About the only reasons I can imagine recommending the upgrade are if you
suffer from the expiration of online services or have symptoms of the
problems that Nuke The Bills seems to solve.

"rustyfender04" <rustyfender1[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O%23BcRa8qHHA.3924[at]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
- quote -

Thanks...I'll give it a go.

"Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx> wrote in message
news:h5vn63hrh9stkfkkf05cc2bpvrbrbvdekg[at]4ax.com...
- quote -

10 floppies eh?

I'll start using multiple disks from now on. I don't like archiving anyway.

Thanks for the article too...Maybe I need to move up to Mny 2007, but the
'04 version seems to work well for me.

"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
message news:%23me$xI2qHHA.4324[at]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
- quote -

In microsoft.public.money, rustyfender04 wrote:

- quote -

I suggest you do your monthly backup to a CDR or writable DVD.
Alternatively, do it do a different USB flash drive.

Sure it's redundant, but that's a good thing. And if it has to span several
floppies (mine is now about 10), so what? It takes a little longer, but your
practice is a very good one for any of a number of reasons.

Any Money file is a big drain on any CPU. So? What's the CPU got better to
do? (Note Microsoft lists the system requirement for Money 2007 Deluxe as
Multimedia PC with a Pentium II 266-MHz or faster processor (or compatible);
Pentium II 300-MHz (or compatible) recommended. I consider this ludicrous.
The thing would run like continental drift on such a CPU. But there it is.)
The real issue is the responsiveness at the user interface. File size seems
to have some impact on this, but internal file pollution--apparently caused
by Money itself--seems to be a bigger issue. M07 and the "Nuke the bills"
feature (See http://umpmfaq.info/faqdb.php?q=187) seems to make remarkable
improvements in this area. Sad it took that and all the effort and risk that
goes with it, but there it is again.

"rustyfender04" <rustyfender1[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:efodyAzqHHA.4836[at]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
- quote -

Thanks all,

I was only archiving for purposes of making the main file small enough to
fit on a floppy. I backup daily to a USB drive, so I guess that backing up
to the floppy once a month is redundant?

So then, a large Mny file a not a big drain on a CPU (1.73 Ghz)?

"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
message news:e6E0tacqHHA.500[at]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
- quote -

This is a common expectation that is not matched by how Money actually
works.

Indeed, that's how it's *always* worked. That's also how it describes itself
during the process--or at least how it describes itself in M07. (And since
most of this design hasn't changed since before the earth cooled, I suspect
if you read the dialog boxes carefully in M04 you will find the same thing.)
For one recent archiving thread, see:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...20f57ad44ad443

"rustyfender04" <rustyfender1[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OKGi1WYqHHA.4132[at]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
- quote -

In microsoft.public.money, rustyfender04 wrote:

- quote -

The archive file is a complete copy of how the file was before
archiving.


- quote -

Most people are better off not archiving. Those who think archiving
will make the file significantly smaller or faster are usually
disappointed. There have been many discussions on the ramifications
of archiving.


- quote -

Yes, that's how it works.

Hi all,

Whenever I decide to archive old Money data, the process removes the correct
dates, transactions, etc. from the main file...

But the archived file contains all of the newer transactions as well. I
thought an archived file only contained old transactions?

EXAMPLE: I just archived the year 2005 from my main file. The main file now
shows only transactions dated from 1-1-2006 to now.

The archived file contains transactions dated from 1-1-2005 to now.

Is this the way Money (I am using Mny 2004) works?