Money 98 in a state


I knew Money 98 had some problems, but I didn't expect to encounter more than 100 Microsoft Knowledge Base documents describing irritating glitches and workarounds. Among them:

- The program is incompatible with CyberMedia's First Aid, Network Associates' PC Medic, Quarterdeck WinProbe95's Crashshield, and Symantec's Norton Crash Guard.

- Tax Worksheet miscalculates tax liability and may apply the maximum capital gains rate even when there is a capital loss.

- Addresses are printed incorrectly on checks after a data file is converted from a previous version.

- The Bill Reminder icon doesn't show up in Windows' system tray, even if you have transactions due.

- The Monthly Report displays inaccurate investment gain and loss percentages.

- Bills managed by the Debt Reduction Planner don't show up in the upcoming-bills list or in the Bill Reminder.

- The program may not find checks that need to be printed, or it may report that checks need to be printed when none does.

An 82KB patch available at support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/mspfctlx.exe corrects Money's clashes with third-party utilities. A 128KB patch fixes the check-printing problem; for installation instructions and a link to the patch, see Knowledge Base article number Q179667 at support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q179/6/67.asp. Finally, if you've had it with the product tour that runs every time you launch Money 98, get the 75KB utility that shuts it off at support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/touroff.exe.

û Scott Spanbauer


Category:Bugs and fixes
Issue: June 1998

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