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Thanks Mike, spot on.<br />
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Paul.
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Dear All,<br />
<br />
We've upgraded our 2006 version of Act! To 2011 professional.<br />
<br />
I have converted our database and layouts/templates on our SBS2008 Standard Proliant server.<br />
<br />
The 2006 database was on a mapped network drive and I can't access the new one from any of the three Win 7 clients on the network. I have read and implemented all KB's from Sage I could find regarding shares on local folders and permissions including firewall exceptions and port settings, but no luck.<br />
<br />
The main issue I have noted from the KB's that I can't get around is that I cannot share the database in the TOOLS | MAINTENANCE menu of Act! The option is not able to be selected or ticked.<br />
<br />
The error I receive when trying to open the database on the server drive from the clients is that the database cannot be found on be local machine.<br />
<br />
I initially thought that maybe it was a hangover from the database conversion, so I created a new one, importing all records but to no avail.<br />
<br />
Any guidance in sorting this out would be appreciated.<br />
<br />
Kind regards,<br />
<br />
Paul
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Dear All,

We've upgraded our 2006 version of Act! To 2011 professional.

I have converted our database and layouts/templates on our SBS2008 Standard Proliant server.

The 2006 database was on a mapped network drive and I can't access the new one from any of the three Win 7 clients on the network. I have read and implemented all KB's from Sage I could find regarding shares on local folders and permissions including firewall exceptions and port settings, but no luck.

The main issue I have noted from the KB's that I can't get around is that I cannot share the database in the TOOLS | MAINTENANCE menu of Act! The option is not able to be selected or ticked.

The error I receive when trying to open the database on the server drive from the clients is that the database cannot be found on be local machine.

I initially thought that maybe it was a hangover from the database conversion, so I created a new one, importing all records but to no avail.

Any guidance in sorting this out would be appreciated.

Kind regards,

Paul

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