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Quick Facts About Microsoft Office Click-to-Run

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:06:49 +0000

Microsoft Office Click-to-Run does not have the same functionality as a full retail version that is downloaded from the internet or installed from a CD/DVD. [Read the full article...]

Happy 10th Birthday – Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc.

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:00:04 +0000

Back 2000 who would have thought that developing a QuickBooks integrated add-on would become a very popular trend among software developers? There wasn't even a widely known, let alone an "Intuit approved method" of accessing QuickBooks data at that time, so WHY would anyone want to form a company that would utilize QuickBooks [Read the full article...]

It’s Best to Leave Your PC Running 24/7 – True or False

Nancy Smyth — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:00:33 +0000

This is something that has plagued me for years - should I leave my computer running all the time or not. Where do you stand on this issue? Do you shut your computer off at night or always leave it running.......and [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Question – Tracking Prevailing Wage Fringe Benefits

Nancy Smyth — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:00:31 +0000

We were just awarded a contract with the Department of Defense and have to pay our employees "prevailing wage" and submit certified payroll reports. I called Intuit Support to ask them about prevailing wage, certified payroll, and how to track the fringe benefits; they weren't very helpful - they just told me that QuickBooks can produce the certified payroll report.......can you help me understand all [Read the full article...]

New law should spur small businesses to use software | Richmond Times-Dispatch

Nancy Smyth — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:28:12 +0000

NEW YORK Tucked away in the health-care overhaul bill that became law this year was a provision that will require small-business owners to keep better records of what they buy. They’ll also have to report some purchases to the government.

This new law requires small businesses to issue 1099 forms to people [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks & AVG Anti-Virus software

Nancy Smyth — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:00:26 +0000

A recent AVG Anti-Virus update was responsible for receiving the following error message when trying to open (start) QuickBooks: An error occurred when QuickBooks tried to start the database server that manages access to the QuickBooks company file. Error (-6094,0). This error has now been [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks 2010 – Email Marketing, No Windows Vista or 7 Support

Nancy Smyth — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:41:51 +0000

Email Marketing is something else that Intuit has built into QuickBooks 2010, so I went to check it out. Requires Internet Explorer and it doesn't support Windows Vista or 7. How can this [Read the full article...]

FREE Online Classes from HP

Nancy Smyth — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:37:13 +0000

The Hewlett Packard OnLine Learning Center (http://h30187.www3.hp.com/?hplcpsession.id=378407e42df3dec27b2651d8d443&tab=allClasses) offers lots of free “classes”.

Whether you need to learn about your new Vista computer or Microsoft Office 2007, this is definitely a good resource.

Owning your own business…

Nancy Smyth — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:21:12 +0000

Owning your own business is great, but there are drawbacks:

You can’t fire yourself because you own the business. When you are the boss, nobody will fire you (even if they might like to!) If you could fire yourself, you wouldn’t be able to collect unemployment (at least not here in Vermont). Your business consumes you, you think about [Read the full article...]