BUG Of The Day Tips #2



*1.   AVOIDING MODEM PROBLEMS WITH MONEY 99 

If you use Microsoft Money 99 to manage your personal finances, you may 
face an annoying problem when trying to dial out from within the Money 
application to connect to your financial institution's direct financial 
services provider. The problem occurs if you have multiple modems installed 
in your computer or if you use Direct Cable Connection to connect to 
another device. Because Money doesn't store your modem selection, it 
defaults to the first modem listed in Windows, thereby selecting the wrong 
modem. The workaround is to select the correct modem manually from the 
modem list in the Call Your Financial Institution dialog box before you 
connect to your financial institution. It's a hassle, but it does the job. 


*2.   TAXTOOLS FOR WINDOWS UPDATE 

Are you ready to handle the task of preparing your 1998 tax returns? If 
you're using TaxTools for Windows, you should make sure you have the latest 
update, version 8.090, which includes several enhancements and fixes for 
known problems. You can download the update from 

http://www.taxtools.com/fix_ttw.htm 

This file updates TaxTools for Windows 8.010 through 8.040 to version 
8.090. (You must have a full version of TaxTools 1998 for Windows before 
installing this update.) 


*3.   MONEY 99 BASIC UPDATE PROBLEM 

Microsoft provides continuous updates from the Internet to its Money 99 
Basic customers, including financial headlines, product updates, and 
current mortgage and tax rates. Unfortunately, Microsoft has identified a 
problem with the software that causes Money to fail to report that it is 
updating the "current mortgage and tax rates from Decision Center" when you 
click Update Internet Information. 

To resolve this problem, Microsoft provides a patch that replaces the 
taxmortg.reg file, available from the Microsoft download library in a 
self-extracting file. (Note: This patch is for Money 99 Basic only--the 
problem does not occur in Money 99 Financial Suite or Money 99 Personal & 
Business.) You can download the patch file at 

http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/TaxMortg.exe 


*4.   VISUAL STUDIO 6.0 SETUP BUG 

Having problems installing Visual Studio 6.0 on your Windows NT 
workstation? Microsoft has identified a problem you may experience when you 
launch the installation of Microsoft Visual Studio, resulting in an error 
message such as, "The instruction at 0x10002BCC referenced memory at 
0x10002BCC. The memory could not be read." The cause of this error may be 
an exception that a performance monitor counter triggers. To resolve this, 
Microsoft provides the following workaround: 

1. Disable all performance counters. 
2. Reboot the computer. 
3. Restart the Microsoft Visual Studio installation. 


*5.   UPDATING QUICKBOOKS 

The tax-filing deadline is right around the corner, so if you're handling 
your books using QuickBooks 6.0 or QuickBooks Pro 6.0, make sure you have 
the latest update--release 4. This release includes several enhancements, 
along with fixes for some known problems, including resolution of an 
application error that occurs when you try to view a transaction after 
another user has edited it, and an application error that you get when 
you're working with a To Do Note having more than 256 characters. The 
update also provides interaction with TaxLink to TurboTax 98. You can 
download the update at the Intuit Web site at 

http://www.pcworld.com/r/tw/1%2C2061%2Ctw-bb1%2C00.html 


*6.   MICROSOFT MESSAGE QUEUE SERVER BUG 

Microsoft has identified a problem you may face when you apply the year 
2000 update from the full download version of Windows NT 4.0 Service 
Pack 4. The problem results in uninstallation of Microsoft Message Queue 
Server from your computer, which means the loss of all messages on that 
computer, in addition to the removal of the computer and its queues from 
the Message Queue Information Store (MQIS) database. Unfortunately, 
reinstalling Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) won't recover the messages or 
redefine the queues previously associated with the computer. Microsoft has 
confirmed this to be a problem in the Y2ksetup.exe file included with the 
full download version of the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4. 

The resolution to this problem isn't a simple one. Microsoft recommends the 
following actions. If you applied the full download version of Service 
Pack 4, removing your MSMQ, you should reference the following article in 
the Microsoft Knowledge Base for recovery information: 

ARTICLE-ID: Q197534 
TITLE: FIX: Recovering Messages & Redefining Queues after Applying SP4 


*7.   TAX RESEARCH FOR WINDOWS 3.X FIX 

Your tax tools and resources must be running 100 percent smoothly to keep 
you out of the tax audit office. You should check your tax preparation 
software and any other resources you'll use to prepare your taxes. If 
you're using TaxTool's Tax Research CD-ROM under Windows 3.x, you may 
experience problems with the Multi-Search feature. Again, this problem 
affects ONLY Windows 3.x users; Windows 95 and 98 users should not install 
this fix. To resolve this problem, you can download the fix from 

http://www.taxtools.com/fix_trw.htm 


*8.   GROUPWISE 5.5 SUPPORT PACK 1 

Novell recently released a patch kit for GroupWise 5.5 (English version), 
which updates GroupWise Administration, Agents, and Clients for version 
5.5. This latest release of the Support Pack also addresses problems with 
the installation process found in the previous release. You'll find the 
Support Pack in the file gw55sp1.exe on the Novell Web site at 

http://support.novell.com/misc/patlst.htm 


*9.   SQL SERVER 6.5 SERVICE PACK 4 

To address a host of issues with SQL Server 6.5, Microsoft recently 
released an updated Service Pack--version 4--which provides fixes and other 
enhancements since the last release. To download the Support Pack, go to 

http://support.microsoft.com/support/downloads 


*10.   ACT 4.0.2 PATCHES FOR WINDOWS 95 AND NT 

Symantec's ACT personal management software is a powerful tool for keeping 
yourself organized. To address some known problems and add a few 
enhancements, Symantec has released an update to ACT 4.0 and 4.0.1 for 
Windows and NT. This patch includes better integration with Microsoft 
Outlook 98, improved label margin formatting, autosave of customized 
settings, and resolution of problems with Internet links when you're 
running ACT on Windows NT 4.0. For the complete list of changes and fixes, 
and to download the update, visit the Symantec Web site at 

http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/files/act/act40.html
