Andy, thanks for all your help. I tried uninstalling Money Plus Deluxe and
installing Money 2004. That did not solve the problem. When I tried to open
my files in Money 2004, the password still didn't work and I couldn't access
them.

HOWEVER, in reinstalling Money Plus Deluxe, my problem magically
disappeared. I am now able to open all of my archive files using my Windows
Live password.

So, if anyone else experiences this, I would simply recommend uninstalling
and then reinstalling Money Plus Deluxe.

"Andy" wrote:

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On May 7, 2:23*pm, Andy <andylloy...[at]gmail.com> wrote:
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Also here is the article which I located the link.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913108/en-us

On May 7, 2:08*pm, Andy <andylloy...[at]gmail.com> wrote:
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Here is the 2004 link:
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...D/M12USWEB.exe

On May 7, 1:45*pm, Anita <An...[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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Yes Live id should work this way. But this archive file was created
back when Live ID was Passport. Also this archive file was created in
a version 5 years older than Plus. As you seen when you installed
Money plus it needed to convert your money file from the previous
version and this would be the case with the archive file also. I have
one question when you open the archive file what happens does it try
to convert? When you have the log in screen is the password remembered
if it is can you choose the work offline option if it is there? You my
need to try to open this file in an earlier version of money rather
than Money Plus. There is an article that you can download a trial of
2004 and you could try opening the archive here. I will try to locate
the article and post it for you.

Since Hotmail/Windows Live prompts me to change my password every few months,
I'm certain my password was different then ... and I have absolutely NO IDEA
what it could be. (I thought the whole point of the Windows Live/passport
login was that MSMoney would always use your most current password???)

"Andy" wrote:

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Back when you made your archive were you using the same Live ID or back then
passport account? And if so have you changed your password since the
archive?. The Archive file may be looking for a different Passport or
possibly a different password.


On 5/7/08 2:41 AM, in article
878DBC61-12AA-422A-AEFA-09C6E8F92601[at]microsoft.com, "Anita"
<Anita[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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The archive was probably created in MSMoney 2003 - I'm not really sure when I
made the switch to Microsoft Money Plus.

"Dick Watson" wrote:

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Very tough to say. Do you know what version of Money you were using when you
created the archive file?

For many reasons--some JUST LIKE THIS--I recommend users do NOT use the
Archiving feature unless you really really NEVER want to see the "archived"
data again. Even then I do no recommend it. Too many things can go wrong.
And the benefit to having archived is approximately zero. And the Archive
isn't what most people think it is. And so on.

"Anita" <Anita[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8BFD8BFA-8B68-4CDE-B718-82158E5FE871[at]microsoft.com...
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I am able to login to my current Microsoft Money file using my current
Windows Live ID and password.

However, I need to look up something in a Money archive file. When I try to
open the archive file and sign in, I get an error that my email or password
is incorrect. Resetting my Windows Live password did not help - I continue to
get the error message.

Any ideas for what's going on here? I use Microsoft Money Plus Deluxe,
Windows XP.