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Shared (Network) Quicken 2007 Jan Groshan 08-22-2007
Posted by Jan Groshan on August 22, 2007, 12:54 am
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 Okay ... here's a new question. I have Quicken 2007 installed on two XP Pro
computers. The "data" is stored on Computer A. I want Computer B to be able
to not only see the data, but work with it. I've "shared" the "data" folder,
but for some reason Computer B asks me for a data file location every time I
open Quicken and I have to go through the whole My Network Places routine to
get to it. What can I do so that Computer B will open with the file already
there ?



Posted by Han on August 22, 2007, 6:50 am
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> Okay ... here's a new question. I have Quicken 2007 installed on two
> XP Pro computers. The "data" is stored on Computer A. I want Computer
> B to be able to not only see the data, but work with it. I've "shared"
> the "data" folder, but for some reason Computer B asks me for a data
> file location every time I open Quicken and I have to go through the
> whole My Network Places routine to get to it. What can I do so that
> Computer B will open with the file already there ?
>
Several ways:
make a shortcut on the computer that does NOT have the data with the
shortcut just referfencing the qdf file of your data set. Double
clicking that should launch Quicken with tha data set, although the file
is not on that computer. Note that if this is a computer that an
unwanted person could get into would subject you to the possibility of
identity fraud. If yor email address is real, note that it isn't smart
to identify yourself in a newsgroup.

GO FIND OUT WHAT MUNGING MEANS.

The other way is to run the computer with the data remotely.

BUT FIRST, make sure that you practice safe computing.

--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

Posted by Jason H on August 22, 2007, 8:22 am
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Quicken is not designed to work in a network environment and Intuit will
provide no support for such use.

> Okay ... here's a new question. I have Quicken 2007 installed on two XP
> Pro computers. The "data" is stored on Computer A. I want Computer B to be
> able to not only see the data, but work with it. I've "shared" the "data"
> folder, but for some reason Computer B asks me for a data file location
> every time I open Quicken and I have to go through the whole My Network
> Places routine to get to it. What can I do so that Computer B will open
> with the file already there ?
>



Posted by Jan Groshan on August 22, 2007, 9:11 am
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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.


>
>> Okay ... here's a new question. I have Quicken 2007 installed on two
>> XP Pro computers. The "data" is stored on Computer A. I want Computer
>> B to be able to not only see the data, but work with it. I've "shared"
>> the "data" folder, but for some reason Computer B asks me for a data
>> file location every time I open Quicken and I have to go through the
>> whole My Network Places routine to get to it. What can I do so that
>> Computer B will open with the file already there ?
>>
> Several ways:
> make a shortcut on the computer that does NOT have the data with the
> shortcut just referfencing the qdf file of your data set. Double
> clicking that should launch Quicken with tha data set, although the file
> is not on that computer. Note that if this is a computer that an
> unwanted person could get into would subject you to the possibility of
> identity fraud. If yor email address is real, note that it isn't smart
> to identify yourself in a newsgroup.
>
> GO FIND OUT WHAT MUNGING MEANS.
>
> The other way is to run the computer with the data remotely.
>
> BUT FIRST, make sure that you practice safe computing.
>
> --
> Best regards
> Han
> email address is invalid



Posted by Newsgroup Reader on August 22, 2007, 9:35 am
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> 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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