Microsoft Money 2004 Standard
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Manufacturer: Microsoft Software
Model: 105-00460
Binding: CD-ROM
Publisher: Microsoft Software
Label: Microsoft Software
Platform: Windows Me
Platform: Windows Me
Features for Microsoft Money 2004 Standard:
- The simple and powerful set of tools makes personal finance easy -- step-by-step tools help you balance your checkbook, and track your budget
- Save time organizing and managing your finances -- download checking, credit card and other transactions from your bank automatically
- Consolidate your financial information from multiple institutions, for a better look at your overall financial health
- Create a budget and track your spending with monthly reports to better understand your spending habits
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Customer Reviews
AWFUL PRODUCT! 
2004-12-05
If I could give this "application" no stars I would.
"Features" within the application are nothing more than a direct link to several of Microsoft's websites. When I inquired about deactivating these "features", Microsoft's reply was essentially "sorry, this is part of the software."
As an avid and loyal user of Money since 2001, I will be switching to another package or trying to find my MS Money 2001 disks.
I already owned Money 2001 Standard Edition and expected similar feature sets in Money 2005 Standard....oops. If you want "retirement accounts", you need to purchase the 2005 Deluxe. If want the monthly Cash Flow forecast (like in Money 2001), that feature is GONE!
This is nothing more than brochure-ware for Microsoft's web sites, YOU have to pay for it, AND M$ has the audacity to actually have pop-up messages built into the product ASKING YOU TO UPGRADE.
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Fair Financial Software 
2004-08-04
I purchased Microsoft Money to keep track of my monthly budget and a couple of small investments that I had. While there is some good stuff there, Money has quite a few shortcomings which make it much less than what I expected.
The Good
- Connects directly with financial websites such as Ameritrade to download stock portfolio information and banks to get check information which is then seemlessly integrated into your budget/analysis/etc. Very useful.
The Bad
- Confusing interface which was hard to transfer from one view to another
- No financial tools to analyze your holdings. No ROI, no NPV, no aggregate betas, nothing beyond stocks current price.
- No way to aggregate accounts of stocks and bonds or to analyze your holdings across accounts.
- The budgeting software was not very effective. It was hard to categorize checks. You had to do it one-by-one in a process that takes a pretty long time.
- If there was an automatic bill-pay mechanism, I didn't figure it out.
Overall
For my needs, I would not buy this product again. I thought about upgrading to the professional version, but did not see that it addressed the problems of the standard version.
There is really nothing in Money that you can't do just as easily in an Excel worksheet and a Yahoo! Finance portfolio. In many ways, Yahoo's free web service is superior to Microsoft's software.
What a deal! 
2004-06-17
2004 Standard Moneys for under 20 bucks! booya!
-Gnome
The worst software I ever saw... 2004-06-16
Microsoft Money has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience...
Please tell Microsoft about this problem...
I just received the product this afternoon. I install it and even restart my PC many times. It still cannot ever start... Really disappointed. DO NO BUY THIS PRODUCT!
M$ Sucks 2004-06-05
I just bought this product. After installation, I can not even start it. It really sucks.
Microsoft Money 2007-12-07
I love Microsoft Money. I bought this version to save money. It is compatible with Windows Vista. Easy to use and keeps me orgnized. I have been a faithful Money user for years
Microsoft Money 2004 2007-11-14
This item was perfect for my personal checking and savings account. Easy to balance my checkbook. I am very satisfied.
Sleeker Design but still buggy 
2007-08-31
I upgraded from Money 2001 because it was giving me error problems. The program would close down and sometimes give me the dreaded blue screen. This only happened after upgrading to WinXP.SoI decided to get MS Money 2004. I really only track expenses and reconcile my accounts and use a few reports. All I can it has a sleeker design and less problematic than the 2001 version. Since getting it in July its shut down at least a dozen times. So be warned. Ive read that the more current versions arent all that stable either.
good banking software 2007-03-05
this is old, yes, and i probably wouldn't buy it now (i got it used 2 years ago) but it definitely gets the job done without many quirks. i don't like TOO many bells and whistles in my software, because they just confuse me and i don't end up using them anyway. and this was good for that--it was the perfect balance.
Microsoft money 2004 2007-01-03
I was very pleased to find the product I was looking for on amazon. com. The price was right, the service was fast, and the product works fine. Thank you very much for being there for me.
Gerald (Jerry) Ziglar
Columbus, OHio
