Acctivate utilizes the Microsoft .NET Framework, a programming model for Windows applications. Microsoft .NET is a very popular framework, but Acctivate may need to install updates from time-to-time, such as upgrading to .NET 4.5 in Acctivate version 10.1. During the upgrade, you will see…
QuickBooks requires that any third-party software be “digitally signed” before accessing QuickBooks data (e.g., our Sync with QuickBooks). From time to time, Acctivate may need to renew/refresh our digital certificate used for authentication. The following message may appear after installing an Acctivate Update and…
Acctivate uses the Crystal Reports XI R2 runtime engine to generate all reports in the software. The Crystal Reports runtime is delivered with the Acctivate software on both the server and the workstations under a royalty-free distribution license. Therefore, there is no additional cost to Acctivate…
Acctivate users may experience performance issues if their anti-virus uses a realtime scanning function. Realtime scanning may constantly scan all SQL Server activity, which can be an extensive amount of data flowing between the Acctivate server and the workstations. This can…
If you encounter the following error while performing the Workstation Installation of Acctivate, there are a few troubleshooting steps to take. This error is sent by Microsoft when you are trying to run an installation for an application that is not…
McAfee realtime virus scan has been known to block the installation of Acctivate. Users may receive Error Code: -5006 : 0x800700b7. If you are unable to install the Acctivate software due to this error you may temporarily disable your antivirus…
Users may receive the following error when backing up Acctivate. Cannot use the backup file ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Acctivate\..\Backup\ACCTivate$Demo.bkf’ because it was originally formatted with sector size 512 and is now on a device with sector size 4096. BACKUP DATABASE is terminating…
One of the major enhancements introduced in SQL Server 2014 is the Buffer Pool Extension. This enhancement allows SQL to use the performance capabilities of Solid State hard drives. For Acctivate users, this means much faster functionality reading/writing/querying the Acctivate database. For…
Acctivate version 10 comes with an Express instance of Sql Server 2014. Checkout this Microsoft article which lists “what’s new” in detail.
With the release of Acctivate 10, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express will now be distributed in the new server installation of Acctivate. If you are installing Acctivate for the first time, this version of SQL Server will be installed during the…
