John....I also have an OEM version of Money 2004, it came with a new pc. I
also use the Money Central Portfolio which is a web based Money 2005
Portfolio. I wanted to import my data from the web or my backup CD. I had
thought that my issues with using OEM 2004 were password (I kept getting
error messages relating to my password.) related but were instead because my
web based files are Money 2005 and only after spending hours researching the
MS KB saw that by design, the files are not backwards compatable. So, as I
only intended to use the OEM Money 2004 to work offline........my inability
to use it is not a huge loss. You did not go into detail about whatever else
you tried before deciding that your issues were only password related but my
research of the MS Knowledge Base offerd several other things that might be
the problem including installation issues.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;317638 There are more articles there too but are not as organized as other
Microsoft products. I came across my solution by accident! My pc manufactor
also offered me the same solution that you tried but did not know that the
different versions of Money were not compatable. If you have any tech support
with your pc, perhaps they can be a resource........they could not be as bad
as mine.....I spent days trying to figure out a problem which to many would
have been obvious......but not to me!
Good Luck,
Colleen