"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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described, and it worked. For some bizarre reason (may have been me, who
knows) the sign-in added back the Passport default a few days later, but I
fixed it again and it's all good now.
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the OS upgrade part. I guess I have to wait until my laptop dies and my boss
replaces it on me - oops, just dropped it. Darn.

In microsoft.public.money, Robert wrote:

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I am very glad to hear that. Could you tell us more about that KB
article that did the job for you? Was that
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894020 method 1 that succeeded with
Money 2003? I did a test with Money 2002, where I tried to remove
the Passport from a file while the computer was disconnected to the
internet, that did not work for me. Maybe I messed up the process.

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Yep. I see it.

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You are not going to be able to assume that, unfortunately. If you
have a US friend or associate to buy it for you, that would be more
sure, and would allow receipt of the mail-in rebate.

Thanks for the answers. The first part (having the file locked with Passport
without access) is ok, the KB article sent by MS to advise of Passport ending
did do it for me, I have removed the Passport password successfully. So no
issues there.

The FAQ is right under 'Free Trial' on the Money home page, and the actual
quote is at http://www.microsoft.com/money/freetrial_deluxe.mspx#2.

So (apart from the cave option, which I think I'll leave for last if at all
possible) I believe I have 2 paths left:
1. Keep it as is, update quotes manually (is there another back-door way?)
2. Upgrade O/S, get Money+ (assuming MS will magnamously allow non-US
customers to do so). Of course O/S upgrade = hardware upgrade, but that's
another conversation altogether.


"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Robert wrote:

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It might be worse than that if you actually still have a Passport on
your file, and you are now having to "sign/log in offline". If that
is the case, at this point the only solution I know of to work with
a different version is to do QIF export and import. :-( As far as
I can tell, there is no way to upgrade that file or to remove the
need to sign-in offline. Now if you are not having to sign in
offline, then there is further potential, so read on.

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Don't put your faith in that.

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What is the URL of that FAQ? I don't think that quote is quite
accurate. I think that the real problem for a Canadian user running
XP or Vista is that you would have to buy Money Plus in the US. Even
the download (soon to be the only way to buy) asks for a US address.

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I think users have posted that installing Money Plus on Win2k did
not work for them.

Unfortunately, I am afraid your analysis seems correct.

So finally Passport access has died for old versions, so my venerable MSMoney
2003 Canadian edition cannot import stock quotes anymore. Everything else
works - I generate bank statements from my bank web site, and that loads
fine, no need for Passport sing-in for that. So am I correct to see that my
options now are:
1. Live with it, update stock quotes manually (a pain, but free)
2. Find some sort of hack that allows to move stock quotes into Money
automatically or semi-automatically (not seen anything like that yet)
3. Follow the recommendations of MS Canada web site, upgrade to 2006 (!) Cdn
version, and hope its access timeout is not already passed or about to be...
4. Follow the recommendations of MS US web site, upgrade to 2008 (aka Plus)
- but my O/S (Win2k Pro SP4) is not on the min reqs list, so I need either an
O/S upgrade or a new laptop or an act of faith that 2008 *will* run on Win2k
- testing with the trial version is not an option, the FAQ clearly states
"Users with the Canadian version will not be able to open previous versions
of Money if they download this U.S. trial".
5. Give all my assets to charity and find a suitable cave.

Anything missing in the list, or that needs correcting? Anyone tried Plus on
Win2k?