[UCIMC-Tech] [Imc-bookkeeper] Finance computer state

[Chris Ritzo]

Brian, thanks for jumping on this and securing the data from the hard
drive by backing it up. Once that's done, we should purchase what's
needed from the funding that Joy mentioned. This might certainly be
enough for a license of Windows 7 and the most current version of
quickbooks, and MS office

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 5:19 PM, JOY <imcbooks at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Brian,
> Thanks so much for troubleshooting!!! It is unfortunate that it worked fine
> and then out of the blue, quit functioning, but that has been my experience
> with windows...
> If you want me to function, I will need ms office and excel, along with
> quickbooks. Open office will not do. I cannot emphasize that enough. It is
> not open for discussion.
> As a Mac user, I do not personally own the license to any of these current
> applications for windows. I own an older version but most folks send files
> in the newer version that cannot be opened with the older version. Can the
> copy that is currently on the computer be reinstalled on the new hard drive?
> It is possible that Jason may have the Quickbooks disc, and would need to
> locate that, but it has been removed from the finance office. JASON WOULD
> NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE HAS THE MOST CURRENT BACKUP OF QB AND I THINK HE
> DID THAT LAST NIGHT BUT I WOULD WANT TO CALL HIM BEFORE YOU BEGIN DOING
> ANYTHING!!!
> It may be time to buckle down and purchase this software if we don't have it
> on hand any more. How about through tech soup? Their new ordering year just
> started July 1 so we should be able to purchase 4 items, I think is how that
> works... Or we could use funds from the Americorp grant, which includes $500
> for office supplies.
> Fellow Financiers, please chime in...
> Joy
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Brian Duggan <bcdugga at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> There are several indicators that the hard disk in the finance computer
>> is dying.
>>
>> The bad news is that the backup software was in a 99% configured state,
>> and no backups were actually occurring.
>>
>> The good news is that we can still read the disk fine for now. A few
>> hours ago I started a local backup to a large, external USB hard disk.
>> This process is going very slowly and won't be complete for another
>> couple hours or so.
>>
>> The ideal solution would be to replace the disk once this process is
>> complete, reinstall Windows and QuickBooks, then restore the finance data.
>>
>> In order to do this, we need a few things:
>>
>> What are the essential applications on the finance computer besides
>> QuickBooks? Is MS Office absolutely necessary? Would OpenOffice do?
>> Others?
>>
>> For the applications that are necessary, which do you, Joy or Jason,
>> have licensed copies of? This includes the CD and any associated license
>> key.
>>
>> After we've backed up the finance data and obtained copies of all the
>> necessary software, we can begin rebuilding the finance computer.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Brian
>>
>> --
>> Brian Duggan
>> Technical Projects Developer
>> UC Independent Media Center
>> http://www.ucimc.org | 309 310 7026
>
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