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  • move Sage 50 2024 to a new computer

    Hello. I bought a new laptop with Windows 11, and I want to move my 2 companies to the new computer. Do i just install Sage 50 - 2024 edition on the new computer, then backup (on the current, working old one), and restore to the new one and all should…
  • updating Sage Pro Accounting from 2023.2 to 2024

    Will updating Sage Pro Accounting from version 2023.2 to 2024 allow me to still open company files where they are sending me backups which was made in the 2023.2 version? I am hesitant due to previous experience as if I save the file and send it back…
  • Sage 50 company files will not open from remote workstations after update to 2024, "Sage 50 cannot map the network share to a local drive path on the computer *servername*. Check the network share's registry information."

    Hello everyone, I just updated our server and a few users to the new Sage 50 Canadian 2024 update, and we are now experiencing an issue with opening company files from the server. We have 6 users that have a mapped drive on their local client that points…
  • How long does an upgrade take from BW 2021 to BW 2023?

    This weekend i upgraded our systems from BW 2021sp14 to BW 2023 sp2. But how long did it take? My system is network of 15 desktops running Win 10 and Win11, on Server 2016 ( Dell T550 with RAIDed SSD drives ) all gigabit network connections Our…
  • Tips before upgrading to 2023

    Thinking of upgrading to Sage BusinessWorks 2023? Things you need to know before you begin. Sage BusinessWorks 2023 is upgrading the database engine from Pervasive 10.3 to Actian Zen 15.1 Ensure compatibility with any software that may use Pervasive…
  • Upgrading from Sage 2015 to SageBW 2020 new server

    I've installed SageBW 2020 on a new Windows 2019 datacenter server. I am at the step where i need to restore the systems db and running into the following... should i proceed with update of Sage BW DB's?
  • Facing issue while choosing the endpoint of the imported folder v12.0.21 on a new servers of Sage X3 version 12.0.26

    I got an error while choosing the endpoint of the imported folder v12.0.21 on the X3 version 12.0.26. "Create session error : The folder version is different from the version of the root folder." , As shown in the screenshot below : Has anyone…
  • Proper way to install and upgrade Sage on a new workstation.

    Hey we are moving our current server install of Sage 50 to a new computer and at the same time upgrade from 2020 to 2021. Is there an appropriate way to go about this process. I will also have 5 workstations that will need to be upgrade to 2021 and then…
  • Upgrade issues... anyone else experiencing?

    We did the upgrade from 2020 to 2021 yesterday and I've received the following from employees on items not functioning as before and/or general irritants: ALL areas where notes are - Notes no longer wrap around, they do a long single line, requiring…
  • Migrating Sage300 9.7 to a new server

    I am on Sage 300 CRE and Estimating 9.7 we would like to upgrade to 18.2 CRE and 18.12 Estimating. We have done up a new Windows server 2016 Downloaded and installed Sage 18.2 CRE and 18.12 Estimating with SQL and license server Migrated Database…
  • Anyone running Sage CRE 300 2017 on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1?

    We need to upgrade to Sage 2017 for end of year updates and are not prepared to upgrade our server at this time. Has anyone been able to upgrade from 16 to 17 on Server 2008 R2 w/SP1? We are looking to do this temporarily until we can upgrade our…
  • System Requirements for Sage 300

    We are upgrading to Sage 300 in a small environment aka 3 people. Or reseller is saying we need 32G RAM. The only document I found that might relate to this shows 3 deployment scenarios of Standard, Advanced and Premium. It doesn't elaborate as to what…
  • Error message while installing Sage50 2017 regarding Microsoft Visual C++

    I am installing Sage50 2017 as I am upgrading our system from version 2013. I have installed version 2015 and that install went smoothly. As I began the 2017 installation, I got the following error message, "The installation of Microsoft Visual C++…
  • Upgrading MySQL Connector/ODBC from version 5.2.4 to 5.3.8

    I was going through and trying to update one of the servers we have and found an older version of the MySQL Connector/ODBC and was wondering if anyone has had any experiences with upgrading the ODBC Connector from version 5.2(a) to 5.3.8 for "Sage 50…
  • Not a valid Crystal Report

    After upgrading to Version 14.1, some of our systems will not print Crystal Reports. When attempting to print we get the following error message. We have attempted to perform the suggested Resolution on KB 55371 with no results. Anyone have any ideas…