"Sandra" <Sandra[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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You need to upgrade your network infrastructure hardware. Make sure
everything is 100mbps minimum. I am talking your network cards, hubs, and
router. I just upgraded to 1Gbps and it is (10x) faster.

Money is brutally slow over a network. It also can have file corruption
problems since it assumes all write complete on time every time and this
assumption can fail miserably in the networked environment. I'd recommend
against trying to use Money on one machine to use a file on another over a
network.

"Sandra" wrote:

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Sandra wrote:

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First, beware using a shared file. If both of you open the file at the
same time, what will happen is undefined. That means things might work
fine, or your whole data file might be corrupted.

Second, archiving won't do a thing for you. Everyone in this group
recommends *against* archiving. If you archive, your file will get only
a tiny bit smaller, but you'll lose access to older data. It's not
worth the hassle. Go back to the backup before you did the archive.

Third, the export/import is what you do if your data file is messed up
totally. Microsoft was gambling that your file is partially corrupted,
and that starting over with a new database would speed things up.

50 MB isn't that big, so I'm guessing that your problem is your
husband's network connection. You need to speed it up. That probably
means you need a new gigabit router.

I used to try to load my file over a wireless connection, but it was
painful, literally--my bladder couldn't stand it. I had to get a cup of
coffee after each mouse click. :-) Once I ran a hard network connection
to where I use my laptop, things got a lot better. I'll upgrade to a
gigabit router one of these days and then I'll be all set.

--
Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX

I am using 2006 Deluxe over home network (2 computers) for our home/farm
files (49,860KB data file). I have records from 1999 to current. When my
husband tries to update/access the data from my computer, it is extremely
slow. I thought if I reduced the size of the file by archiving some
information would speed it up. I wanted to be sure I could still access the
old information.
I called Microsoft support and they told me to export/import files. I
spent almost full day doing this only to find all the account totals were
wrong in the new file.
I have tried making a copy of the file; using "Archive" for all 1999-2005
information and the totals are off in the file also. Afterwards, I found
files on internet saying not to use Archive.
Can anyone suggest how I can speed up my husband's access?