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Microsoft Money 2007 Premium [OLD VERSION] | ![Microsoft Money 2007 Premium [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PB6VPCCHL._SL160_.jpg) | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $79.99
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Seller: beterday
Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 881
Format: CD-ROM
Platform: Windows XP
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Premium
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.9 x 1.9
MPN: S66-00026
Model: S66-00023
UPC: 882224188043
EAN: 0882224188043
ASIN: B000GDAY98
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | One year of financial services from companies like Experian, GainsKeeper, and H&R Block | | • | Savings & Spending Budget helps you plan for retirement, savings, and debt repayment | | • | Money's Spending Tracker automatically categories your transactions and compares them to your budget | | • | Manage your bills using multiple online accounts, even schedule the payment of bills in advance | | • | See all of your accounts--checking, savings, investments, and credit--in one place |
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Product Description
Optimize your financial outlook while managing yourdaily finances
Microsoft Money 2007 Premium consolidates your banking, credit and investmentaccounts in one place and provides the tools you need to plan and achieve yourshort- and long-term financial goals.
Microsoft Money 2007 Premium helps you plan and achieve long-term financialgoals, and optimize investments, all in one place. You can plan for yourretirement and other long-term goals, like buying a house along with maximizingyour investment strategy. Manage your portfolio Money 2007 Premium has powerful investment tools to help you with tasks that build a strong financial future. Money helps you manage all your investments, from your 401(k) to Exchange Traded Funds. Money does the work for you. It tracks what you?ve bought and sold, analyzes your portfolio and tracks your capital gains. Plus! Money 2007 Premium includes everything in Money 2007 Deluxe PLUS asuite of tools that help you plan and achieve long term financial goals,optimize investments, and make tax smart investment decisions. - New! Savings and Spending Budget
- New! Smart Spending message boards
- Enhanced! Tax estimator
- New! Balance Adjustment tool
- Integrated with MSN Money Web site
Getting started is easy - Whether you are upgrading, switching fromQuicken or using Money for the first time, getting started is a breeze. Money2007 Premium can automatically download your account information, update yourexisting Money file or convert Quicken information, so you can get startedmanaging your finances easily.
See where your money goes - It?s simple to track spending incategories
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Great overall product September 19, 2006
Mike (Garden Grove, US, Canada)
31 out of 41 found this review helpful
Money 2007 is a great overall personal finance product. I've been using it exclusively for many years and am very satisfied with my choice (over Quicken).
Some key points:
- If you have a previous version and are experiencing slow performance, this version is much improved.
- The Lifetime Planner is a great tool. I have used it to lay out my long term plan, which helps me make better decisions in the short term. In my research, I've read that the Money feature is much more robust and valuable than the Quicken version. I'd recommend researching this feature on a product description page (Amazon or Microsoft) for more info.
- Budgeting and reporting tools are solid. Not much left to want here.
Overall a great product. The performance increase was worth the upgrade and the Lifetime Planner feature is the deal-breaker for me personally in terms of choosing between this product and Quicken.
Money easier to use September 4, 2007
Joseph G. Pelosi (Port Saint Lucie,FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Microsoft Money 2007 Premium Program is easier to use and has great features for the average user to keep track of his or her finances
Wouldn't be without it January 17, 2010
Richard J. Gregory (Crockett, Texas)
I am 75 this program continues to keep me on track with my finances and paying of bills on time
Excellent Product July 30, 2007
James Hilley
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been using Microsoft money for several years and have always found it to be an excellent product, very user friendly and an excellent way to manage your accounts.
 How to enjoy Microsoft Money October 3, 2006
David Arnstein (California)
174 out of 183 found this review helpful
Here is my review of Microsoft Money 2006 Premium, that is, last year's model. Honestly, after I installed Money 2007, I simply could not find any differences from Money 2006. Whatever improvements Microsoft put in, I don't use.
Here is what you must do to have a good experience with this product:
1. Never use Microsoft Passport.
Passport is a universal password that can be used to sign on to multiple bank accounts, brokerages, merchants, and God knows what else. It is a security disaster. Avoid it!
