Re: QuickBooks 2002

From: Bob (bob4sold_at_DONTSPAMMEyahoo.com)
Date: 12/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:27:11 -0600

OK Susan, I'll look forward to your blog. In the meantime I'll give the
user admin rights for the install and then change it to power user after the
install.

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InCtrl5:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,9882,00.asp

For QB2002 I had to wack open classesroot and I can't remember all the
places that it needed to be wacked.

I'll be doing this on a couple of workstations tomorrow so I'll blog
about it this weekend.

bob wrote:
> Susan, below is what I found in a Google search, you posted it in April.
>
> On those desktops the best thing to do is run down in user mode and not
> let those desktops run in administrator mode BUT grab a copy of
> Systinternals Filemon and Regmon programs because if your business
> applications are anything like mine [Quickbooks] even those I have a
> 2004 version they [Quickbooks] are built like this was 1995 and I'm
> running Win95 or something. Give rights like power user and local admin
> sparingly.
>
> Quickbooks requires power user rights or above. To get it to run in
> user mode I had to open up registry keys [full rights] to certain keys
> in Classes root and what not [note to self still need to put this on web
> site and do a show and tell]
>
>
> Yes, I need it to run in user mode Susan. Is that possible?
>
>
> This second one is to ensure thatr file locking doesn't occur on
> databases. [and quickbooks]
> 2. Disable oplocking
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q296264
>
> Lastly this turns off the annoyance of XPs and 2k's have of "falling"
> off the LAN and then needing to be clicked to be reconnected. In our
> little lans I turn this off.
> 3. Disable autodisconnect
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;138365
>
> Or are you talking about user mode?
>
> Bob wrote:
>
>
>>No, not that one. It had something to do with a small script or some kind
>>of entry that would force QB to work. Thanks for trying but not that one.
>>I'm not using ISA, just SBS standard.
>>
>>Hi Bob,
>>
>>Do you mean this one:?
>>
>>Smallbizserver.Net > SBS 2000 > ISA Server 2000 > Why does Quickbooks not
>>work with ISA:
>>http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=90
>>
>
>
>
> 

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