In microsoft.public.money, Sue wrote:

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Your *.mny file can be used by Money 2002 even if the computer is
not running XP. If that is available on the CD backup, that is the
only file you should copy over directly to a new machine for Money.
Make sure the copy is not marked read-only.

If you installed Money 2004 trial version on the office machine, it
could convert your *.mny file. However the file would not be useable
by your Money 2002 install on the repaired computer. If you just
want to read and print during the interval, that could be a good
option. Then get the Money 2002 file from the CD for the laptop. Any
changes you make in that month would not be readable on the laptop
unless you get Money 2004 for the laptop. Might well be worthwhile.

My laptop with Money 2002 died and had to be sent in for
service which will probably be about a month. The good
news is that I backup up all my data files the day before
and burned them to CD. My office machine is running
Windows 98 SE and Money 2001 but it will not read the
2002 files. I can't install XP because the machine will
not support it.

I used a friend's machine and can open my backup file but
I don't want to leave my financial data there. Is there
some way I can transfer the data to Excel or save it in a
backwardly compatible format? I tried to synchronise to
the Web but even after downloading the upgrade it doesn't
seem to work. I basically just need my checkbook
registers. I couldn't find a way to print just the
registers?

Can anyone think of a good workaround until I get my
laptop back?

Thanks, Sue