Problem solved....
With the initial email confirming my purchase I was
provided with a MONEY 2004 ACTIVATION NUMBER.

I was making the mistake of opening my curren money
database immediately upon re-installation which would then
lock me out of the program because it thought my 60 trial
period had expired. After thinking about it I uninstalled
and the re-installed the program. I allowed the install to
open a default money database. After that I simply had to
follow the original instructions to "Upgrade" using the
activation code that Microsoft by going to "TOOLS" on the
main menu bar and then on the drop down "UPGRADE" and then
enter the "THE MONEY ACTIVATION NUMBER" which I had
originally been provided with back in October.
What kills me is that no one at the Microsoft Help Desk
could walk me through this. I hope some else leanrs from
my stoooooopidity.
Regards,
Tim D.
"had provided & bud-da-bing life was good again.
ONCE MONEY IS RUNNING. GO TO > -----Original Message-----
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Fraid not. You have just found the reason not to avail yourself of the trial
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Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money
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"Tim Dooley" <anonymous[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I recently had to reformat my hard drive. My version of
Money 2004 was a downloaded trial which I later purchased.
After re-installing MM2004 I could not access the program
because it "appeared" that the trial period had expired. I
checked the email that was sent after the purchase and it
only provided an Activation Code. I called Microsoft who
after an hour admitted defeat and nformed me that the
would send me a "real" installable version CD with a
product key. Does anyone know of another way around this
until I get this CD in the mail?