Sage BusinessWorks

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…

Our organization still uses Sage Businessworks 2018 as a historical parts lookup. We have fully upgraded to Sage 100 2021 and use that as our main ERP, but it only has a 7 year look back, and in BW we have a look back that goes farther, and houses older…

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…

Installed SP6 but received an "Access is Denied" error msg about DBRegister which does not work now.

I keep getting This error when trying to launch BWProfile.exe to setup the BW Profile. I have no other apps open while launching but I still get the same error every time. please advise.

I'm fairly new here, and can't find KB#17609. I'm having issues resolving issuses installing for multiple users. I'm getting the same errors explained in 17609. Could someone please help me out? Thanks alot!!!

So after two months I finally got my activation/Unlocking keys and serial numbers so I hurry and go to put them in and none of them work. Any ideas. We were using 2010 SBW and just upgraded to 2019 but while I've been waiting on the correct information…

Hello, I just installed a clean copy of BW2018 + SP 2 on a Windows 2008 Server which was used for email and IBM Lotus Domino servers. For some reason, BW2018 seems to be interfering with the SMTP service. Our email server stopped working. I uninstalled…

I've read that current versions of BW run on Server 2016 and have even read the tips on preparing for move to a new server. All information is great. It sounds like it should be smooth sailing. I'm just being overly cautious since I have to do a clean…

I have users that rotate computers, or sometimes I need to sub in a spare when one goes down. This should be a simple operation if business works was already installed on the admin account on that computer. Unfortunately the Business Works profile has…

This is likely an obvious answer; however I want to confirm I understand how to install a service pack. What the documentation/videos have not been clear to me about is this: Do I need to install to the server first before installing to the clients? Does…

I downloaded BW2015 and tried to install it on the server but it asked for the Product Code? What is it? Please guide me through this. Thanks! The old BW2009 is on another old server (disconnected.)

I can quickly find the solution to the issue of trying to install a new user profile and the error says the profile install is 2013 but the install on the pc is 2015. Just update the bwprofile.exe via the service pack. I wish that were my problem, that…

Can I install BusinessWorks 2013 on two different server locations for the same company and under the same license?