In microsoft.public.money, 7palmtree wrote:

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With Money Plus, Insights and BackgroundBanking will run in the
background if you set it up that way. They are both optional. You
can have nothing run in the background.

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I show 12.6 Meg at the moment for msmoney.exe, but maybe one of the
svchost instances was started by Money. Time is usually near zero,
but will go to near 100% for a bit on my single core processors at
times, particularly on exit while compressing a backup.

Plus is a little faster than Money 2005, and slower than Money 2004.


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Thanks for the replies.

Some specific questions:
1. Can anyone kindly advise what services will run in background even
while Money is not running? Using firewall software can I block them
*individually* while being able to download bank statements?
2. Does Money Plus install any Windows services and what are they?
3. On average how much of CPU and memory will Money Plus consume?

Again thank you!

M+ matches the former description but not the latter.

"7palmtree" <only4ng[at]gmail.com> wrote in message
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Download the trial. With care you can keep your current version and current
file should you want to revert.

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Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

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"7palmtree" <only4ng[at]gmail.com> wrote in message
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I am considering upgrade to Money Plus (Money 2008?). However I have
up to now read more negative than positive feedback comments.

Two negative points among other things particularly got my attention:
1. Bloated program and more sluggish performance
2. More annoying background updates and downloads
I am no fan of either of these.

Due to expired Money online services, I want to upgrade to Money Plus.
Nevertheless, I don't want to end up with even worse version of Money.
Can you convince me it is worth it?

********Background: How I use Money and preferences********

I use Microsoft Money for basic record keeping - downloading bank and
credit card statements on demand but nothing really more. Previously I
have used Money 2003 and 2005 Home and Business. My Money online
service subscription has run out. I am thinking about upgrade to Money
Plus (or 2008?) so I won't end up with manually inputting all
transactions. The upgrade will be a clean install on Windows XP Pro
SP2.

I always try to stay away from bloated software upgrades with few
useful new features and lots of extraneous ones. Whenever I upgrade I
seriously consider any possible trade-off between performance and
features, and often I value performance more than new features.

Thanks for advising?