur
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:43:02 -0700, dave10a
<dave10a[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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I think it verges on greed when microsoft puts a time limit on down load of
stock or mutual fund updates. Especially when they are free a this link
"http://www.gummy-stuff.org/Yahoo-data.htm" I use Excell to update my mutual
fund data for extensive evaluation without microsofts greedy BS. Also Quicken
does not put this restriction on theirsoftware as far as I know. So again
after comparing quicken to money-- quicken is more accurate and useful for
my needs. The more I think about it Excell could beat them all if one wants
to write their own macros-- I'm getting more tempted when I get more time to
do so.
One would think that as important as accounting software is, Microsoft would
be more responsible and less greedy towords the folks. It is terrible when
one keeps years worth of data on their finances while there is a strong
possibility that the software will do strange things that creates the
possiblity of corrupting that data. That is why I used two financial programs
together to minimizes that risk. Now I am using Quicken and programming
Excell to track my stuff. Money does not provide the reliabilty that I need.
Also I am hedging my bets with Quicken with my macros in Excell.

"arthur" wrote:

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Only reason I switched the other way is because Q does not attempt to
handle stock options nor update their prices even if they are wrong
most of the time, except on active options. The auto download account
update is also important cuz otherwise it is not worth my time. This
is the reason I am rejecting AceMoney. So, to each his or her own
devices.

arthur
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:02:02 -0700, dave10a
<dave10a[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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I have been running MS Money and Quicken in parallel for 6 months to
determine which money manager is the most reliable. After experiencing the
unreliability of the mutual fund updates in Money( again) and other basic
accounting issues, I have become most displeased with MSoft Money and I have
elected to go Quicken. It has its problems, but reliabilty of the data is not
one of them. How can I trust Msoft to make an accurate accounting of my
investments and real time tax status. Quicken has not let me down yet.
Fortunately it is easy to swicth over to Quicken because I have been running
in parrellel from the beginning. I guess my cynical nature payed off :-)
"Brian Cleaver" wrote:

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I had the M03 and that Standard edition (version?) has a 1 yr
automatic download and the Deluxe has a 3yr. Now the M06 is 2yrs
Deluxe. I do not think manual downloads are time limited. Shrinking
candy bar.

I have US versions, no non US exchange investments, and no mutual
funds so was just hip shooting. This sounded like a possible MS
change of data supplier ... some quotes worked, some didn't.

arthur
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:09:52 -0400, "ga" <gashfordjr[at]hotmail.comwrote:
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I have Microsoft Money 2004 Standard Edition. According to the license
agreement the updates are good for 2 years,"Microsoft Money 2004 Standard:
The earlier of two (2) years after your activation of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT
or September 1, 2006.

The problem is not the expiration of the automatic updates or that someone
has an OEM edition (which I don't). The problem is Micrsoft was a bug which
shows up way too much.
"arthur" <trash.all.spam[at]xoxy.net> wrote in message
news:udua421rur9cv1vs95hmefpdeebbu58res[at]4ax.com...
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By OEM do you mean it was preinstalled on the PC when it was
purchased? If so you are probably stuck. US Mutual funds can be
tracked at the moringstar site in a portfolio with a free signup.

The Std edition ceases automatic updates in 1 year from install date
but that might not apply to updating stock prices.

arthur
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:20:02 -0700, Brian Cleaver
<BrianCleaver[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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Online updates for all Canadian mutual funds stopped on 4/13/06. I track 48
stocks, mutual funds and indexes. Most are Canadian. Some are USA. Canadian &
USA stocks and ETFs continue to be updated OK. Only Cdn mutual funds are not
updated. I use Money 2004 Std OEM edition. Can anyone help with this or
direct me to where to find help?