I have been down-loading electronic statments now for over eight months. Since then I have changed my finances and stuck to a relativly felxible budget. The advice in the program is practical, and more importantly it is relative to my fanaces. The goal orientated planners are fantastic as are the reports. One problem I have with this program is that two identical names on an electronic statemt down-load will confuse the program and try matching the down-load to something else. However, this program does what I need it to in a reliable and practical way. I look forward to the next release.;
[Rating: 5 Stars]
I bought Money 2004 when I upgraded my system. I had been using Money 99 and prior to that earlier versions. So my money file was large (c 11MB) and covered many years of my financial records. Money 2004 seems unable to convert the file from Money 99. Not that it tells me that, it just hangs. It was also unable to restore from a backup produced by Money 99. Microsoft suggested the download of a "supersalvage" utility as, of course, the probably was that my file was corrupt (it stills works on Money 99 though). This "repaired" the file, but Money 2004 still hangs.
And anyway, even if the problem is with my file, shouldn't Money 2004 give me a useful error message (file corrupt?) rather than simply hanging.
Beware, unless you have jumped through all Microsoft's upgrade hoops.;
[Rating: 2 Stars]
I have used Money 99 and 2000, and found them to be useful, but outdated by changes in tax law, etc (such as abolition of MIRAS). Money 2004 is comprehensive (there isn't anything I want to do that I can't), easy to use, and robust (it's never *knock on wood* crashed on me or come up with an error message).
I recommend it.;
[Rating: 5 Stars]