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Posted by Rich Morey on November 14, 2007, 11:35 am
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Hi --
Also, I only installed th DB Server on the server (not QuickBooks) and I did
not turn on multi-user hosting on any of the users PCs.
Rich
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>> Hi..
>>
>> I don't have the exact message and its not an error message. It is a
>> notification that the file has been opened in multi-user mode and info
>> about how to switch to single user mode.
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> The message you are getting appears to be a notification to the user that
> the file they opened is being hosted by their workstation and not the
> server. If data files are located on a dedicated server then hosting must
> be turned off on the client machines. The manual states the following:
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> The server must be the only host for the company files. The server serves
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> data to other computers (clients) on the network.
>
> Verify that only the server has multi-user hosting enabled. All clients
> must
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> have multi-user hosting disabled.
>
> Note If you installed the Database Server only on a file server, you do
> not need to
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> enable multi-user hosting on the server. However, you must make sure that
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> all clients have multi-user hosting disabled.
>
> ?? To verify that multi-user hosting is enabled on the server:
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> 1 Start Enterprise Solutions on the server (the computer where the
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> company files are located).
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> 2 Go to the File menu and click Utilities.
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> 3 Verify that Stop Hosting Multi-User Access is displayed in the Utilities
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> menu.
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> If Host Multi-User Access is displayed in the Utilities menu, the
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> computer is not currently the host for the company files. Follow the
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> steps below.
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> a Click Host Multi-User Access.
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> b Click Yes when prompted to start multi-user access.
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> c Click Yes when prompted to close and reopen the company file.
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> To make sure that your clients have multi-user hosting turned off, follow
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> the procedure above on each client. Host Multi-User Access must be
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> displayed in the Utilities menu on each client.
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>
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>> Rich
>>
>>
>>>
>>>> We are evaluating QuickBooks 2008 Enterprise and I am concerned about
>>>> (so far) our inability to open a data file in multi-user mode by
>>>> default, the message that additional users recieve when they open a
>>>> data file about "multi-user" mode, and, most of all, the apparent
>>>> constant need to start (or re-start) the "Database Server" software on
>>>> our network server (Windows 2003) even though the DB Service is started
>>>> by default.
>>>
>>> Care to share with us the message your users get?
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone tell me about their experience -- good or bad -- using
>>>> QuickBooks in a true multi-user enviornment?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Rich
>>>>
>>>
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>>
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