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Time To Chose A QuickBooks Hosting Provider

Published on May 22, 2011 By Les Murphy

If you are tackling a new QuickBooks server installation, consider this story line. Let me be honest with myself here. I would like to have a five user QuickBooks installation that allows me the same functionality as a commercially hosted QuickBooks setup, one that would run me $250 per month. Actually, I really want to [...]

New Company File in QuickBooks

Published on March 12, 2011 By Les Murphy

I start out each year with a new company file for QuickBooks. It seems perfectly reasonable because my QuickBooks complexity does not effect my process of creating the file. Starting with a new file keeps QuickBooks operating fast and error free. I’ve always taken my process for granted because is as simple as exporting lists [...]

You Can Still Buy A New XP Pro Computer

Published on February 7, 2011 By Les Murphy

I published this article almost a year ago. I wanted to update everyone that might need an XP Pro computer. As of yesterday, I can still purchase a new XP Pro computer. There continues a need to have a physical CPU with XP Pro, necessary to run legacy applications, especially in the security and medical [...]

QuickBooks Server Remote Applications On A Shoe String

Published on May 23, 2010 By Les Murphy

They say one picture’s worth a thousand words. Check out this screen shot of my QuickBooks Remote Application Server, a QuickBooks multi user terminal server on a shoe string. You can plainly see three users’ remote desktop QuickBooks Multi User sessions and an administrator desktop session simultaneously working on an XP Pro based terminal server. [...]

Annoying QuickBooks Error Codes

Published on January 1, 2010 By Les Murphy

If your a QuickBooks user like me, you’ve probably noticed all of the mentions of errors popping up in QuickBooks about the time anyone gets up a head of steam to do a bunch of work. Again, if you are like me, you want all of your software to work all of the time. So, [...]