MICROSOFT MONEY

[inquisition]

1) I have recently transferred Microsoft Money to my new computer, every time I sign on I get a message saying there are updates available but that I must be signed as a a member of the administration group, which I am, but can get nofurther.
2) I have lost the ability to automatically insert two decimal points, i.e £20.00 is entered as £200, any ideas.

Thanks

Inquisition

[MarkRae]

Microsoft have, regrettably, discontinued the Money product, including the online updates. The problem here, of course, is that the most recent UK version requires an online patch to be installed before it will work properly - and that's no longer available...

See here for further details: http://www.microsoft.com/money/default.mspx

There was a workaraound available which involved creating an updated installation CD from the original by combining it with the patched version after installation but, unless you did that before the online services were discontinued (because that's where the patch was), then you're pretty much stuck.

All Microsoft had to do was to make the patch downloadable, say, via Windows Update. But they haven't...

http://social.microso...885-a057-3fbf96a99412

[SlackAlice]

2) If your using Money 2002 the option to insert decimal points is under

Tools/Options/Editing insert tick in 'Automatically insert decimal point in amount field'

[SlackAlice]

and click 'OK'

Duh! pressed submit too early

[Cowtipper]

Log in as Administrator and it should take care of installing the updates for you.

[MarkRae]

It won't - didn't you read the whole thread...?

[Cowtipper]

Not a member of the admin group but as Administrator. Maybe I'm dense.

[MarkRae]

OK, I'll play. Where, in your estimation, do you think that the required update will come from...?

[Cowtipper]

When I read your post and followed the links it said patches were no longer available. I did read it :P There are two administrator parts, one machine-one database. If the original machine was patched and you copied the files over then in theory the patches are there but not installed (maybe). The copy is working (since Inq says he can't put in decimals). Because I think the problem is the error message and not that its working/not its buggy. Any effort at a solution is a good effort. Depending on how the software was installed and reinstalled Administrator =/= admin group. The obvious solution is to use http://www.microsoft....47488&displaylang=en. I certainly wasn't trying to contradict you.

[MarkRae]

> When I read your post and followed the links it said patches were no longer available. I did read it.

So, running Money as administrator won't help much, will it, as the updates that it will look for are no longer there...

[Cowtipper]

It depends on where its looking and where it looks first. Microsoft Office has these same sorts of issues where the patch is there but not updated to the registry. I've seen working examples of that. It is possible that I've got him pissing in the wind, but because the error message reads that the patch fails because he's not admin instead of a download error it was worth a shot.

[MarkRae]

The patch, like all of the other Microsoft Money updates, has been taken down. I don't know how else to phrase it...

[Cowtipper]

Because the problem started on the new machine and not the old one it seems reasonable to me that the software had already been patched. No need to download a patch that's already been applied.

[Cowtipper]

As I read over this post I see that I read transferred as "copied over" instead of re-installed. That may be where I missed the point.

[inquisition]

Thank you one and all and my sincere apologies for my tardiness in not replying sooner.
Basically none of the answers given were of any help but that is because of my system which does not seem to have the facilities I need to activate.

Thanks

Inquisition