Quick Start Guide for Simply Money
Download Vista single user install version
Download Y2K Date Fix: For Windows 95 and 98
For Windows ME, NT 4.0, 2000 and XP
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Upgrade for Vista users
First download the multiple user version. If this works, fine.
If not, download the single user install version.

To turn off the sounds
Go to “System” in the menu bar. Next highlight “Settings” Click on the Menu Item “General”. Finally in the General Settings screen clear the ‘x’ in the Audio box. All of the beeps will go away.

Simply Money Y2K Date Fix Now Available for Download!
See "Date Problems" below:

1. Date Problems:  If you are having problems with the dates of current transactions appearing in your registers as 1900's dates, you can now download our “Simply Money Y2K Upgrade”.  This changes the default century of the program from 1900 to 2000.
   
   The Y2K Upgrade has been contributed by Mr. Bill Miller of Fenton MO, a long-time user and fan of Simply Money.
   
   The Simply Money Y2K Upgrade is a 3.2 megabyte file, which will take a while to download if you have a dial-up modem.  Once the download has been completed, locate the file on your system and double-click on it.  This will launch the installer, which will upgrade the existing Simply Money program on your hard drive.
   
   In all other respects, Simply Money uses whatever date format is defined in the Windows Control Panel on your computer..  If the Y2K Upgrade doesn't solve your problem, you may have neglected to specify a four-digit year in the date format section of the Control Panel. If this is set to two digits, Simply Money assumes all dates are in the 1900's. To set the date format, follow this procedure:
   
   

   a.	Go to Start/Settings/Control Panel on your Start Menu.
   b.	When the Control Panel window opens, double click on the       "Regional Settings" icon.
   c.	When the "Regional Settings Properties" window opens, click on      the "Date" tab at the top.
   d.	Make sure that a four-digit year format option is selected in       the drop-down boxes for both "short date style" and "long date style".
   e.	Click OK to set the format.   Download Y2K Date Fix: For Windows 95 and 98 For Windows ME, NT 4.0, 2000 and XP

   
   
2. Using On-Line Help: Help is available throughout Simply Money. Each main window has a Help button on the lower left hand side of the window in the tool rack. Just click on this button or press F1 for overall Help. Additionally, just about every dialog has a Help button to provide you with specific instructions on using that feature of Simply Money.

   When you arrive at the main Help screen, entitled "Kiplinger's Simply Money Help", click on the button entitled "Expand All" to show all the possible Help topics that you can access.

3. "Quick Start" Document: A brief, printable guide which summarizes the menus, procedures for basic tasks, and the tools and actions you use most in Kiplinger's Simply Money. Click here to view or print out.
4. Checkwriting User Guide: The complete 460-page manual for Checkwriting and Personal Finance in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format. It is a 5.8 MB file that with a 28.8 modem, for example, will take between 30 minutes and one hour to download depending on your connection speed. Once you have downloaded the file, you can then view or print out the document at your leisure (there are 12 chapters plus appendices). You will need Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or better to do this (free download from Adobe if you don't already have it). Click here to download the Checkwriting User Guide."
   
5. Upgrading or Transferring Data Files: If you want to make your Simply Money 1.0 data files available to Simply Money 2.0, and/or you are transferring to a new computer, here is the procedure to use: 
   
   a.  First, make a backup copy of the Simply Money Finance Group that you want to transfer to Simply Money 2.0. You must use the "Backup" feature in Simply Money 1.0 to do  this. If you are transferring from one computer to another, place the backup copy on floppy disk(s) and insert the disk  into the new computer's floppy disk drive.

   b. Then, launch Simply Money 2.0. Click on the "Help" button or F1, search for the word "Restore", and then further select the specific topic named "Restoring Data to a New  Finance Group". Print out this topic and follow the steps it describes. 

   c.  If you see a message stating that you are restoring a previous version of data, just click OK. 

   d.  Please note that the Restore feature can only restore data  that was backed up using the Backup feature. 

6. CheckFree Enrollment Form: If you want to sign up for CheckFree's electronic billing and payment service, you need to fill out their enrollment form and send it via postal mail with a voided check. Click Here to view and print out the enrollment form. The form is not included on the disc. 

   If you have other questions or problems with CheckFree's service, go to their web site at www.checkfree.com.

7. Uninstalling Simply Money: If you ever need to remove Simply Money from your computer, you will need to run the uninstall program by taking the following steps:
   
   a.  Insert the Checkwriting & Personal Finance CD into your CD-ROM drive. It should automatically start. When you arrive at the main screen, click on "Exit". This will return you to your computer's desktop.
   
   b.  Click on "Start", then select "Run". The Run box appears.
   
   c.  In the Command Line text box, type: a:\money\usa\uninst substituting for "a" the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive. Then press "Enter"
   
   d.  Everything will be delected except the folder "C\S-Money" and the icons on your Start menu. You can  delete these manually.
   
   These instructions are also available on pages 2-3 and 2-4 of the Checkwriting and Personal Finance User Guide, which can be downloaded as above."

Keycode Tracker Programs & Simply Money

Occasionally a less sophisticated software program such as Pest Control will give a false positive (a fancy way of saying it is there, when it is not) about Keycode tracking in Simply Money. This happens because the original Simply Money software code was written between 1991 to 1996. Since 1997 Simply Download has simplified this base, tightened code, and added small features on top of the base--but not altered the original code. The result has been a very compact simple program that works extremely well taking up a minimum of room and resources on your PC.

A more sophisticated program such as Norton or McAfee does not give these false positives. If you are still concerned about this issue, run Norton or McAfee.

Having said that, we love Pest Control for alerting us to real issues and some false positive ones (always good to check; as is said in our Fix it and Home Repair CDs, "Measure twice, cut once."

No other Simply Download™ product has this issue.