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Posted by Haskel LaPort on May 16, 2008, 11:22 pm
Please log in for more thread options >>> Good evening from Wisconsin,
>>>
>>> I have a client who currently uses QuickBooks Premier 2008 on one PC
>>> and would like to now use it from four different PCs. The employees
>>> on those PCs have different working hours so the QuickBooks data files
>>> will only be open from one PC at a time.
>>>
>>> I have moved the data files from the original PC and installed the
>>> network server portion of QuickBooks Premier 2008 to a server running
>>> Windows Server 2003. The client version of QuickBooks Premier 2008
>>> has been left on the original PC, and accessibility to the data files
>>> on the server have been verified.
>>>
>>> The client found a great deal at a local retailer for three copies of
>>> QuickBooks Simple Start 2008 at $9.99ea (a typo in their inventory
>>> database perhaps) and had me install it on the other three PCs. When
>>> I go to access the QuickBooks company file, I receive an error
>>> indicating invalid permissions but as I have verified accessibility
>>> with the existing QuickBooks Premier copy, my suspicion is that data
>>> files created with Premier are not compatible with Simple Start.
>>>
>>> However, I cannot find any documentation that would indicate such an
>>> incompatibility. Can I please be pointed to such a reference, if it
>>> exists?
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>>
>> Wow your client got ripped off. That is a lot of money for Simple Start,
>> I thought that piece of garbage was free. Any who, there may be a
>> possible rights issue to the folder where the data file is located.
>
> I agree especially since SS is now free from Intuit. At least Pro Advisors
> can get them for free.
>
>> I believe all versions can access files created in other versions with
>> the exception of Enterprise. You can certainly test that assumption out
>> by copying the data file to a local folder on one of the three new
>> workstations and see if it opens locally.
>
> The underlying structure of SS through Premier are all the same. I have
> been able to open my company file created by Premier accountant version
> and Toggle down to SS. Features that are not available in SS don't exist
> but will reappear when you toggle back to Premier.
>
>> Its also possible that Simple may not be able to work with a file that is
>> being hosted by another computer, its an environment that I would never
>> even bother to try out, Simple is that bad.
>
> This might be the issue. As the name implies SS is the lowest level
> program. I doubt it supports networking.
>
> I would try using something like LogMeIn Free or GoToMyPC instead of
> accessing the file through the network to see if that works for the remote
> employees. Have your users log into the computer that uses Premier to
> access the file. There are so many features missing SS that your employees
> will get frustrated very quickly especially if they have used Premier.
Also since only one user will be accessing the file at one time there is no
need to have the file hosted.
The file can physically be located on the server but there is no need for a
database engine running on the server.
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