29Nov 2012 by Shannon Tucker
What Are DB File Fragments and Why Do I Get Them in My QuickBooks File?

What Are DB File Fragments and Why Do I Get Them in My QuickBooks File?

"Stuff" No One Ever Told Me About..., From Our Guest Bloggers
Whenever you press the F2 key in QuickBooks, a window pops up that tells you a lot of things about your company data file. One of the numbers you see is “DB File Fragments”. What’s that? [caption id="attachment_3718" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image courtesy of nuttakit / https://www.freedigitalphotos.net/"][/caption] DB file fragment is basically a measurement of how much your company file changes. It reflects how much and how often QuickBooks messes with it. This is not something peculiar to QuickBooks files. With any file in Windows, as changes to the file happen on the hard drive, Windows sometimes keeps segments of data together, and sometimes Windows will assign segments of data somewhere else on the drive. That “somewhere else”, in QuickBooks, is a DB file fragment. When you restore a portable copy,…
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30May 2011 by Nancy Smyth

Business Networking – 20 Tips

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Business networking is simply about building relationships.  In business we all need a solid group of people we can trust and respect. This of course works both ways. These 20 business networking tips came from Jeannette Purcell Associates, and they were just so good that I felt I had to share them.  Enjoy! Be yourself.   There are many ways to network and you need to choose the techniques and tools that suit your personality and style.  Not all the suggestions here will work for you. The energy within your network must stem from you – be the guiding light, the one who introduces useful contacts to others – try to keep in touch with them all. Who are the key players you’d like to get to know in your organization? …
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04May 2011 by Matt Clark

Why Does the IRS Want to Audit My QuickBooks File?

"Stuff" No One Ever Told Me About..., From Our Guest Bloggers, IRS Information
If you are reading this article then it is likely that you or your client has received a request to submit a QuickBooks file in conjunction with an IRS Audit or an audit by another government agency. The Internal Revenue Service started this new level of enforcement in 2010 in which their agents are now requiring the actual accounting database (be it QuickBooks or another accounting software) as a part of the audit process. Certainly, government revenue departments can use information to gather any sort of data relevant to an audit. In my role in helping clients prepare their files for submission to these governmental agencies I have noticed some patterns in what the IRS seems to be looking into and I wish to share that with you here. Improper…
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28Apr 2010 by Nancy Smyth

QuickBooks & AVG Anti-Virus software

"Stuff" No One Ever Told Me About..., General QuickBooks News, New Technology
A recent AVG Anti-Virus update was responsible for receiving the following error message when trying to open (start) QuickBooks:An error occurred when QuickBooks tried to start the database server that manages access to the QuickBooks company file.  Error (-6094,0).According to an Intuit Support Article, this issue was resolved by AVG, who had unnecessarily detected QuickBooks as being infected with a virus.The fix, was not pleasant and I'm certain that there were a lot of very unhappy QuickBooks users!Correcting the problem involved the following steps:Update AVG to the latest virus definition Signature file 271.1.1/2832 (AVG v9.0.814) - this update was just released to correct the issue where AVG unnecessarily detects QuickBooks as infected with a virusRestore QuickBooks files that were quarantined by the anti-virus. OR Repair the QuickBooks installation.Intuit offered the following detailed…
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12Dec 2008 by Nancy Smyth

Owning your own business…

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Owning your own business is great, but there are drawbacks: You can't fire yourself because you own the business. When you are the boss, nobody will fire you (even if they might like to!) If you could fire yourself, you wouldn't be able to collect unemployment (at least not here in Vermont). Your business consumes you, you think about it, talk about it, work on it, 24 hours a day/7days a week. Your customers think they own you, and that's just not right! You no longer have a life, just a business.
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