[moneytalks] Re: Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine

  • From: "robert doc Wright" <godfearer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:47:13 -0700

then all you need do is when money talks opens and complains about not finding 
the file all you need do is press control o then find the .mt file on your 
external drive.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Margaret Thomas 
  To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 5:31 AM
  Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine


  Yes, I'll be using the same external hard drive with the Windows 7 machine.

   

  Margaret

   

   

  From: moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Wright
  Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 3:47 PM
  To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine

   

  Wil you be using that same external drive with the windows 7 machine?

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: Margaret Thomas 

    To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

    Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:47 PM

    Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine

     

    Rob:

     

    I took a break and am ready to tackle my problem again.  

     

    I double checked what is on the XP and

     

     

     

    Enter the folder where the files will be backed up:

    C:\To Be Backed Up 

    mt_backup has

    Address C:\To Be Backed Up\mt_backup Go

    templates

    Account1.mtf

    category.ini

    items.ini

    paynames.ini

    Primary Checking.mtf

    Type: Money Talks Document Date Modified: 12/7/2011 1:33 PM Size: 117 KB 
117 KB My Computer 

     

    I think mt_backupshould be copied to the external drive.  Is this correct?  
If so, where does it go on the Windows 7?

     

    Thank you,

     

    Margaret

     

    From: Rob Meredith [mailto:rmeredith@xxxxxxx] 
    Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:37 AM
    To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine

     

    Margaret,

     

    I suspect you are not supplying the correct path to the Restore function on 
your Windows 7 machine. You might try the Browse function, and be sure you are 
pointing to the correct drive/folder.

     

    Another possibility is that you backed up to a folder on your removable 
drive from the XP machine instead of the root. You can check this by going to 
the Backup Files option on your Windows XP copy of Money Talks, and checking 
the path which is shown. It is that path you want to use when restoring on the 
Windows 7 side.

     

    Rob

     

    From: moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Margaret Thomas
    Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 4:00 AM
    To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine

     

    Rob and Pamela:

     

    I got Money Talks 1.4.0.0 installed on the Windows 7 machine, but the 
entries in the register aren’t up to date and the entries from the installation 
my tech did stop being up to date around the beginning of September.  I tried 
following Pamela’s instructions “

    You can do a back up on the first machine and use the restore back up on 
the new machine to bring the registry over., “ but am getting a “The selected 
folder does not contain a valid backup set” error message when I do the restore 
files.  The documentation says “

    To backup your financial information, select Backup Files from the File 
menu. The program prompts you for the location of the backup. It is normally a 
good idea to back your files up to some kind of external media like a floppy 
drive or thumb drive. Whatever the case, select the location or provide the 
path to where you want the backups stored and press OK. The next time you use 
the Backup Files option, Money Talks remembers where you stored the backups 
last time and offers that path as your new default. To backup to that location 
again, just press OK. 

    To restore a set of files, select Restore Files from the file menu. The 
program asks for the location of the backed up files and restores them to the 
Money Talks folder in your documents.”

     

    I spent several hours on this and there’s probably something perfectly 
simple that I’m missing.  I can spend the time to manually update the entries 
in the checkbook register since it would only be two and a half months worth, 
but I’m afraid the copy of Money Talks on the Windows 7 computer is so messed 
up at this point that uninstalling and starting from scratch may be in order.  
If you agree, could you please provide specific steps for what I do after I 
uninstall and reinstall?  There is 6 years worth of entries on the checkbook 
register on the XP and I’d like to be able to bring at least that over to the 
Win 7.

     

    I greatly appreciate your patience.

     

    Thank you,

     

    Margaret

     

     

    From: Rob Meredith 

    Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 8:24 AM

    To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

    Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine

     

    Hi Margaret,

     

    I'm not sure where you got that old file, but try retrieving the latest 
Money Talks from the following:

    http://www.aph.org/tech/mt_setup.exe

     

    This is 1.4.0.0.

     

    Rob

     

    From: moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Margaret Thomas
    Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 1:52 PM
    To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine

     

    Rob and Pamela,

     

    I tried installing the file a couple more times today and got the same 
error as before.  I’ll have to spend some time learning about the admin 
privileges with Windows 7 and will probably have to talk to my tech.  Before I 
spend all that time, there’s one thing I wanted to double check on.  When the 
installation begins, it says it is installing Money Talks 1.1.0.0.  Version 
1.1.0.0 is on the Windows 7 machine now. When I click on check for updates it 
says “No update is available at this time.”  I don’t understand how this is 
supposed to help me get updates to 1.4.0.0 which is on the XP?

