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Microsoft Money 2002 is an easy-to-use personal finance management software application that helps you manage your personal finances, includingbalancing your checkbook, budgeting, reducing debt, planning for thefuture, and managing your investments and taxes. Money Setup Assistantwalks you through initial setup and gets you up and running within minutes.Money Help, the Money user guide, and how-to videos make it easy to getthe most out of Microsoft Money.
The new Background Banking feature automatically connects to your bank andupdates your account registers, even when you're not working in Money, so yourfinancial information is always up-to-date. Simplified setup for onlinebanking gets you started in just a few easy steps. The login wizard helpsyou get your passwords, and Online Services Manager simplifies the wayyou manage your online banking.
Managing your bills is easy in Money 2002. The Bill Setup and Editingscreen provides a single location for bill management. Plus it is easy tomake electronic or automatic payments and transfers. When you're shopping,banking, or investing on the Web, the MoneySide feature launchesautomatically to provide you with secure and instant access to yourfinancial information. The program can help you reduce your debt byidentifying its major sources and allowing you to experiment with differentpayment scenarios to see how they affect your debt-reduction schedule.
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MSDN Enterprise provides priority access to essential resources for developers, including timely delivery of everything you need to build XML Web services and applications. Through MSDN subscriber downloads and automatic shipments, you receive the latest Microsoft technologies and information as soon as they release. With developer-licensed versions of Microsoft operating systems and Microsoft enterprise servers you can fully test the broadest range of applications.
Microsoft MSDN Enterprise Subscription 7.0 (and Microsoft MSDN Enterprise Subscription 7.0 Upgrade) includes Visual Studio .NET Professional, Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer, Visual FoxPro 7.0, and the most widely used .NET server products (Windows .NET Server, SQL Server 2000, Exchange 2000 Server, Commerce Server 2000, and Host Integration Server 2000), as well as the complete operating systems suite and an MSDN Library subscription.
As a subscriber, receive the most current Microsoft technical resources including code samples, SDKs, DDKs, public betas, and product documentation. Get uninterrupted access to the latest Microsoft technologies 24 hours a day, seven days a week, online and through regular CD-ROM or DVD updates.
Note: Customers purchasing this subscription will receive a form that must be filled out and returned in order to start the subscription. Actual CD-ROMs will come directly from Microsoft once the subscription has started.
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Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 Premium Upgrade with Service Pack 1 .
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition includes Windows Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2003 technology, plus SQL Server 2000 and ISA Server 2000 ideal for small businesses with demanding IT needs, such as data-intensive line-of-business applications.
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 is the networking solution that's easy to integrate into any system. Windows Small Business Server 2003 delivers rich functionality of Microsoft server solutions in a unified way across servers and components, simplifying deployment and management. It can be added to an existing server-based network to take on the role of the multi-function server, providing a fully integrated solution for networking, e-mail, fax, and database functions, and security enhanced, shared Internet access all at an exceptional value. Windows Small Business Server 2003 is the ideal first/primary server for small and medium businesses.
Part of the Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Small Business Server 2003 provides a consistent Windows experience throughout, and works well with other Windows Server products to pave the way for growth. Information technology (IT) professionals can help small businesses do more by deploying Windows Small Business Server 2003 to provide security-enhanced, reliable IT infrastructure. Windows Small Business Server 2003 provides a complete business server solution with messaging and collaboration, security-enhanced Internet access, protected data storage, reliable printing, the ability to run line-of-business applications, and faxing. And its end-to-end administration features help technology providers set up, run, and maintain their networks productively and efficiently. Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition contains technologies f...
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- Explore the world with Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2005
- Get those finances in order with Money Standard 2005
- Write like a professional with Word 2002
- Get up and go with Streets & Trips 2005
- Edit and organize your photos with Picture It! Premium 10
Microsoft Works Suite 2005 gives customers the home products they need for easier, more efficient home computing. Six complete, award-winning products help you get the most out of your PC. Works Suite 2005 features Works 8 and Word 2002, plus new versions of Encarta, Money, Picture It! and Streets & Trips.
Microsoft Word is the same premier word processor featured in Microsoft Office XP, with helpful features like smart tags, task panes, and improved formatting assistance that make it easy to create professional-looking documents in a snap.
Works helps you get your household shipshape with easy-to-use spreadsheets, databases, and much more. You can read and edit documents created with Microsoft Excel, and keep tabs on all the important events in your life with the Works calendar and address book.
Works helps you get your household shipshape with easy-to-use spreadsheets, databases, and much more. You can read and edit documents created with Microsoft Excel, and keep tabs on all the important events in your life with the Works calendar and address book.
Picture It! Premium 10 gives you all the tools you need to manage your digital photos. You can make every picture perfect, create cool photo projects, and share your photos online. It's the easiest way to preserve and share your photo memories.