Your installation of Microsoft Money will be a bit awkward if you want to avoid Passport. Some users believe that Money won't install unless you get a Passport. This is false, at least for Money 2006 and earlier versions. You just have to be careful (and resolute!) while you install. See also item 6. below.
2. Never store your financial data online with Microsoft
MS Money allows you to keep all your financial data stored on Microsoft's computers, as well as on your home computer. This allows you to access your MS Money data when you are away from your computer. For the unlucky user, it leads to virtually insoluble computer nightmares. Apparently, the local and remote copies of your data can get out of sync. It becomes difficult or impossible to overcome data corruption on Microsoft's computers. You fix up your local data, and it gets scrambled again when you connect to Microsoft's computers.
If you observe 1. above, you will not have to worry about 2.
3. Never use Yodlee to download account information from financial institutions
Yodlee (spit) is a company/method for downloading your account information from banks, credit card issuers, brokerages, etc. The way it works is that it impersonates a web browser and surfs your bank's (or brokerage's or ...) web site in order to suck in your account details.
The problem is that your bank's web site is designed for browsing by humans, not software. Small design changes to your bank's web site can cause Yodlee to scramble the data. Frustrating for you.
Many (but not all) financial institutions will download your account transactions directly into MS Money without the use of Yodlee. Yodlee gives you access to a larger collection of financial institutions. But it is not worth it.
If you observe 1. above, then you will not have to worry about Yodlee.
4. Keep several backup Money files
Microsoft Money stores all of your financial data in a single disk file on your computer. This is convenient for you. Money also allows you to store several backup copies of this disk file. I suggest that you configure Money to store 4 (depending on how paranoid you are) backup copies. What this means (for example) is that if you work with Money one time on each of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, then you will get a total of 5 copies of the file that holds your financial data. The oldest (backup) copy will reflect the state of your MS Money data from Monday. The newest (not a backup) will reflect the state of your MS Money data from Friday.
Why do this? Because like all Microsoft products, Money will occasionally scramble up your data. If you are not able to unscramble (there is a "repair" feature that you can try) then your only hope is to revert to an older copy of your data, and kiss your most recent updates goodbye.
You might not discover the corruption right away. That's why I suggest keeping multiple backups.
5. Back up your computer disk
This suggestion is not specific to Microsoft Money. But I feel obliged to mention this anyway. The more you use MS Money, the more you have to lose if your computer malfunctions. You can lose disk data due to a worn out disk drive, or an electronic failure in the computer itself. Your computer can suffer from fire, flooding, or theft. Your data can disappear from simple mistakes by users, or by the children of users!
So you have to back up your disk data. Most home computer users don't bother. But this bears repeating: the more you use an accounting program like Microsoft Money, the more you need to back up. Get to it!
6. Purchase the normal, CD-ROM version of Money, rather than the downloaded (electronic only) version.
WARNING: unconfirmed by my personal experience. Amazon.com sells this software product in a box containing a CD-ROM and some sketchy paper documentation. You can also download the software directly from Microsoft. But I have been told that the direct purchase from Microsoft requires the use of Passport. As I state in 1. above, I believe that Passport is a bad idea. So it is probably wise to purchase the physical, CD-ROM version from Amazon.com.
7. Find a community of knowledgable users
Like all mass market software, the technical support available for this product is useless. You should find a discussion forum for users of Microsoft Money. This is where you will go for help with problems that you cannot solve by yourself. I suggest that you read through the forum posts even when you don't have a Money problem. Look for major problems that might affect you. Forewarned, you might be able to avoid such problems.
Personally, I use the usenet news group microsoft.public.money. It can be found through microsoft.com or groups.google.com. Generally speaking, the intelligence level in this ng is solidly mediocre. That's in the nature of the Microsoft user community. If you find a better forum, please write an Amazon.com "review" of your own and share it.
Good luck with Microsoft Money!
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