Questions tagged [quickbooks]
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QuickBooks on Amazon Workspaces?
I'm trying to get QuickBooks Desktop 2021 working on multiple instances of Amazon Workspaces. My end goal is for each Windows 10 Workspace to access our QuickBooks company file via a mapped drive from ...
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QuickBooks - Windows Server 2016 Network Files Randomly Disappear when Browsed by QuickBooks Client
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We have 18 QuickBooks company files in a mult-user environment running on a new installation of Windows Server 2016. The QuickBooks Database Server Manager is installed. All of these ...
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Can't stop Base Filtering Engine service on Windows Server 2016 Essentials
According to Quickbooks Help, every time we restart our server (Server 2016 Essentials) we need to restart the Base Filtering Engine service. This procedure has always worked in the past for us. ...
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basic lan host/ server network performance bottlenecks in serving quickbooks company file to ~15 users? [closed]
assuming all other network infrastructure is fixed, what host machine factors are relevant as far as network performance in serving a quickbooks company file over lan?
host is a win10 machine used ...
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Previously Working Quickbooks Integrated Applications Crash On Fresh Server Install
We have just migrated to a new server for one of our clients and we have two applications that integrate with Quickbooks using the Quickbooks COM library. Both of these applications worked without ...
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No Internet access from Server, but can access on other PC's
I've got a question about a Windows 2008 server that can't seem to access the Internet.
This particular server is in Dallas and I'm in Houston, so I can't "physically" get to the server, but, ...
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Service fails to start - very little info in logs
I am trying to get the Quickbooks Database Server installed on my server. It is an old version intended to be installed on Fedora 6. I have successfully installed it on Fedora 7 with no issues at all. ...
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Debugging slow Quickbooks in multi-user mode
Building 1: Main QB server with 15 users
Building 2: 12 users accessing the QB server
There is no sluggishness in building 1. Building 2 has issues. They can RDP to the server fine with no lag but ...
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Running desktop software as a "service"
We've got a Windows Server Standard 2008 server that needs to run QuickBooks Sync Manager, which is an application that only works properly from one user account (the account that configured it).
The ...
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Gracefully log all users out of QuickBooks via command line
I am helping administer systems for a small business that (unfortunately) uses QuickBooks 14 to manage its accounting.
As an aside, is it just me or is QuickBooks one of the most poorly-programmed ...
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Preventing quickbooks from starting on all users
This might be an easy question but I have to ask it.
Only three users out of 200 use quick books on term server. How can I prevent quicksbooks from starting its tray and autoupadates for each users
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SPF Records for QuickBooks Online
QuickBooks online sends email from the email address listed on the account. This is always going to be the email address of the business rather than an email address that Intuit have permission to ...
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Concurrent users with Quickbooks? [closed]
I work in a company with 3 people who regularly use the same Quickbooks file. However, they work remotely on different networks. I need to implement a solution that allows all three of us to access ...
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Changing Idle time for server 2003
I have a user using quickbooks 2013 remotely from her house. She logs in to our server and will be working but if she idles for too long the server makes her log back in. Normally this would be ok ...
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Is there a way to backup quick books pro 2008 in multi user mode?
We are wanting to backup our quick books files in multi user mode to an external hard drive, is this possible?
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Quickbooks Server - insane fragmentation and disk space concerns
So I recently came into a position to manage the server for our small, 12 person, company. The previous sysadmin here had absolutely no clue what he was doing, and has left the following situation. I ...
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Running QuickBooks in a XenApp Environment
Just curious if people recommend running QuickBooks on the regular Citrix servers or if it's best to keep a separate server in the farm specifically for QuickBooks.
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Quickbooks 2011 now requires UAC logn, but the currently logged on user and password WORKS FINE?
I have a real strange one... I do IT work for an accounting firm, and because they have such a diverse group of clients, they have many different versions of Quickbooks installed at once. All ...
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Disable prompt "allow script/activex control to run"
We have a policy of disallowing scripts and ActiveX controls to run on in IE our network (instead opting to use Firefox) thereby skirting a number of security issues dating back to IE 6, but we ...
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Can OS-X Snow Leopard Server run Parallels 5 with Win-XP and then have QuickBooks Multi user hosted there?
We have a 2.66GHz Mac mini Snow leopard Server with the HDs in a RAID1 configuration and we have a need to use Multi user QuickBooks 2009 Premiere Contractors edition.
Can we install Parallels 5 on ...
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Quickbooks and Cisco ASA 5505
I have a Cisco ASA 5505, and everything has seemed to function fine, however I have had problems with Quickbooks 2008 running super slow over the network (Samba) and narrowed it down to the Cisco box. ...
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Quickbooks Enterprise vs Microsoft Dynamics GP [closed]
We have outgrown Quickbooks Pro and are currently shopping for a replacement. We are debating on moving up in the Quickbooks chain and going with QB Enterprise, or possibly moving over to Microsoft ...
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How Can I Automate the Backup of a Quickbooks Server?
I have three computers: The first is the company file server which has the Quick Books company file, is always on, and lives in the closet. The other two are Quick Books Clients. All are XP Pro.
I ...
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Unable to surf to Internet Explorer 8 Trusted sites
After an install of QuickBooks 2009 Pro (QB) I'm getting a prompt that IE 8 seucurity settings need to be changed. When I click "Fix errors" it opens the standard IE 8 add site to Trusted site dialog.
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Subversion and Quickbooks Files
I currently have a large problem on one of the file servers I manage for an Accounting Firm.
Quickbooks has a tendency to create multiple files of the same thing over and over to prevent data loss. ...
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Is QuickBooks Online a viable alternative to QuickBooks?
I'm looking into moving a small non-profit business from a desktop-based Quickbooks Pro setup to Intuit's QuickBooks Online service. I'm primarily looking for a more reliable setup for them, as they'...