SAGE 50 ACCOUNTING NETWORK SETUP!!
Posted: 02 Dec 2008, 09:38
WE HAVE SAGE 50 ACCOUNTS 2008 RUNNING ON 1 PC AND I AM TRYING TO CONNECT A 2ND PC TO IT (WHICH WE HAVE THE LICENCE FOR AND HAVE HAD RUNNING ONCE BEFORE FROM DIFFERENT PC'S). I HAVE INSTALLED A FRESH COPY OF SAGE ON THE 2ND PC AND HAVE IT ON THE NETWORK.
THE ACCDATA FOLDER ON THE MAIN PC IS AS FOLLOWS C:/DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS/ALL USERS/APPLICATION DATA(WHICH WAS A HIDDEN FILE)/SAGE/ACCOUNTS/2008/COMPANY.000/ACCDATA
IF I TRY AND MAP A NETWORK DRIVE TO ANY OF THE ABOVE FOLDERS I GET AN ACCESS IS DENIED MESSAGE, YET IF I TRY AND MAP A NETWORK DRIVE TO ANY OTHER FOLDER THAT WASN'T A HIDDEN FOLDER IT WORKS?
ALL PERMISSIONS ARE SET CORRECTLY FROM WHAT I CAN SEE AND I EVEN TURNED THE FIREWALL OFF IN CASE THAT WAS THE PROBLEM BUT STILL NOTHING!
I HOPE THE ABOVE MAKES SENSE? IF ANYBODY CAN HELP IT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED AS I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING AND AM GETTING DESPERATE.
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY REPLIES!
THE ACCDATA FOLDER ON THE MAIN PC IS AS FOLLOWS C:/DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS/ALL USERS/APPLICATION DATA(WHICH WAS A HIDDEN FILE)/SAGE/ACCOUNTS/2008/COMPANY.000/ACCDATA
IF I TRY AND MAP A NETWORK DRIVE TO ANY OF THE ABOVE FOLDERS I GET AN ACCESS IS DENIED MESSAGE, YET IF I TRY AND MAP A NETWORK DRIVE TO ANY OTHER FOLDER THAT WASN'T A HIDDEN FOLDER IT WORKS?
ALL PERMISSIONS ARE SET CORRECTLY FROM WHAT I CAN SEE AND I EVEN TURNED THE FIREWALL OFF IN CASE THAT WAS THE PROBLEM BUT STILL NOTHING!
I HOPE THE ABOVE MAKES SENSE? IF ANYBODY CAN HELP IT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED AS I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING AND AM GETTING DESPERATE.
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY REPLIES!