SubscribeI bought this printer about a month ago for home office use, and it works so well I had to write about it. This is the first non-HP printer I’ve had in memory, and I love it.
Like most of the all-in-one genre of printers, this one does these four things:
* print
* copy
* fax
* scan
Here are [...]
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Review: Epson WorkForce 840 All-in-One Printer
I’d be Crazy To Not Have These 3 Things for My Computer
There are some things in life you just don’t want to go without: Seatbelts in a car. A batting helmet when you’re playing baseball. Sunscreen when you’re outside all day (well, at least for a fair-skinned chap like me!)
Same with your business computer. There are just some things you’d better have:
1. Battery backup. This is [...]
7 Ways to Avoid QuickBooks Downtime
I’ll bet QuickBooks is a mission-critical application for your office. What would happen to your business if QuickBooks went down? Here are 7 ways to avoid that:
1. Maintain your network. Actually, get your IT guy or girl to do it. Nothing can take down QuickBooks like a flaky network.
Keep your server defragged and your whole [...]
Honey, I Formatted the Hard Drive
On purpose!
It was actually my wife’s laptop.
This laptop had been having issues for months. The issue that worried us the most is that it couldn’t install new Windows Service Packs. The computer would install smaller updates, but not SPs. None of the troubleshooting advice we found worked. It would download the SP update, but fail [...]
How to Transfer QuickBooks from One Computer to Another
Did you get yourself a shiny new computer on Black Friday or Cyber Monday? Or maybe you just need to get some year-end bookkeeping done on your laptop over the holidays?
If you need to get QuickBooks from one computer to another, it’s not a big deal. Here’s what you do:
1. Computer #2: Install QuickBooks (you’ll [...]
Hidden Problems in QuickBooks Backups (Audio)
You are secure with the backup system you have in place…or are you? In this podcast, Shannon Tucker discusses some common pitfalls to QuickBooks backups.
Hidden Problems in QuickBooks Backups – QBUsersGO Episode 1
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What Damages QuickBooks Data?
We have repaired many sets of damaged QuickBooks accounting data over the years and we are often asked “How did this happen?”
Good question! Here are some of the most common causes of QuickBooks data damage:
Network glitches. You are using QuickBooks across a network in multiuser mode. One of the workstations loses connection with the server [...]
Are Smartphones Indispensable for Small Business?
I love my smartphone because when I’m not behind my desk, I can still do almost everything associated with my job.
Check and reply to business emails quickly
Take business calls, forwarded from my main desk phone number
Manage user accounts and jobs
Admin our QuickBooks user forum
Moderate blog comments, and reply to them
Tweet, reply, retweet, follow — anything [...]
Bear spray, QuickBooks, and your computer
When my family camped in Yellowstone National Park last month, we were camping in bear country.
Unfortunately, there have been some bad bear incidents in Yellowstone this summer.
A friend of mine let me borrow his bear spray for our trip. Bear spray is like personal-defense pepper spray, except it’s grizzly bear strength. I took the spray [...]
How-NOT-to Guide for Using QuickBooks
Here are the quickest ways — the shortcuts — to running into trouble with QuickBooks:
Get a business owner — not a professional bookkeeper or accountant — to set up the books. This is like a business owner who is not in the construction business pouring their own concrete and putting in their office plumbing themselves. [...]