Thanks Cal. Clearly I did not enter the correct text in the help search or
simply overlooked the obvious? Either way, this is news to me and I
appreciate the feedback.

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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The problem may actually be due to 'unaccepted transactions' in one or more
account that you don't pay attention to (for example a 'closed' account).

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

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Untrue. Poke "advanced budget" into the search box of
Help-> MicrosoftMoneyHelp.

No, I did not consider method 4, because I do not have any unaccepted
transactions. I accept transactions promptly upon download and do not let
them languish in my account registers.

The truth of the matter is that I have a pristine (freshly created without
any accounts etc.) money 2005 file which supports the advanced budget. I
have converted that raw pristine file (without any accounts) then added an
account, created a rudimentary advanced budget, and at that point the
spending tracker responds poorly. Since I am not interested in the
simplistic budget features (advanced budget is not available unless you
upgrade a previous file - 2005 version is the last version where you can
create an advanced budget without upgrading from previous version) I have not
tried a fresh install, then create a file from scratch, set up a budget then
check the spending tracker. This proof of concept may satisfy a curiosity,
but frankly the advanced budget is what I'm after and I have been denied the
opportunity to create one from scratch since money 2005.


"Mark" wrote:

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So, I couldn't tell from your reply.
Did you check for any indication of a large number of "unaccepted
transctions" (the method 4 in the KB article I referenced)?

-Mark



"deecos" <deecos[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Thanks for the worthy suggestion. Yes I tried the "Nuke Bills"
repair...although I have not tried it since the SP1 update.
At this point I intend to simply limp along and try the upcoming new version
free trial download (which always seems to show up August or September)...If
that doesn't resolve it I may need to end my 13 year relationship with Money
and resort to my Big Chief notepad and #2 pencil.

"Mark" wrote:

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Have you tried method 4 of http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942485
Have you tried the "Nuke the Bills" repair?

"deecos" <deecos[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I had hoped the long awaited service pack would resolve the "Spending
Tracker" performance issues, but sadly no, the performance remains lousy.

If I eliminate the Spending Tracker content from the home page, the home
page will display within 2-3 seconds. After adding the "spending Tracker"
content the display time slows to a snails pace...32-34 seconds.
The same performance problem exists on the "Spending Tracker" page
(accessible in the left hand menu on home page or budget summary)

Microsoft...please fix the spending tracker performance issues!

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