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Happy 10th Birthday – Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc.

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:00:04 +0000

Back 2000 who would have thought that developing a QuickBooks integrated add-on would become a very popular trend among software developers? There wasn't even a widely known, let alone an "Intuit approved method" of accessing QuickBooks data at that time, so WHY would anyone want to form a company that would utilize QuickBooks [Read the full article...]

Closing for vacation – 8/11 through 8/18/2010

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:14:54 +0000

I’m so excited. We are closing the office at the end of business day on 8/10/2010 and taking a well deserved vacation from 8/11/2010-8/18/2010.

We are going to trade in the sound of a ringing telephone and looking at a monitor all day to the sound of the ocean and looking at the “flower pots” (better [Read the full article...]

Windows Vista & 7 Tip – User Accounts

Nancy Smyth — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:00:41 +0000

Since Windows Vista was released, we have handled numerous support calls which resulted in an 80040408 - Could not start QuickBooks error. In all cases QuickBooks and our 3rd party applications had been installed under the Administrator [Read the full article...]

New FHWA-1391 & 1392 Annual EEO Forms For Highway Contractors

Nancy Smyth — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:00:53 +0000

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) revised both the Federal-Aid Highway Construction Contractors Annual EEO Forms FHWA-1391 and FHWA-1392 in June 2010 and require reporting of employees who are of two or more [Read the full article...]

It’s Best to Leave Your PC Running 24/7 – True or False

Nancy Smyth — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:00:33 +0000

This is something that has plagued me for years - should I leave my computer running all the time or not. Where do you stand on this issue? Do you shut your computer off at night or always leave it running.......and [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Service Outage – Practical QuickBooks blog

Nancy Smyth — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:32:35 +0000

Beginning on Tuesday evening, June 15, 2010, many Intuit websites and services became unavailable due to a power outage at their data center. Even though you may be using the Desktop version of QuickBooks, this could have had a major impact on your ability to conduct business. Charlie Russell, from the Practical QuickBooks blog wrote [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Tip – Working With Contractors – Part 1

Nancy Smyth — Wed, 12 May 2010 12:22:20 +0000

An infusion of federal infrastructure funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act requires contractors using QuickBooks to submit of certified payroll [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks 2007 Features End 5/31/10

Nancy Smyth — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:00:42 +0000

Just a reminder for those of you still using QuickBooks Pro 2007, Premier (any flavor - Contractor, Accountant, Manufacturing, etc.) 2007, and Enterprise 7.0 - certain features (payroll, on-line banking, email) will no longer be available beginning on May 31, [Read the full article...]

64-bit Windows 7 QuickBooks Errors

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:00:10 +0000

Most new computers now have 64-bit Windows 7. Release R5P of QuickBooks 2010 recently fixed many 64-bit Windows 7 QuickBooks Errors [Read the full article...]

Government Construction Contracts – A Different World

Nancy Smyth — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:00:27 +0000

The federal government is mandated to award 23% of its prime contracts to small businesses every year, which amounted to $97 billion in 2009, according to preliminary data from the SBA. And contracts from the February 2009 stimulus have been particularly lucrative for small businesses, as nearly 30%, or $7.4 billion, have gone to Main Street [Read the full article...]