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- Microsoft(r) Money 97 README
- October-1996
-
- (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1996
-
- CONTENTS
- 1. Internet Quotes
- 2. High Speed Modems
- 3. Display Colour Settings
- 4. Online Services with Windows NT(tm)
- 5. Microsoft Money 1997 on Microsoft Windows NT Version 3.51
- 6. Online Services Call Summary
- 7. Setup Fails to Register Schannel.dll
- 8. Display Drivers
- 9. General Information
- ___________________________________________________________________________
- 1: INTERNET QUOTES
- The Internet Quotes connection in Money works directly with the 32-bit
- WinSock included with Windows(r) 95. Most full-service Internet providers
- (those not requiring custom software to access their service) will
- support the 32-bit WinSock. If you have questions about your Internet
- connection compatibility, ask your service if they support the Windows
- 95 32-bit WinSock. Money does not include an Internet service provider.
-
- You may also need 32-bit WinSock compatibility to use Online Banking --
- depending on your bank's type of Online Services.
-
- Money's Internet Quotes will start the connection to the
- Internet automatically if your service provider uses the standard connection
- method included with Windows 95. If your provider uses a different method,
- you may need to start your Internet connection before starting Money.
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- 2: HIGH SPEED MODEMS
- Using a high speed modem (faster than 9600 baud) with an older UART
- (the computer chip that controls the serial port) can result in
- transmission errors. Any 14.4 Kbps or faster modem requires the
- 16550AFN UART. Older UARTs might be labelled 8250 or 16450.
-
- To find out what kind of UART your computer has:
- 1. On the Windows 95 Start menu, point to Settings, then click Control
- Panel.
- 2. Double-click Modems.
- 3. Click the Diagnostics tab.
- 4. Highlight the port you want to check, then click the More Info button.
- 5. Windows will test your modem and report the results.
- 6. The type of UART you have will be listed in the Port Information section.
- 7. If you have an 8250 or 16450 UART, click OK, then follow steps 8-13. If
- you have a 16550 UART, your hardware is up to date.
- 8. Click the General tab.
- 9. Click Properties.
- 10. Click the Connection tab.
- 11. Click Port Settings.
- 12. Make sure the Use FIFO Buffers checkbox is NOT checked. Click OK.
- 13. Try your modem connection again. If you still have problems, you should
- upgrade your serial card to one with the 16550AFN UART.
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- 3: DISPLAY COLOUR SETTINGS
- Money 97 is designed to work in 256-color mode. It will also run in 16-colour
- mode, but the screens may be difficult to read.
-
- To check/change your colour mode:
- 1. On the Windows 95 Start menu, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
- 2. Double-click Display.
- 3. Click the Settings tab.
- 4. Check the Colour Palette setting to see which mode your computer is
- running in. If your video card supports 256 colours, you'll see that option
- in the Colour Palette drop-down menu.
- 5. Choose 256 Colour from the list, then click OK. Windows will ask if you
- want to restart the computer so the change can take effect.
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- 4: ONLINE SERVICES WITH WINDOWS NT
- If you are installing Microsoft Money 97 on Windows NT 4.0, you MUST delete the
- file SCHANNEL.DLL from the Windows SYSTEM32 directory prior to installing Money.
- This is to enable the online banking services to work properly. Money can not
- automatically establish an Internet connection in Windows NT, so NT users must
- start their Internet connection before starting Money to access Online Services.
- Under all versions of Microsoft Windows NT, if you are logged on as a user, during
- setup you will get an error message (number 168) about not being able to save to
- the registry. This is a non-fatal error caused by the Windows NT security model.
- This is caused by the fact that while logged on as a user you do not have
- administrative rights to edit the registry. Restart Windows NT and log on as an
- administrator or as a user with administrative rights, and rerun Money 97 setup.
-
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- 5: MICROSOFT MONEY 97 ON MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT VERSION 3.51
- If you are running Money 97 in Microsoft Windows NT version 3.51, the Product Tour
- will not launch automatically upon starting Money for the first time. This is a
- know issue in Windows NT 3.51. Product Tour can always be launched by selecting it
- from the Help menu. When running Money under Windows NT 3.51, some of the Tips of
- the Day are truncated. Again, this is a known issue, and this will not affect the
- functionality of the tips in any way. Under Microsoft Windows NT version 3.51 the
- Money 97 Product Tour has a problem repainting the background. This is known
- issue, and it will not affect the functionality of the product.
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- 6: ONLINE SERVICES CALL SUMMARY
- The Call Summary contains information about what information was exchanged
- with your bank during your connection to Online Services. If an error occurs
- during a call, this Call Summary may not appear on subsequent calls in
- the same Money session. Should this happen, you can check the status of
- your transactions by going to the Home Banking area and clicking the
- Payments In Progress tab.
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- 7: SETUP FAILS TO REGISTER SCHANNEL.DLL
- If you use Windows 95 and Money setup fails because it could not register
- Schannel.dll, try removing any networking applications from your Windows
- start-up folder. Then reboot Windows and run Money Setup again.
-
- To remove applications from your start-up folder:
- 1. On the Windows 95 Start menu, point to Settings, then click Taskbar.
- 2. Click the Start Menu Programs tab.
- 3. Under Customize Start Menu, click Remove.
- 4. Click the plus sign beside the folder Programs, then click the plus sign
- beside the folder start-up.
- 5. Highlight any networking program you see.
- 6. Click Remove. This will not delete the program. It will remove it only from the menu.
- 7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for all of your networking applications, then click
- Close.
- 8. Restart Windows and reinstall Money.
- 9. To put networking applications back in the start-up folder, see Windows
- Help.
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- 8: DISPLAY DRIVERS
- If you're using an ATI display driver and you notice graphics problems in
- Money -- such as badly drawn graphs and charts, or black bars where your
- account balances should be -- please use the SVGA display driver that is supplied
- with Windows.
-
- To check/change your display driver:
- 1. On the Windows 95 Start menu, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
- 2. Double-click Display.
- 3. Click the Settings tab.
- 4. Click Change Display Type.
- 5. If you see an ATI driver in the Adapter Type field, you may wish to
- change to the Windows driver.
- 6. To switch drivers, click the Change button next to the Adapter Type field.
- 7. Select Show All Devices, then on the Manufacturers menu, highlight
- (Standard Display Types) from the top of the list.
- 8. On the Models menu, highlight Super VGA, then click OK. Windows will ask
- if you want to restart the computer so the change can take effect.
-
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- 9: GENERAL INFORMATION
- Please note that, at maximum, 7 digits + 2 decimal places are allowed in any
- amount fields in Microsoft Money 97. If you enter longer figures, "#######" will
- be displayed. This is normal behaviour, and indicates that the maximum length of
- a figure has been exceeded. In order to enter a split transaction, you will have
- to click on the Split button with a mouse. Setting the focus on the Split
- button, and pressing ENTER will not open the split transaction dialog. This is
- known behaviour, and will be fixed for the next version of Money.