What’s New in SMB 15? – Accounts Payable An Overview of Accounts Payable Changes Sage has stepped up the frequency of product upgrades. Many Master Builder users are running version 14. With the release of version 15 at the beginning of 2010, there were several significant changes to various modules and quarterly payroll reports. As […]
Full Article.....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, […]
Full Article.....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 […]
Full Article.....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 […]
Full Article.....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 […]
Full Article.....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 […]
Full Article.....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 […]
Full Article.....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 […]
Full Article.....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 […]
Full Article.....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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