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Small Business Manger’s Underlying Technology
To
help you better understand the underlying technology of an accounting
software package, I highly recommend that you first read the following
articles:
Underlying
Technology - http://www.accountingsoftwareadvisor.com/topics/technology.htm
Programming Languages - http://www.accountingsoftwareadvisor.com/topics/programinglang.htm
Product Testing - http://www.accountingsoftwareadvisor.com/topics/testing.htm
What is a 32-bit application - http://www.accountingsoftwareadvisor.com/topics/32bit.htm
System
Requirements to use Small Business Manager
Small Business Manager can be run on most
Windows networks. The
following table lists hardware recommendations for a Small Business
Manager server installation. Workstation
requirements are less.
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 Item
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Recommendation
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Operating system
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Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional Edition, Windows
2000 Server, Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 6 or later), or Windows
98.
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Database
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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine or Microsoft SQL Server
2000.
Unless you specify otherwise, Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Desktop Engine is installed as the database during installation. To
use an existing Microsoft SQL Server 2000 installation with Small
Business Manager, you must use dictionary order, case-insensitive
sort order.
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Processor
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PC with 300 MHz or higher processor clock speed required; Intel
Pentium/Celeron family, AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible
processor recommended.
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Available hard disk space
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500 MB + space for accounting data.
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Hard disk controllers
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Dual-channel Fast and Wide SCSI-2 controller.
Disk seek time <= 9ms recommended.
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RAM
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128 MB for first 4 users + 16 MB for each additional user.
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CD-ROM
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Yes.
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Network card
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32-bit, 10/100 MB Ethernet.
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Notes
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Users should set virtual memory size to at least the amount of
RAM in the computer plus 11 MB. (Windows NT 4.0 uses this by
default.)
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