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QB Regular 2006 - Multiple users?

Everything I have read seems to suggest it is not possible to run two versions of Quickbooks Regular 2006 who access the same company file simultaneously on different PCs.

Is this true and do I need at least Pro 2006 edition (or upgrade to the 2008 equivalent) or can it be done some other way?

Carol Chisholm

You can't open the same company file on 2 PCs unless you buy the network version.

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tigermatt

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I currently have 1 license for QB Regular 2006, so by sourcing a second one I can install that and convert all the company files to multi user mode. And that acts like a database I guess, so a change made by one user is replicated to all the others?

Do you have any reference material or links I can refer to regarding this procedure?

Have some more points...

cbmm

basically on the pc that will host the qb file, you will have to go to c:\program files\intuit and share the folder or do a search for your company file and share the folder that it is in. then just create a mapped drive on the remote pc to the shared file, this can be done by right clicking the start button and opening explore--tools--map network drive. user whatever drive letter you want, preferably close to end of the alphabet. then once you have done that open quickbooks on the host pc , go to file, change to multi-user. on the remote pc go to file, open compnay, and point to your mapped drive

cbmm

there isnt any modification the original file to use "multi-user" mode

tigermatt

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OK brilliant, will check this out as soon as possible and let you know.

Quickbooks files are on the share on the server it was just the actual bit in Quickbooks which I'm not so good with!

cbmm

then this should be super easy for you

tigermatt

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Thanks very much indeed!