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 work-arounds. Among them:
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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 do.
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.
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