Encarta Standard gives you access to thousands of fascinating articles and photos, as well as hundreds of videos, animations, and audio files. It's the ultimate multimedia encyclopedia, a safe and trusted resource that will keep your kids excited about learning for years to come.
Say goodbye to tedious chores like balancing the checkbook. Money Standard helps you organize and manage all of your personal finances quickly and easily. You can automatically track account balances, spending, and budgets with the click of a button.
Streets & Trips gives you quick access to over 1.3 million points of inter
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Dont think I'll like it as much..........
as my old Works Suite 2002. I tried installing the 2002 suite on my new computer. Kept getting an error message about not being able to display the EULA agreement for me to accept, and thus wont install the Works Task launcher. I tried all the "fixes" but it just wouldnt install, so, I bought the Works Suite 2005 from Amazon. Well, I got an error message after I installed it. This time about not being able to run it on Windows 95, 98 and 2000. Well, I'm using XP Pro. Long story short, I just right clicked on TASK LAUNCHER, THEN COMPATIBILITY, THEN UNCHECKED THE COMPATIBILITY MODE BOX, and the program started up. I also had to uninstall Office 2003, which uses Word 2003 because Works Suite 2005 uses Word 2002. This was on the advice of Microsoft Tech support.
I was shocked to find vast changes. They just dont give you as many templates or programs like they did in WS 2002 in my opinion. I was very, very disappointed. Picture It is TOTALLY revamped and looks so much more complicated. Money stayed about the same. Gone from Word ( via task launcher) is the Wizard that would you pre-select styles, fonts, colors, letterheads etc. Calendar is the same....just a different color depending on what desktop motif you use. Anyway, what I did, was transfer to floppy, my favorite WORKS 2002 templates/programs that worked in Word 2002, from my old computer to the new one, and so far it's worked just fine.
I still like the old version of Works Suite...I think it's more user friendly, and I know it gave you more templates and programs to choose from. Lots of Glitz, Picture It is REALLY different, but I think I've lost more than I gained.
Can't email from MS Word 2002 document
I recently upgraded by computer from Windows 98 to Windows XP. When the computer came from Gateway I assumed it would include MS Word 2000. It included Microsoft Works Suite 2005 that included MS Word 2002, which I assumed would be an enhancement of MS Word 2000.
On my Windows 98 computer with MS Word 2000, on the toolbar there was an icon that permitted me to email a document (and add one or two attachments). I expected that the updated version of MS Word 2002 would include that feature as well. To my amazement, it did not.
Secondly, in MS Word 2000 when I click on "Open" it permits me to view files alphabetically, or in the order of when last modified or created. The MS Word 2002 doesn't permit me to do that.
I write letters and reports and send them through email. Without those features, the entire Windows XP computer with Microsoft Works Suite 2005 that I bought is useless. I don't know what to do to salvage this. Now, my Windows XP computer is sitting on the floor, and I don't know what to do with it.
Why aren't those features included in MS Word 2002 as they were with MS Word 2000 with the ability to email documents from within MS Word, and add one or two attachments?
What Microsoft product must I purchase that includes those features within MS Word?
What is so frustrating about this is that as a customer I have no way of knowing what I am getting when I buy Microsoft products. I couldn't have anticipated that MS Word 2000 was more useful for my purposes than MS Word 2002. This is so unfair on the part of Microsoft and I think is strong evidence of the disadvantages of monopoly control for consumers.
Word 2002 Vastly Improved Compared with Word 97
I purchased Works Suite 2005 because I could no longer receive paid support from Microsoft with a problem I had with Word 97 (it would no longer open or function). I uninstalled the old program and installed Works Suite 2005 and the word processing program is excellent -- it even incorporates the "view codes" feature of WordPerfect! All of my documents were converted to the new verson of Word flawlessly. I haven't installed all of the other components of the suite because I really don't need most of them at this time. (...)
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- Encarta dictionary, thesaurus, and translation dictionaries
- Designed for students as young as 7 years old
- Complete learning resource for home or school use
- Multimedia encyclopedia and feature-rich reference tools
- Explore science, history, cultures, geography, art, and more
Microsoft Encarta Reference Library Premium 2005 on DVD .
Microsoft Encarta Reference Library Premium 2005 captivates students of starting as young as 7 years old with an easy-to-use, up-to-date, multimedia encyclopedia and feature-rich reference tools to deliver a complete learning resource for home or school use. Online integration, comprehensive homework tools, project starters, Encarta dictionary, thesaurus, literature guides, and chart maker create a complete research center helping students achieve greater success in the classroom. New to 2005 is the Encarta Kids feature with thousands of articles and games to excite younger students (8 to 12). Also, new to 2005, Encarta Premium service will include the online subscription Homework Center* with hundreds of online textbook tutorials.