     

    Thank you,

     

    Margaret

     

     

     

     

    From: Rob Meredith 

    Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 2:01 PM

    To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

    Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine

     

    Sounds like an administrative privilege issue.

     

    Rob

     

    From: moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Margaret Thomas
    Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 1:25 PM
    To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine

     

    Pamela,

     

    I clicked on ignore this time when I got the error message and was able to 
start the program, but it’s

     

    About Money Talks graphic 798 

    OKMoney Talks version 1.1.0.0graphic 925  Copyright (c) 2003-2005

    American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.

    APH Speech Environment, Version 

    1.2.0.488. Copyright (c) 1998-2005 

    American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. 

    All Rights Reserved.

    Microsoft Text to Speech Technology 

    Copyright (c) 1996-2001, Microsoft Corp. All  

     

    and I believe is the same version that was on the new machine before.  
There’s no backup in files and check for updates once again said no update is 
available.

     

    I should have admin priv.  I’ll have to find out how to double check.

     

    Now what?

     

    Thank you,

     

    Margaret

     

     

    From: Pamela Rader 

    Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 11:43 AM

    To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

    Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine

     

    Try the ignore button, rather than abort.  Also, make sure you are logged 
into an admin account.  Otherwise, I'll have to let Rob comment on this one, as 
he is more familiar with win. 7.

     

    Pamela

     

     

     

    From: moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Margaret Thomas
    Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 11:23 AM
    To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine

     

    Pamela,

     

    I got an error installing the .exe:

     

    Error graphic 942 

    C:\Windows\winSxS\x86_Microsoft.MSXML2_6bd6b9abf345378f_4.20.98graphic 603  
18.0_x-ww_8ff50c5d\msxml4.dll

    An error occurred while trying to create a file in the destination 

    directory:

    Setup was unable to create the directory 

    "C:\Windows\winSxS\x86_Microsoft.MSXML2_6bd6b9abf345378f_4.20.9

    818.0_x-ww_8ff50c5d".

    Error 5: Access is denied.

    Click Retry to try again, Ignore to skip this file (not recommended), or 

    Abort to cancel installation. 

     

    I aborted.  I think it gave the older version number rather than the newer 
one.

     

    Now what?

     

    Thank you,

     

    Margaret

     

     

     

    From: Pamela Rader 

    Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 10:23 AM

    To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

    Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine

     

    You can do a back up on the first machine and use the restore back up on 
the new machine to bring the registry over.  

     

     

     

    From: moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Margaret Thomas
    Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 10:17 AM
    To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine

     

    Pamela,

     

    Thank you.  That doesn’t sound like to much of a chore.  Before I start, I 
have a question.  It took me a while to look at Money Talks on the new Win 7 
since I was trying to learn the new OS and finding my way around it and I was 
updating MT on the XP for around a month so the register on the Windows 7 isn’t 
up to date.  Manually bringing it current wouldn’t be overwhelming for the one 
month or so, but I was wondering if before I install the .exe file you 
mentioned if copying the MT Backups folder to my external drive and pasting it 
on the MT Backups on the Win 7 so the files would be over written would allow 
me to skip having to manually update the register?  Or is there another way?  
I’ve got about 6 years worth of entries and don’t want to mess up.

     

    Thank you,

     

    Margaret

     

     

    From: Pamela Rader 

    Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:17 PM

    To: moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

    Subject: [moneytalks] Re: Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine

     

    Hello:

     

    You can run the latest download by hand from:

     

    http://tech.aph.org/mt_setup.exe

     

    Install this over what you have and it will update, if the installed 
version is older.

     

    Since you are not uninstalling, you shouldn’t need your key code. However, 
if asked for  a key code, then you can enter the key code you have.

     

     

    From: moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:moneytalks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Margaret Thomas
    Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:42 PM
    To: money talks
    Subject: [moneytalks] Money Talks on New Windows 7 Machine

     

    Good Afternoon:

     

    As part of the data transfer he did preparing My 64 bit Windows 7 Home 
Premium machine my tech copied Money Talks and the files to go along with it 
from my XP Home computer.  My checkbook register initially initially appeared 
to be in reasonably good order once I re-arranged columns etc., but I 
discovered a big problem.

     

    version 1.4.0.0  is on the XP

    version 1.1.0.0 is on the Windows 7 and check for updates says no update is 
available.

     

    I purchased the downloadable version so don’t have the CD.  I have my 
registration code.  Is there some half-way easy way of getting Money Talks on 
the Windows 7 the same as that on the XP so I can have the newer version and 
the register and all associated files will be up to date?

     

    Any help would be greatly appreciated,

     

    Margaret

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