Good morning,

As a follow up, I just want to let you know how I solve my problem...

So after setting the clock back in time (2007), I ran the internal "fix"
program.

The log shown me that the program fix something in the "bills" but I don't
know what it is or on what record it is. But now it's working and I didn't
even had to use the "Knock the Bills" option...

Best regards.

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Jerome wrote:

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That suggests the problem is with your Money file rather than the
installation.

Open Money to that working sample, and go to Help-> About. Write the
down the serial number on paper. You will use that as the product ID
if you need to contact Microsoft support. See below.




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I vaguely remember a case where the solution was to set the date
back to the previous year and delete something. I can't find the
discussion. So what I would try is set the date back on the computer
and open a copy of the file (with a different name). Then
File-> Repair-> RemoveAllBillsData. Save that file, and see if it
still works after correcting the system date. I it does, you can
either try to figure out which bill it was, or just continue from
there.

The Remove All Bills Data feature would usually be used by people
who have experienced their Money file to run excessively slow.

To get some information within the program,
File-> Repair-> RemoveAllBillsData
Read the information. Then click cancel.

Before proceeding, make an extra copy or backup of your file
in case you want to undo something.

The problem will be that if you remove all bills, you will probably
want to add at least some of your bills back. This can be done
manually with the aid of the reports that you print out before
removing the bills.

A technique that could help simplify re-entering your bills
afterward would be to go your register and selecting a
representative instance of your past bill and selecting "Make
Recurring" (Ctrl+E). This would be especially helpful if the bill
is complex, such as involving a split.

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Hello there,

I would like to submit to your attention something I never saw in this forum
before.

I'm using Money 2007 (retail box, original CD) under Windows XP SP2, all
updates done. Everything was working fine for several months until recently.
I used for the last time Money on 12/30 with no problems at all...

2 days ago, I opened Money and something weird happend. Money opened, load
my file without any problem, I waited as unusal a couple of second the
display of the "wheel" with money spend by categories but that never
happened... Instead, Money was taking 98/100% of my CPU time and make itself
unusable i.e. I cannot click on any menu option, I cannot click on any
link... Basically I cannot click on anything inside Money windows !

I did some research over this Internet and this forum and I tried:
- The Microsoft recovery software: Cannot use it because it's asking for a
password and I'm not using any of it.
- I cannot "knock the bill" since I cannot click on any Menu option. Same
for using the inside recovery option. I cannot access it.
- Of course, I uninstalled and reinstalled Money on my computer (and delete
the folder)
- I also installed Money on another computer, with a fresh install of
Windows XP and had the same problem...
- I even tried to use a software called "Recovery for Money" from
www.officerecovery.com but when I try to use it (demo version). It cannot fix
the file since it's a "Template ???!!!!???? file".
- It 's working fine with the sample.mny file.
- I'm not using the Windows Live ID thing or anything like that. No password
either.

So, I was trying to figure how I can recover my information back when, this
morning I got a idea. Since it was working fine until the last day of 2007,
but seems to not working anymore in 2008... Yeah, you got it, I decided to
change the date on my computer for December, 4th, 2007 and guess what, my
file open, as usual without any problems at all. All my information, accounts
and everything else is here. So...

Did I miss something?
Did I forgot to uncheck an option that make Money 2007 useless after 12/31/07?
Is it a Microsoft problem (like their sync server have a problem with 2008)?
A Microsoft trick to be sure that I will update to Money 2008 or whatever
the name is?
Something else?

Any idea on how to solve the problem? Changing the date on the computer is a
temporary trick and I would like to be able to use Money "normally".

Thanks in advance for your time and your patience...