This problem has been around thru the last two versions. I am using Monet
Plus Premium ver. 17.0.125.1415. Again last week it started asking to update.
I had previously updated my version completely and installed on XP instead of
Vista because of this problem earlier this year. Looks like its back and
Microsofoft Money support again cannot troubleshoot their own program. This
time it only took them one day to formally give up. Last time they could not
figure it out. Here's the great Dear John email:

Hi CustomerName,

This is Christian Hinojosa with Microsoft Money Technical Support. It was a
real pleasure to work with you on the issue with Microsoft Money today
unfortunately we were not able to establish a resolution.

What happens when Money is not able to run the software update in the
original Admin User Profile is that the security settings are too strict or
set too high. This can either be the default Firewall security settings on
the computer or the third party antivirus software, we are not completely
sure what is blocking the software update from completing.

Although Money can sometimes be installed with the changed settings, there
are occasions when this is not possible because the settings are too strict
or set too high. The security settings and the antivirus software sometimes
read the update files as malware or harmful to the computer and therefore
will not allow the software update to continue. I can assure you that the
files needed are by no means harmful in anyway. To pinpoint the exact cause
of the issue will be near impossible seeing that the security settings change
for each program installed.

When we create a new user profile the settings are set back to defaults and
are more lenient to the software files needed to run the update. This task
does not affect the rest of your files nor will it interfere with the day to
day operations of your computer, the only thing that changes are the security
settings on the computer.

At this time, I am closing your case and noting that your issue has not been
resolved. If you have any further questions pertaining to this particular
support incident, simply respond to this message and we will follow up with
you as soon as possible.

I am including the Microsoft Support site which contains a list of support
options available to our customers:

http://support.microsoft.com/money

Thank you for choosing Microsoft.

Christian Hinojosa

Microsoft Money Technical Support

Delighting our customers is our top priority. Our managers welcome your
comments and suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to
you. Please email us at msmoneymanagers[at]css.one.microsoft.com

If you have your case number, please provide it within your email.

NOTE: The msmoneymanagers[at]css.one.microsoft.com address is not intended for
interaction with the Support Professional working on your specific technical
issue.

To provide additional feedback or to explore more support options, please
visit the Microsoft Help and Support Website at:
http://support.microsoft.com/money

LOOKS LIKE I WASTED MY TIME AND AGAIN - MONEY

"Wayne Farmer" wrote:

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On Sep 3, 5:05*pm, Wayne Farmer <use...[at]endymionsystems.com> wrote:
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Correction: It's Windows XP SP3.

I have Microsoft MoneyPlus (v17.0) running on a Windows XP SP2
system. When I started the program today, it informed me that it
needed to download and install an update. I said OK to do so, and
here's what I'm getting:

- I get a message that Money failed to shut down.
- Money shuts down by itself a second or two later.
- I say ok to resume the update.
- The update proceeds from "Download progress 1%" up to "Download
progress 99%".
- I get a message that "Money was unable to install the update".

I've restarted Windows and done a Clean Up on my C: drive, but the
problem keeps reoccuring.

Any help would be appreciated.

The DAUPDATE.LOG file that records the update progress looks like
this:

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(0x0000): ---- Entering daupdate.exe

(0x0000): DlgProc created.

(0x0000): HrInit() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0000): CInfData::Init() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0000): HTTP status code 200 (0x000000C8)

(0x0001): HrGetFile() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0001): GetTimeStampSignerInfo() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0001): GetDateOfTimeStamp() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0001): GetDateFromCryptMsg() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0001): ValidateSignerCert() fRes=1.

(0x0001): HrValidateSignature() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0001): HrDownloadFile() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0001): HrExtractFile() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0001): Downloaded and extracted file to C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Money Plus\MNYCoreFiles\Temp.

(0x0001): ---- Detected installed sku 150.

(0x0001): ---- Ready to start auto update.

(0x0001): ---- Make sure we have the minimum update DLL ready for us.

(0x0001): FYI: File download comes from
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...update.dll.cab.

(0x0001): FYI: File hash value
11007821113509618903403610308603907619822717814108 2001102039.

(0x0002): FYI: Size of the file is 75087.

(0x0002): HrGetAUUrl() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0002): HTTP status code 200 (0x000000C8)

(0x0003): HrGetFile() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0003): GetTimeStampSignerInfo() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0003): GetDateOfTimeStamp() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0003): GetDateFromCryptMsg() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0003): ValidateSignerCert() fRes=1.

(0x0003): HrValidateSignature() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0003): HrDownloadFile() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0003): HrExtractFile() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0003): Downloaded and extracted file to C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Money Plus\MNYCoreFiles\Temp.

(0x0004): HrGetMinimumUpdateLibrary() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0004): ---- Got the update dll -- load and prep it.

(0x0004): FAuGetManifestVersion() fRet=1.

(0x0004): GetManifestSku(2) sku=150.

(0x0004): FAuGetManifestVersion() fRet=1.

(0x0004): GetManifestSku(1) sku=150.

(0x0011): U/I => "The update was unable to close Money. If you want
to continue with the update, please close Money and then click OK. To
cancel the update, click Cancel." (iRet=1).

(0x0014): ---- Ready to start a full autoupdate.

(0x0014): ---- Autoupdate thread created

(0x0014): StartUpdateThread() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0014): ---- Waiting for Update thread to quit...

(0x0014): CreateAutoUpdateService() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0014): HrGetConfiguration() hr=0x8000000A.

(0x0014): HrGetConfiguration() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0014): HrSetConfiguration() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0014): HrConfigureUpdate() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0015): HrStartUpdate() hr=0x00000000.

(0x0015): Waiting for shutdown event.

(0x0015): A/U Status Notification=0 ManifestDownloaded=0
FilesVerified=0 Critical=1 UpdateCancelled=0 FilesToUpdate=0
AutoUpdateFlags=0

(0x0015): Update Notification: Manifest parsing complete.

(0x002B): A/U Status Notification=1 ManifestDownloaded=1
FilesVerified=0 Critical=1 UpdateCancelled=0 FilesToUpdate=334
AutoUpdateFlags=16

(0x002B): Update Notification: Manifest Download complete.

(0x01A9): A/U Status Notification=2 ManifestDownloaded=1
FilesVerified=0 Critical=1 UpdateCancelled=1 FilesToUpdate=0
AutoUpdateFlags=18

(0x01A9): Update Notification: Forced Critical complete.

(0x01A9): ---- Setting shutdown event to tell the thread to quit.

(0x01A9): Shutdown event triggered. cleanup autoupdate

(0x01A9): HrCleanUpAutoUpdate() hr=0x00000000.

(0x01A9): AutoUpdateThreadWorker() hr=0x00000000.

(0x01A9): ---- Update thread has quit and been cleaned up.

(0x01A9): HrWaitOnUpdate() hr=0x8007065B.

(0x01A9): Leaving daupdate.exe. Status : (0x8007065B)

(0x01A9): DlgProc ending.

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