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Posted by Jan Groshan on August 22, 2007, 10:23 am
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We are networked via a hardwire router, not wireless. Yes, I shared the
folder with the B computer. When I open Quicken on the B computer, I get the
opening screen asking me if I want to open a file on that computer, restore
a file, or create a new file. In order to get to the data I need to go to My
Network Places, and then choose the shared folder, and then choose which
file I'm sharing in that folder. What I want is when the B computer opens
Quicken, the information is already there. I'm aware that only A or B can be
in the program at a given time. That's not a problem. Having the B computer
open directly to the shared file is. That's why I thought mapping might be
the answer. If the A computer is always on when the B computer boots up,
would that error message still occur ?
>
>> I'll try that suggestion, thanks. My other thought was to map the drive
> that
>> the data resides on.....but I've never mapped a drive before.
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SNIP >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> You haven't said how the computers are linked. If we assume you are using
> a
> router and B -at least - hooks in wirelessly, then, if you map a drive to
> A,
> you may find that when booting B up you will consistently get an error
> message about not finding a network drive. This will be because the boot
> sequence attends to mapping before your wireless rig detects and links to
> the router.
>
> Once B is up and running, you can sign in (you did share the A
> drive/folder/files with a specific user who needs a password to access A,
> didn't you?!? right?? huh?!?) to A, kick off Quicken and things will work
> hunky dory. Of course, as mentioned elsewhere in this and other threads,
> Quicken is not designed to work in network environment, meaning that in a
> network-aware application individual records are made available and locked
> to first user requesting, and not unlocked until user moves on, which,
> further, means that B could access record, change it and save it, and A
> would be blocked from ALSO changing the same record at the same time,
> although A could read the record. Once B release record, of course, A
> could
> access and change.
>
> Anyway, once you can work with your data from either A or B, make sure no
> one else is using Quicken on B or A, as the case may be (that is, on the
> computer on which you are NOT presently working with Quicken.
>
> Jay
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>
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