accounting

Important note before you purchase Microsoft Money: you must be able to upgrade to IE version 6.0 (if you don't already have it installed) BEFORE you install the program. No other browser will work with this program, and you have to have the browser to open it. Also, if you are upgrading from IE 5.0 or 5.1 you cannot directly upgrade to 6.0. You must first upgrade to 5.5, then remove your old version, then upgrade a second time to 6.0. After endless problems trying to accomplish this, I finally found success by installing the Internet Explorer 6 Admin Kit (IEAK). This was the only thing that worked. And that was after a complete system reinstall, over 30 hours of work and 6+ hours on the phone with microsoft tech support.

My general feeling after spending hours reading accounting software reviews in an effort to see if there is something better out there, is that no ideal or perfect accounting program exists- every program will more than likely have annoying bugs or errors of some sort. Even after all of the problems, I'd buy this program again, I'd just read the system requirements very carefully and perouse some Microsoft Money message boards for problems BEFORE installing it. OR, if I was a software guru, I'd design a fancy new flawless accounting software program for small businesses and reap a fortune.

One more thing: make sure you COMPLETELY disable any antivirus software and/or uninstall/remove it from your machine BEFORE you install the program. Also, you need to completely uninstall Microsoft Money 2000 and any of its components (if it exists on your machine) before installing this program to avoid corruption.

I was in major trouble when my 8 month old 80 gig hard drive crashed. I was able to salvage about half of my files but my accounting system "Quick Books Pro" was lost. Having a back up floppy I tried to restore my data but it refused to accept my data. I called Intuit tech support to see if I was making a mistake but the tech told me that version 6 was obsolete and would not work with XP. I could upgrade for $300.00. Good bye QuickBooks! I found MS Money 2004 in Amazon.com for about $53.- and recieved it in 2 days. My job was to enter all the data, my income, expenses, sales and customers from Jan. 1 2003 for my small business. MS money 2004 is quite different. The first day was the slowest. It allowed me to start back to the first of the year and from there it became easier, faster and again backed up. It even tells you what's deductible. I'm pleased.

I've been using MS Money for my personal accounts for years. I like it, and now after starting my own business, I especially like the price of Money Small Business compared to alternatives.

The user from Western North Carolina (mmj...) pointed out correctly that the except for printing, the Invoices are not very professionally looking. He's absolutely correct unless you have the FREE PrimoPDF (from download.com) utility installed.

This extremly handy utility (did I mention it is free!) allows you to save your invoice as a PDF file, that looks just the way you layed it out!

Just select PrimoPDF as your printer, select the name and location of your desired output file, screen or file quality option and you're ready to rock and roll!

This just made my day!!!