Posted on 07/28/2004 8:35:33 PM PDT by Smogger
Holy crap! should I sell everything and start buying up gold???
Typical Microsoft quality.
Why use a money managment "tool" that call Redmond? M$ drones never cease to amaze me.
My Quicken Home & Business 1999 never looked better!
People trust MS with their finances? I don't even like trusting them with my OS!
DK
I've always wondered if the Clinton admin ever had any back alley "deals" with Gates.
In this case, the data is not online. Users can't get into files on their own computers. When Money is launched, it obviously communicates automatically with an update server, and the update server sent some crazy authentication routines that locked everyone out of their own local files.
MM
Yes, we were all dumb and linked money to a passport file.
Their excuse sounds phoney to me.
This may effect the market tomorrow.
Eeesh. I don't have a passport for my computer...don't even know what it is. (g)
I'm not having any problems logging into Money, but I don't use any of the internet features.
Sounds like one of those financial thriller mysteries...
Then you don't logon to money using a Passport, or you didn't logon between Monday afternoon and Tues morning.
We don't discuss any of that conspiracy shit, just a little golfing and Gin Rummy with our friends.
You obviusly have us confused with the Tirlateral Comission and the Elders of Zion.
So9
I did log on on Monday and Tuesday, but my copy still has the little link urging me to start using passport so my data will be safer.
Guess I showed them.:)
> Quicken.
May not be the answer. Be sure to check and see if new
versions of Quicken have Activation and/or are time-bombed
(force subscription-based licensing) and/or also have the
same auto-update or other phone-home risks.
I stopped using Intuit QuickBooks just before it went to
subscription, and stopped using TurboTax just before it
went to Activation (and an unreliable Activation at that).
If I ever need to get off Quicken'98, I'd look and see
what's available in open source, such as:
http://cbb.sourceforge.net
I suspect it has NONE of:
- activation
- subscription
- lock-outs due to phone-home screwups
cbb.sourceforge seems to be overloaded and unresponsive
just now. I suspect a lot of people are realizing that
cheap/free/bundled copy of MS Money was no bargain, and
not something to trust with your money.
I use an older version of Quickbooks and it works fine.
What did you replace it with?
yeah it's safe alright. locked up so tight even the owner can't get to it.
> I use an older version of Quickbooks and it works fine.
> What did you replace it with?
I didn't. The need to use it ceased.
I later learned that Intuit had made it impossible for
the end user to update sales and withholding tax tables
(and probably mileage/depreciation as well), forcing
you to subscribe for annual updates.
Anyone who doesn't need those calculations may well be
able to run later versions without subscription (as
long as you don't need critical patches after a year).
And Intuit may have changed the policy, as it annoyed
a lot of QB users. They did remove the Activation from
TurboTax (I heard, I never went back).
Anyone in the market needs to check, and to know what
to ask about - and by all means see if there is some
open source alternative.
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