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A Summary Of Content Added In December, 2011
Will networking be difficult?
No! No! No! First of all, Simple Accounting is compatible with all major network operating systems, including Novell Netware® and Microsoft Windows Server®. You may also use Windows XP Professional’s built-in file sharing. We will not support this for connecting more than three computers in this manner and you must ensure that whichever machine is… Read more.
Posted In: Frequently Asked QuestionsHow much disk space is required?
Simple Accounting only requires about 10 MB of disk space to install and. You can generally estimate the data storage requirements based on the number of orders you process per month with each order requiring approximately 10k bytes of disk space. So if you process 1,000 orders per month, count on using 10 MB of… Read more.
Posted In: Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat kind of hardware do you recommend?
Simple Accounting will run on any Windows XP machine with at least 256MB of RAM and a hard disk with at least 10 meg of free disk space. However, Simple Accounting is designed to take special advantage of newer systems with more memory and dual core processors such as the AMD Athlon. Using these advanced… Read more.
Posted In: Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat about technical support?
One of our primary goals is to avoid technical support calls if at all possible. Because many, if not most, support calls shouldn’t happen in the first place. Either the program is too hard to use, does not function properly, or is not documented accurately. So we take a pro-active approach by making our documentation… Read more.
Posted In: Frequently Asked QuestionsIs on site training available?
Yes. About 50% of our customers opt to have a trainer visit their site, or come to beautiful Seattle for a two day training session. We don’t recommend (or require it) for all customers, because frankly many of you can get started quite well on your own, thank you! (It is called Simple Accounting, after… Read more.
Posted In: Frequently Asked QuestionsHow long will it take me to get this system up and running?
So long as you use the included chart of accounts, you should be ready to begin entering new orders within a few minutes of installation; setup is quite easy. To convert from your present system will probably take a couple of days, however, including entering open orders, invoices and the various data files such as… Read more.
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