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  • July 26, 2010

    The Impact of Voiding Payroll Records Across Periods

    The Impact of Voiding Payroll Records Across Periods Applies to : Master Builder 11.x and earlier, 12.x, 13.x, 14.x, 15.x Some of our clients have a hard accounting period close. That is, once an accounting period has been closed, there are no additional corrections or transactions allowed to that period. In the case of payroll, […]

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  • June 11, 2010

    Making a Quick Backup of Master Builder Data

    Making a Quick Backup of Master Builder Data Updated 12/5/12 Applies to : Master Builder 11.x and earlier, 12.x, 13.x, 14.x, 15.x, 16.x, 17.x, 18.x Sometimes it is useful to have a backup of a Master Builder data set that is independent of the system backups. For instance, when we close the books for a […]

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  • September 01, 2009

    SMB Behavior – A Quick Primer on Security

    SMB Behavior – A Quick Primer on Security Applies to : Master Builder 11.x, 12.x, 13.x The security in Master Builder is a little bit atypical from the usual. Here is a quick primer on the key points of the basics. These basic points proabably cover about 80% of the questions we receive regarding Master […]

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  • August 01, 2009

    SMB Performance – Intermittent Slow Response

    SMB Performance – Intermittent Slow Response In a network environment, Master Builder can exhibit very slow performance at intermittent times. In some cases, the slow performance can affect other applications running on the server. One of the common causes for this issue is the Sage Service Host. The Sage License Server The Sage License Server […]

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  • July 18, 2009

    Syscon Completes 4th Annual Charity Bike Ride

    Syscon Completes 4th Annual Charity Bike Ride Hinsdale, IL – July 18, 2009 Syscon, Inc. of Hinsdale completed its fourth annual 200 mile bike ride. The ride – known as the “Syscon Double-Century (Almost)” – was from Elmhurst to Utica, IL on Saturday, June 27th returning to Elmhurst on the 28th. The total distance is […]

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  • January 23, 2009

    VIRUS ALERT! Conficker Worm – January 23, 2009

    VIRUS ALERT! Conficker Worm – January 23, 2009 Security Alert: Conficker Worm Also known as: Trojan.Downloader.JLIW ( BitDefender ) Win32/ Conficker .A (CA) Win32/ Conficker .A ( ESET ) Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.aqfw ( Kaspersky ) W32/ Conficker .worm ( McAfee ) W32/ Conficker .E (Norman) W32/ Confick -A ( Sophos ) W32. Downadup ( Symantec ) Trojan.Disken.B […]

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  • October 16, 2008

    Syscon Founder Named to Twenty Influential Women in Business for 2008

    Syscon Founder Named to Twenty Influential Women in Business for 2008 October 16, 2008, Hinsdale – Catherine Wendt, Vice President and co-founder of Syscon, Inc. has been named as one of the twenty “Influential Women in Business” for 2008 by The Business Ledger of Suburban Chicago. This is the 11th “class” of women to be […]

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  • February 17, 2008

    Tip – Creating a secure signed check form

    Tip – Creating a secure signed check form Last Tested with Sage Master Builder Version 13.2.0.3 With our larger clients, there can be hundreds of checks generated at a time for both payroll and accounts payable. Naturally, people want to create a digitally signed check form to avoid having to physically sign the checks, but […]

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  • January 19, 2008

    Tip – Printing Large Quantities of W2 Forms

    Tip – Printing Large Quantities of W2 Forms We have quite a few clients that print hundreds of W2’s for their employees. Using Adobe to print the W2’s makes the process work better and avoids the hassle of collating hundreds of forms. 1) Purchase your W2’s in sets. Typically, we use the 2 up, 6 […]

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  • January 17, 2008

    Bug – Accounts Receivable Invoice Listing Fails

    Bug – Accounts Receivable Invoice Listing Fails Bug: Last tested with Master Builder version 13.0.2.3 Here is one to file under bizarre and cool. We ran into this one yesterday at a client that just upgraded to Master Builder version 13. This bug seems to have been introduced with version 13 of Master Builder and, […]

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