Yah. I'll get really excited about these endless things we must click here
to accept and continue when there's another button labeled "Let's
Negotiate".

"KenZ" <KenZ[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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In microsoft.public.money, KenZ wrote:

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; -)

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File-> Restore is your undo. Sometimes people don't notice a problem
right away. Hard disk space is cheap.

Default is to make a backup on each exit. So it would record the
latest 4 exits by default.

I suggest checking
x Automatically backup my Money file every time I close Money
Save in [a place on your hard drive ]
x Ask me before backing up each time*
x Compress Backup Files
Keep only the _20_most recent backup files [adjust to taste]

x Perform scheduled backups every _14_ days
Save in [a USB flash drive location]
x Ask me before backing up each time*
x Compress Backup Files
Keep only the _2_most recent backup files [adjust to taste,
but Money 2006 does not automatically trim to USB as it should]

Then periodically, perhaps once per month or more, copy your latest
backup (uniquely named by Money) to a CDR. With XP, this can be a
copy and paste operation. Otherwise use the burning software that
came with your CDR drive.

I strongly suggest use of a USB Flash drive rather than floppies.
They are bigger, so you don't have to swap media to back up. Plus
they are much more reliable (but not failure-proof).



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"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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Cal,

Thanks for the quick reply. I ran through again and see where I went wrong.
The previous screen had what looked at a glance like a standard EULA so I
just clicked accept without reading anything. You know the rules, it's
Microsoft, there are EULAs, just click accept and move on with life.

I am curious about your comment on the backups, Are you saying it will by
default make four backeups each time the program runs or does it make a
different backup each time it is run keeping the last four copies? Is this
product that unstable that I should have four or more different backups if I
need to recover from a crash?!?

Rest assured I do copy the important data from my computer to alternate
storage locations on my home network on a very regular basis.

Thanks,

KenZ

In microsoft.public.money, KenZ wrote:

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If you are creating a new file, and if you don't want a
LiveID/Passport on the file, you can select Decline. Then if you
want no conventional password either, you can click a link to that
effect. This should not apply to an existing file being upgraded.

Clear Portfolio-> UpdatePrices-> UpdateAutomaticallyEvery__Minutes
for better speed when entering the portfolio view.

By default, the backup of Money 2007 will make more than one backup.
I suggest you raise from the default of 4 to a new bigger number.
Also, I suggest scheduled backups to a USB flash drive. You will,
however, have to manually trim the older files in the USB flash
drive, due to a relatively harmless bug/quirk.

So I have puchased and installed Money 2007 and am going through the initial
setup screens. I have come to the step "Sign in to you Money file" which
demands to have my Windows Lie ID and password. I do not understand why Money
demands to have this information, especially since I will not be connecting
to any of my acounts online. I have tried entering bogus information, it
obviously attempts to validate the information. How do I get past this? I
will not be using the online abilities of the application, I only want to use
the local files to store my data. Is there a program update that addresses
this flaw? How do I get that patch installed?