Tips
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The following quick tips are made available to assist you in getting the most out of your software quickly.
Installation checklist:
- Log into Windows as a user with administrative privileges.
- Check the system requirements and make sure the required components are already installed.
- Perform any outstanding system updates.
- Uninstall any previous version, if it exists.
- Turn off all antivirus or security softwares temporarily before installing.
Useful SQL Information:
- By default the named instance of the server is ACESOFT.
- By default the name of the database is BusinessMgr.
- Obtain the host name/IP address of the computer the SQL Server is located on.
- You must have a valid user name for the database.
- The user name must have a valid Windows password or be an authenticated Windows login.
- Make sure the Server has granted the user rights to access the database.
- Make sure the "Surface Configuration" settings for the SQL server allows remote connections.
- Make sure the user can login to the Server machine if the Server is on a different computer.
- In the event of problems logging in you may try forcing the connection protocol. Insert np: or tcp: before the hostname in the server selection dialog. (i.e. np:ELVIS\ACESoft)