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Peachtree Database Engine problem after server 'move'

We currently have 2 users running Peachtree Accounting 2008.  It was installed in a multiuser format meaning that the DB engine and data reside on the server (I am assuming this since I never really touched peachtree).  Lets just say we have Workstation A and the server the data sits on is called ITSERVER01.  This has been a Windows 2003 server (used as a file server only...no apps (so I thought) running off of it)....until recently.  I wasnt aware of these users running peachtree.  I have migrated the server to an EMC Celera NAS calling the server on the NAS the same thing.  Of course now when these users try to access Peachtree, they get the following error:

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My question is can you simply install the Peachtree DB engine on the local workstation while keeping the data on the server or do I need to remove Peachtree and set everything up again?  Trying to make this as painless as possible, but from my understanding, nothing about Peachtree is painless.  How do I get these users Peachtree working so I can keep the data on the NAS? I wish I knew about this before I moved everything.  Any thoughts?  thanks....
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I do not know for Peachtree (I am not a user), but I do know for QuickBooks and Simply Accounting. There is a Database Manager that needs to be installed on the Server. That is what the error message above says. Check Add/Remove Programs on the Windows 2003 Server and you will probably find the Database Manager.

Typically, you would put the Peachtree CD in the Server, find and select the Database Manager, install it on the Server and scan for the Peachtree database. For QuickBooks, the database must be on the same physical partition on the server as the database manager.

Now try again to access. ..... Thinkpads_User
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Temporarily turned the old server back on so the user could work in Peachtree...will look at a more permanent solution later.  thanks for the help.