On Jun 27, 7:36*am, Richard <Rich...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I installed Office Accounting 2009 and tried to import data from Microsoft
> Money Plus Home and Business. After selecting the file to import, I am asked
> to provided my Windows Live password, which I did. *The error was always
> "Authentication Failed". *I confirmed and even reset my Windows Live password
> to no avail. *I removed and downloaded Office Accounting again, rebooted,
> closed EVERYTHING else and the error persists. *The Help and password links
> on the authentication box do not work
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If you use the Microsoft Money password manager, under the file menu,
you can remove the Live ID making your Money file unprotected. This
will allow bypassing the authentication dialog and the problem. For
security, I recommend adding the Live ID back to Money after you
complete the import. I also have Accounting 2009 SP1 installed but I
don't know if this matters for this problem. Hopefully the rest of
Accounting 2009 will operate better than the import process.