Encarta Reference Library Premium 2005 Benefits: - New Encarta Search Bar to find the information you need now. Embedded on the task bar, the new Encarta search bar can instantly find the encyclopedia information, dictionary lookup, or the magic word you need to quickly find in the Encarta Thesaurus.
- New Encarta Kids specially designed for the youngest students includes articles, animations, and games. Content written for children under 12 years old will have one their first Microsoft experiences with Encarta Kids.
- New Online Homework and Math Center helps students find the A+ homework help and universal access to Encarta. As part of your MSN Encarta Premium subscription, students can study from home, school, the library or anywhere with their friends with online access to Encarta.com hosted by MSN.
- Comprehensive Research Tools with dictionary and thesaurus, literature guides, homework starters, and more. The innovative Encarta learning tools help students learn more and achieve more. Have your children spend less time searching and mo...
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Battle of the Titans - Encarta vs. the Britannica
The Encarta Encyclopedia - and even more so, the Encarta Reference Library Premium 2005 - is an impressive reference library. It caters effectively (and, at $70, cheaply) to the educational needs of everyone in the family, from children as young as 7 or 8 years old to adults who seek concise answers to their queries. It is fun-filled, interactive, colorful, replete with tens of thousands of images, video clips, and audio snippets.
The Encarta is extremely user-friendly, with its search bar and novel Visual Browser. It comes equipped with a dictionary, thesaurus, chart maker, searchable index of quotations, games, and an Encarta Kids interface. Installation is easy. The Encarta is augmented by weekly or bi-weekly updates and the feature-rich online MSN Encarta Premium with its Homework Help offerings.
The Encyclopedia Britannica (established in 1768) sports Student and Elementary versions of its venerable flagship product - but it is far better geared to tackle the information needs of adults and, even more so, professionals. Its 100,000 articles are long and deep, supported by impressive bibliographies, and written by the best scholars in their respective fields.
The Britannica, too, come bundled with an atlas (less detailed than the Encarta's), dictionary, thesaurus, classic articles from previous editions, an Interactive Timeline, a Research Organizer, and a Knowledge Navigator (a Brain Stormer). It is as user-friendly as the Encarta. The Britannica, though, is updated only 2-4 times a year, a serious drawback, only partially compensated for by 3 months of free access to the its unequalled powerhouse online Web site.
It seems that the Britannica and the Encarta cater to different market segments and that the Britannica provides more in-depth coverage of its topics while the Encarta is a more complete, PC-orientated reference experience. The market positioning of the Britannica's Elementary and Student Encyclopedias is, therefore, problematic. Encarta has an all-pervasive hold on and ubiquitous penetration of the child-to-young adult markets.
Both encyclopedias offer an embarrassment of riches. Users of both find the wealth and breadth of information daunting and data mining is fast becoming an art form. Encarta introduced the Visual (Virtual) Browser and Britannica incorporated the Brain Stormer to cope with this predicament. But few know how to deploy them effectively.
Encarta actively encourages fun-filled browsing and Britannica fully supports serious research. These preferences are reflected in the design of the two products. The Encarta is a riot of colors, sidebars, videos, audio clips, photos, embedded links, literature, Web resources, and quizzes. It is a product of the age of mass communication, a desktop extension of television and the Internet.
The Britannica is a sober assemblage of first-rate texts, up to date bibliographies, and minimal multimedia. It is a desktop university library: thorough, well-researched, comprehensive, trustworthy.
Indeed, the Encarta and the Britannica offer competing models for interacting with the Internet. Both provide content updates - the Encarta weekly or bi-weekly and the Britannica 2-4 times a year. Both offer additional and timely content and revisions on dedicated Web sites. But the Encarta conditions some of its functions - notably its research tools and updates - on registration with its Plus Club. The Britannica doesn't.
The Encarta incorporates numerous third-party texts and visuals (including dozens of Discovery Channel videos, hundreds of newspaper articles, and a plethora of Scientific American features). The Encarta's multimedia offerings are also impressive with thousands of video and audio clips, maps, tables, and animations. The Britannica provides considerably more text - though it has noticeably enhanced it non-textual content over the year (the 1994-7 editions had nothing or very little but text).
Both reference products would do well to integrate with new desktop search tools from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others. A seamless experience is in the cards. Users must and will be able to ferret content from all over - their desktop, their encyclopedias, and the Web - using a single, intuitive interface.
The new Encarta Search Bar, which was integrated into the product this past year, enables users to search any part of the Encarta application (encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, etc) without having the application open. Definitely a step in the right direction.
Having used both products extensively in the last few months, I found myself entertaining some minor gripes:
The Encarta offers 3-D tours which gobble up computer resources and are essentially non-interactive a limited. Is it worth the investment and the risk to the stability and performance of the user's computer?
