August 02, 2004
Personal:
@#$%&*!!!!!!!
By Jack GrantI switched from Quicken to MS Money because Intuit (the makers of Quicken) kept upgrading the software and not making the files backwards compatible, so I couldn't run the 2003 version of the software (which came with the computer) on my laptop and the 2002 version (which I paid for) on my desktop and just copy the same file back and forth. This attempt at getting me to spend more money with them caused me to switch to MS Money.
Now, I'm having several issues with MS Money. Repeating online bill payments are skipping months for no apparent reason. Downloaded transactions are not showing up in the registers for review, and now I cannot access the online BillPay from within the software, although I was able to last week. I've followed all of the cryptic instructions on the "support" web site to no avail. The instructions involve making corrections to some Internet Explorer settings, which does not make me happy given all the security issues with IE.
I bought this software and set up the online bill pay so I would be able to handle my finances better from France. This software is instead making it worse. So, I have a choice, I can pay Intuit despite their abusive tactics of making files not backwards compatible just so they can get people to pay more money, or I can try to deal with all the issues with MS Money.
Damn it...
Posted by Jack Grant at 00:15 on 2 August 2004Jack,
I'm a bit peeved with Intuit, also - their next version will not accept *.qif files from my on-ling bank account anymore.
They are trying to get me to change banks. I'm just going to continue to use my old version. I do use them for my billpay system, though, and I have been very happy with that part of the service.
