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How to install? Matt 01-07-2008
Posted by Matt on January 7, 2008, 1:51 pm
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 I have just purchsed QuickBooks Pro 2008 3 user and Enhanced Payroll to
replace my Peachtree Complete 2005. We just have 3 computers on a small
"home network" (just a basic DSL connection with a router) with a simple
stand alone network drive and I'm not 100% sure how to set up QuickBooks
after reading the instructions. On Peachtree I just moved the company folder
to the network drive and then altered the start up file to point to the
drive. But if I'm reading this right... do I have to install QuickBooks on
the network drive and then on each individual computer?



Posted by Gary E on January 7, 2008, 8:00 pm
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 Matt

One computer hosts the company file. You cannot copy to a network drive and
share the file, it must be hosted. QuickBooks must be installed on the
computer, host the file, and share the drive. Then everyone can access the
file. QuickBooks doesn;t even have to running on the computer, though it
does have to installed and hosting the file (being a server), therefore you
can use an expiating license to install and host. The standalone network
drive might be an issue

I have a link on my website to this www.egerer.net - QuickBooks 2006 mutely
user.

Gary

>I have just purchsed QuickBooks Pro 2008 3 user and Enhanced Payroll to
>replace my Peachtree Complete 2005. We just have 3 computers on a small
>"home network" (just a basic DSL connection with a router) with a simple
>stand alone network drive and I'm not 100% sure how to set up QuickBooks
>after reading the instructions. On Peachtree I just moved the company
>folder to the network drive and then altered the start up file to point to
>the drive. But if I'm reading this right... do I have to install QuickBooks
>on the network drive and then on each individual computer?
>



Posted by Matt on January 8, 2008, 7:54 am
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> Matt
>
> One computer hosts the company file. You cannot copy to a network drive
> and share the file, it must be hosted. QuickBooks must be installed on the
> computer, host the file, and share the drive. Then everyone can access the
> file. QuickBooks doesn;t even have to running on the computer, though it
> does have to installed and hosting the file (being a server), therefore
> you can use an expiating license to install and host. The standalone
> network drive might be an issue
>
> I have a link on my website to this www.egerer.net - QuickBooks 2006
> mutely user.
>
> Gary
>
Thanks Gary. That sort of pisses me of considering I explained in detail my
current setup and equiptment to the sales rep and they told me that
Quickbooks would work the same way as my current Peachtree setup is running.



Posted by Allan Martin on January 8, 2008, 8:58 am
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>
>> Matt
>>
>> One computer hosts the company file. You cannot copy to a network drive
>> and share the file, it must be hosted. QuickBooks must be installed on
>> the computer, host the file, and share the drive. Then everyone can
>> access the file. QuickBooks doesn;t even have to running on the computer,
>> though it does have to installed and hosting the file (being a server),
>> therefore you can use an expiating license to install and host. The
>> standalone network drive might be an issue
>>
>> I have a link on my website to this www.egerer.net - QuickBooks 2006
>> mutely user.
>>
>> Gary
>>
> Thanks Gary. That sort of pisses me of considering I explained in detail
> my current setup and equiptment to the sales rep and they told me that
> Quickbooks would work the same way as my current Peachtree setup is
> running.

How do you know it does not? QuickBooks in a multiuser setting requires that
one workstaion or the server host the data file. Certainly having the
database manager running on a dedicated server and hosting the file is the
best way to go. You can have the file hosted by one of the workstations.
Peachtree probably works the same way.

In any event if you have three concurrent users you should have a dedicated
server no matter what accounting program you are using.




>
>


Posted by Allan Martin on January 8, 2008, 9:34 am
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Setting up QuickBooks in Alternate mode

Use this method if you are unable to install QuickBooks on the machine that
stores your company files.

1.. Open QuickBooks on the computer that you want to use as the host for
the company file.
2.. Select the File menu, and select Utilities > Host Multi-User Access.
3.. Click Yes to start hosting, and then click OK to continue.
4.. When the message stating you have enabled hosting appears, click OK.
5.. Press F2. You should see a message "Hosting local files."
6.. Open the QuickBooks company file that you want to host multi-user
access:
1.. Select the File menu and select Open Company.
2.. When the message "Hosting Configuration Change [H505]" appears,
click Alternate.
Important: If you want the same computer to be the host in Alternate mode
each time QuickBooks is used, the computer either must run QuickBooks all
the time or it must be the first computer to log into the company file each
day. This prevents another computer from becoming the host.


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