Cal Learner
2009-10-09 21:45:15 UTC
In the FAQ on the PMQuestions page for the "Is there an
alternative..." question, see
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/common/pmquestions.aspx#r12
Two good alternatives come to mind as a result. For each, I would
start with the Money Plus Trial install from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d7e321d1-3965-46aa-87e2-8f4259e63b63
If that link doesn't work at some point, there are still
alternatives. It worked when I tested it just now. The install file
is named mny2008usweb.exe and is 35,575,840 bytes.
1. There is a Quicken Converter in Quicken 2010 that may be able to
do the conversion of that file once you have the trial or non-trial
installed and working. If you will convert using the trial, be sure
to do that before the trial expires. The 'My Portfolio.mny" is in
Money 2006 format. The conversion process would involve getting the
Money Plus trial from Quicken as an intermediate step, and then
converting.
2. Stay with Microsoft Money Plus for a at least while and maybe
indefinitely. Here would be the plan for that, as I see it:
Buy the boxed Money Plus Deluxe via Ebay. This will give full
function thru January 2011. Do not lose the disk or the *key* that
comes with it. You can activate on 2 computers: your desktop and
your laptop. If you have the trial working, use that while waiting
for the boxed software to arrive.
Be sure to remove your Live ID from your file before the end of
January 2011. It is not clear to me if that is critical; it should
not be. It won't hurt. I expect your Live ID to be on the file when
you convert it over to Microsoft Money. You will need to have a Live
ID on your file if you are going to get transactions downloaded for
those FIs where the info comes in via a third party: Yodlee. For
other purposes, you can have no password or a conventional password.
Keep track of additions to http://www.microsoft.com/money/faq.mspx
After January 2011 you will not be able to reinstall and activate
from the disk as you received it after that date. However there will
be some method provided to remove the DRM so that you will be able
to install onto computers after support has ended. Stay tuned to
that http://www.microsoft.com/money/faq.mspx for the methodology.
The no-DRM solution will not provide quotes or transactions, but you
will be able to get OFX or QIF files from financial institutions
that have transactions and maybe quotes. Some brokers already
provide quote data on your holdings in the OFX file. There may be
somebody who produces a tool that reads quote date from a source,
and feeds an OFX file to Microsoft Money.
So your basis data and transaction history will be maintained.
alternative..." question, see
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/common/pmquestions.aspx#r12
Two good alternatives come to mind as a result. For each, I would
start with the Money Plus Trial install from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d7e321d1-3965-46aa-87e2-8f4259e63b63
If that link doesn't work at some point, there are still
alternatives. It worked when I tested it just now. The install file
is named mny2008usweb.exe and is 35,575,840 bytes.
1. There is a Quicken Converter in Quicken 2010 that may be able to
do the conversion of that file once you have the trial or non-trial
installed and working. If you will convert using the trial, be sure
to do that before the trial expires. The 'My Portfolio.mny" is in
Money 2006 format. The conversion process would involve getting the
Money Plus trial from Quicken as an intermediate step, and then
converting.
2. Stay with Microsoft Money Plus for a at least while and maybe
indefinitely. Here would be the plan for that, as I see it:
Buy the boxed Money Plus Deluxe via Ebay. This will give full
function thru January 2011. Do not lose the disk or the *key* that
comes with it. You can activate on 2 computers: your desktop and
your laptop. If you have the trial working, use that while waiting
for the boxed software to arrive.
Be sure to remove your Live ID from your file before the end of
January 2011. It is not clear to me if that is critical; it should
not be. It won't hurt. I expect your Live ID to be on the file when
you convert it over to Microsoft Money. You will need to have a Live
ID on your file if you are going to get transactions downloaded for
those FIs where the info comes in via a third party: Yodlee. For
other purposes, you can have no password or a conventional password.
Keep track of additions to http://www.microsoft.com/money/faq.mspx
After January 2011 you will not be able to reinstall and activate
from the disk as you received it after that date. However there will
be some method provided to remove the DRM so that you will be able
to install onto computers after support has ended. Stay tuned to
that http://www.microsoft.com/money/faq.mspx for the methodology.
The no-DRM solution will not provide quotes or transactions, but you
will be able to get OFX or QIF files from financial institutions
that have transactions and maybe quotes. Some brokers already
provide quote data on your holdings in the OFX file. There may be
somebody who produces a tool that reads quote date from a source,
and feeds an OFX file to Microsoft Money.
So your basis data and transaction history will be maintained.