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The full details can be found at Welcome to the new MSN Money! - MSN Money
About the Microsoft (MS) Money Help, Information and FAQ Website. Information on MSN Money articles and also any news which may be related to either programs, or financial software from Microsoft.
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Welcome to the new MSN Money! - MSN Money
Updates were made to MSN Money in a number of regions yesterday. The updates include the following:
The full details can be found at Welcome to the new MSN Money! - MSN Money
The full details can be found at Welcome to the new MSN Money! - MSN Money
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Turning off download of stock or fund prices for specific stocks or funds
A couple of people have asked me how to stop Microsoft Money downloading particular fund or stock price prices, without disabling all of them. This is especially pertinent, given the posting I made yesterday - MSN Money UK Fund Prices 100x too low.
So, I created a new article - Turning off download of stock or fund prices for specific stocks or funds [Microsoft (MS) Money FAQ and Help].
I've followed my own advise here and temporarily turned off downloaded prices for the funds that I have that are experiencing this problem.
So, I created a new article - Turning off download of stock or fund prices for specific stocks or funds [Microsoft (MS) Money FAQ and Help].
I've followed my own advise here and temporarily turned off downloaded prices for the funds that I have that are experiencing this problem.
Friday, May 12, 2006
MSN Money - UK fund prices 100x too low
I'm back after a nice long vacation. Always good to recharge the batteries and take time out.
I come back to a problem with the UK fund feed. It appears that prices are being downloaded into Microsoft Money with their values divided by 100.
From the information I have seen, in the limited time since I returned, it appears that Morningstar, who provide the feed for MSN Money are now providing prices in pounds, rather than pence as they did previously. I have not checked this to verify it though.
If this is true, then one of the following scenarios would need to take place - firstly, Microsoft would have to change the MSN Money feed to cope with this pricing change. Or, Microsoft would need to change the Microsoft Money software so that downloads do the conversion (don't expect this to happen for older versions of Microsoft Money though!), or Morningstar would need to change the feed back to how it was before, before they changed it (at least for the MSN Money site).
It is unclear whether Microsoft knew of this change before it happened. They do know about it now, as can be seen on the network status page (MSN Money - Network Status) - this page is mainly geared up for US users, but does have this fault on it. You can find links to other status pages via FAQ Article 254 on the Microsoft Money FAQ site.
I come back to a problem with the UK fund feed. It appears that prices are being downloaded into Microsoft Money with their values divided by 100.
From the information I have seen, in the limited time since I returned, it appears that Morningstar, who provide the feed for MSN Money are now providing prices in pounds, rather than pence as they did previously. I have not checked this to verify it though.
If this is true, then one of the following scenarios would need to take place - firstly, Microsoft would have to change the MSN Money feed to cope with this pricing change. Or, Microsoft would need to change the Microsoft Money software so that downloads do the conversion (don't expect this to happen for older versions of Microsoft Money though!), or Morningstar would need to change the feed back to how it was before, before they changed it (at least for the MSN Money site).
It is unclear whether Microsoft knew of this change before it happened. They do know about it now, as can be seen on the network status page (MSN Money - Network Status) - this page is mainly geared up for US users, but does have this fault on it. You can find links to other status pages via FAQ Article 254 on the Microsoft Money FAQ site.
Monday, April 17, 2006
And two more....
A new article added yesterday, and another today.
Firstly, changing the credit limit for credit cards in Microsoft Money Standard 2005 and 2006. Bizarrely, this is not possible in Money standard, although this article explains a workaround to do it (changing the account type).
Secondly, adding a new account when the financial insitution name is missing. A really simple solution - use the Skip option - it doesn't mean that you can't download transactions from your bank. I have seen a number of people asking about this one.
The volume of new articles is going down. I have some more waiting to be written, but I'll be taking a rest from adding to the site for a few weeks, so don't expect anything new for a little while.
Firstly, changing the credit limit for credit cards in Microsoft Money Standard 2005 and 2006. Bizarrely, this is not possible in Money standard, although this article explains a workaround to do it (changing the account type).
Secondly, adding a new account when the financial insitution name is missing. A really simple solution - use the Skip option - it doesn't mean that you can't download transactions from your bank. I have seen a number of people asking about this one.
The volume of new articles is going down. I have some more waiting to be written, but I'll be taking a rest from adding to the site for a few weeks, so don't expect anything new for a little while.
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