The editorial process is not transparent. It is not clear how both products cope with contemporary and recent developments, minority-sensitive issues, and controversial topics (such as abortion and gay rights).
The Encarta tries to cater to the needs of challenged users, such as the visually-impaired - but is still far from doing a good job of it. The Britannica doesn't even bother.
The atlas, dictionary, and thesaurus incorporated in both products are surprisingly outdated. Why not use a more current - and dynamically updated - offering? What about dictionaries for specialty terms (medical or computer glossaries, for instance)? The Encarta's New English Dictionary dropped a glossary of computer terms it used to include back in 2001. All's the pity.
Both encyclopedias consume (not to say) hog computer resource far in excess of the official specifications. This makes them less suitable for installation on older PCs and on many laptops. Despite the hype, relatively few users possess DVD drives (but those who do find, in both products, the entire encyclopedia available on one DVD).
But that's it. Don't think twice. Run to the closest retail outlet (or surf the relevant Web sites) and purchase both products now. Combined, these reference suites offer the best value for money around and significantly enhance you access to knowledge and wisdom accumulated over centuries all over the world. Sam Vaknin, author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited"
Fun to use, great for kids, worth the money
I had several free versions of encylopedias loaded. They were generally abbreviated and becoming out of date, Encarta 2002 for example. But they were really the best kid friendly research tool out there and my kids actually used these encyclopedias on a regular basis, so I decided to upgrade.
Likes:
Love the new search bar in my desktop tray and the fact that I can search the dictionary or the thesaurus or the encyclopedia without hunting for each application's icon. Love that I can run it from my hard drive without searching for the DVD.
The interactive pictures such as 360 degree views and virtual tours are done well and you can just go through those types of files if you want to see them all without having to wade into specific topics. And the kids like the extra visual browser index rather than the standard text index (which can still be used.)The links to external web sites for more information are very useful.
Dislikes:
The install was painful. Although I have all of the latest Windows updates, the load process took a long while only to error out repeatedly. I finally learned that my Ad-watch spyware blocker was interfering and was able to get past the MICROSOFT.MSXML2,publickeyToken= ...etc. error message that Microsoft has yet to post on their site. Alternatively, it would be nice to be warned of possible conflicts before beginning or have the process handle conflicts in a more friendly fashion.
The update process was also overly complicated as well. And after finally getting it to work I was disappointed to learn that included updates end in October regardless of when you purchase the product.
And as neat as some of the interactive pictures are - sometimes I just need to print an embedded image or some simple text to take with me - wish that was easier.
Conclusion:
Very satisfied and I finally feel that I have found some software that does something useful and gives my computer a purpose beyond running all the software I need just to keep my computer protected. If you have kids 8 and up - and don't already have a full version of an encyclopedia - go for it!
Updates cannot be continued.... PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE
My real complaint with this fresh, good encyclopedia [my version was that for 2004] is that after "31 October" the "free content updates" stop. I had assumed that after that point I could subscribe to monthly updates at what I thought would be a modest annual fee. But the fact is that when the updates stop, often a few months after you buy the Encarta, you must purchase a whole new Encarta at full price and "toss" or rather delete the old Encarta. And the new Encarta runs out in another year. Then another full purchase, and then another. At a going and and rising price of say $70 for the DVD, that is a high cost over time for an encyclopdiea that has little of the real depth of a hard-copy Britannica or other established book-format encyclopedias. The whole benefit of the internet is that things can be updated (and, yes, for a reasonable annual fee), but Encarta provides us with throwaway "computer books" purely to get top dollar out of us once a year, or so it seems. Even the old Encyclopedia Britannica books provided a rudimentary update, for a much smaller fee than full re-purchase, of annual yearbooks. I'll be checking around to see what the DVD Britannica's update policy is (perhaps similar, perhaps not). In any case, I'm unhappy with the planned obsolescence of the Encarta encyclopedias, unhappy that such obsolescene was not made explicit from the start on the box (others I know had assumed there would be some system for continuing updates beyond "31 October"; when Encarta says updates will be "free" until that date, I think one is justified in assuming that they won't be free after, but that then you must begin to pay. The wording does not suggest that the updates will stop completely.) This situation will probably send me (and others) back to my old research tool---Google, which keeps on coming updated even as I type these lines. I had recommended this encyclopedia to many students and a few friends: I will no longer recommend it without full disclosure of the update policy. Until this month I had been one of Encarta's real fans and I bet I've "sold" a bunch of copies for them. Now I'll get in the habit of doing my research elsewhere. (Also, Encarta does not really encourage feedback on such matters. They give a mailing address for stamped letter, but do not provide any on-line or either tolled or toll-free telephone access to anyone who might want to bring up such a complaint. Surely they understand that this is no longer a letter-writing world, and that makes their customer service job easier for them, and less satisfactory for customers.)
