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Monday I made a copy of QB file and put it on the Server.  I had the QB file open on my Laptop pointed to the server.  We installed the applications on my laptop.  I am now in Dallas and it has not synced since the first one when I was plugged into my network.  Do we need to install the files on the server?  So we had some installation miscomunication.

Ok, Since my QB company file is on the server.  I need to have a dedicated cpu have this installed.  Not on my laptop.  Sorry Danny, I guess I didn't explain myself well enough.  Does the dedicated cpu do any calculations or serving data?  I am just curious mem usage.

I guess I did misunderstand where the QuickBooks database was going to reside.

If you are going to have the QuickBooks database on the server, you’ll need to have the QuickBooks listener running on the computer that will have QuickBooks open.  This way, it can listen to the changes being made in QuickBooks and update it using Method PUSH to your Method database.

Typically you would have the listener running on each computer that opens QuickBooks and it is automatically opened each time QuickBooks is launched.  In your case, since it is a copied database that you are using for your own testing, the listener would only need to be installed on one computer.

Hopefully that makes sense. 

Ok, installed on new puter.  However, this puter will run our existing company database that I am not using for method beta.  Will there be a problem?

It won't be a problem Kevin.  Method knows which database you last sync'd with.  To check and see that it is the proper database.

1. Login to Method.
   
2. Click the QuickBooks tab.
   
3. Click the Synchronize link.
   
4. Under the  'Edit  synchronization preferences', it will list the QuickBooks file that you have setup with your Method database.