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best way to install accountancy package so it can be accessed over network

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  • 08-10-2008 5:44pm
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    duleekboy
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    its time to update my small business accountancy package

    my existing package is from the 90s and that pc is only turned on to access the accounts package

    the whole is networked now with 3 computers happily coexisting and sharing content

    now it would be nice if i could get the accounts package networked also

    would this be possible?

    2 pcs are running on xp whilst laptop has vista

    is it just a matter of sharing the drive on which it is installed on across the network

    the accountancy package is quickbooks


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    Webmonkey
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    I amn't quite sure it will work, due to stuff being needed in the registry and all. Saying that, the old Lotus Approach database software used to run from a shared drive. Can be quite slow though.


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    NullZer0
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    what software is it?


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    NullZer0
    Registered Users Posts: 1,629 ✭✭✭NullZer0


    sorry just noticed that now.

    I use to work for said company - its been a while though.

    Ok... you install Quickbooks on each computer and set up one central share for the data. If you had an extra computer you could run as a server this would be ideal.


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Most applications, particularly accounting ones, can be tweaked with to do this using a server/central storage as mentioned above.

    Watch out for licensing though. You may require a different licence to run the software in a network environment.


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