Money Plus Deluxe [OLD VERSION] | great help in tracking money

Money Plus Deluxe [OLD VERSION] | This is probably the worst piece of software I have ever bought

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	Money Plus Deluxe [OLD VERSION] Windows \| Microsoft Software, 2007 average customer review:based on 71 reviews view larger image
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Microsoft Money Plus Deluxe provides important financial information at a glance and helps you manage accounts, spending, and budgeting to improve your financial outlook. Manage your day-to-day finances and stay on top of the day to day information you need most.

great help in tracking money

I upgraded from the 2003 version of Money, and this one is an improvement from that version. I like the product for the most part. I found some of the way it is organized a little hard to get used to from my old version. It converted my old file without a problem. I like the graphs it has and I think it is a good product. I think the interface itself could be nicer looking than it is, but that is OK.

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This is probably the worst piece of software I have ever bought

I have used Money for at least 10 years to manage both my personal finances and my investments. I originally switched from Quicken because Money offered me the ability to get updated prices for my investments. I loved Money 1998 and was OK with Money 2002, which I have used for the last six years. Everything was fine until I decided to upgrade. I first tried Money 2004 because I got it for a good price. Unfortunately, after I updated I found out that Microsoft no longer allows Money 2004 to update quotes- they required an upgrade to the 2008 version. I was not happy about this, but one of the insidious things Microsoft does is to prevent you from switching back once you have decided to upgrade- the upgraded files are no longer backwards compatible so any work done with the upgraded file cannot be opened with an earlier version of Money. So I pretty much had to upgrade again if I wanted to update the prices of my investments. I then bought Money Plus Deluxe 2008 which is a disaster. It is extremely slow, it crashes frequently, it does not remove itself from memory when shut down, and worst of all, saved my backup files with a mystery password so that they are useless (stay away from Microsoft Live ID). And, to top it off, it still does not allow me to update quotes, saying that my subscription to Microsoft online services has expired. After numerous hours on the phone with support (and uninstalling the program, sniffing around in the registry for traces of the "uninstalled" program, then reinstalling it with an "override key" obtained from another Microsoft number) I finally gave up and asked for my money back. I've gone back to Money 2002. Although I lost some work, it is easier to redo it than to deal with this abomination of a program. I guess Microsoft cannot make enough money by making good software, so they try to force people to buy their services. Their software gets more and more bloated and less and less useful. Is this a sustainable business model? I think they are doomed.

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