Microsoft stopped selling Money at retail stores in 2008, but continued selling it online until last year, when it announced plans to discontinue the software. "This Money Plus Sunset package is targeted at removing the activation dependency." "Now that Money Plus is no longer available for purchase, the online activation step will eventually become unnecessary and unsupported," Microsoft said on the download page. The challenge is that the product required online activation on each machine running Money, even once online services are discontinued. Sales ended last year and support is planned only through January 2011. This month the company released a final "Sunset" edition for users that want to keep using the product after support ends.Īs first reported by CNET last June, Microsoft is discontinuing the personal finance product. The Web site for Microsoft's now-discontinued Money Plus software. "They allow existing customers to use MoneyPlus to continue accessing their data." "The Microsoft Money Plus Sunset versions are replacements for expired versions of Microsoft Money Essentials, Deluxe, Premium, and Home and Business," Microsoft said in a statement.
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Although it has fewer features-stripping out all of the online capabilities-this new version of Microsoft Money doesn't require activation, meaning that users who need to install it on a new PC or who lose their product code won't be stuck without their data. The so-called "sunset edition" of Microsoft Money was released earlier this month.
Microsoft Money may be headed off into the sunset, but Redmond has one last version to offer those who are still using the personal finance product.