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Hello Comrades,

It's me again with another questions for the day. Can data be shared between computers with the same version of PowerChurch installed? In other words, if one person in the office enters data into PowerChurch then copies the data to a CD, can another person in the office use the CD to update data on their computer without wiping out all previous data.

Help,
Phyllis Curtis
Admin Asst
Manna Bible Baptist Church
Baltimore, MD 21215
David E. Gaines, Sr., Senior Pastor

mannabible wrote: It's me again with another questions for the day. Can data be shared between computers with the same version of PowerChurch installed? In other words, if one person in the office enters data into PowerChurch then copies the data to a CD, can another person in the office use the CD to update data on their computer without wiping out all previous data.

Help,
Phyllis Curtis
Admin Asst
Manna Bible Baptist Church
Baltimore, MD 21215
David E. Gaines, Sr., Senior Pastor

Why not just network the systems, it doesn't cost anything extra. I'm assuming that in this day and age, your office is networked to share the internet access, and that works to everyone's advantage here.

You setup one computer where you install Powerchurch, and follow the instructions for networking in the Powerchurch Plus v11 manual on page 4, or as listed in this Knowledgebase Article:
https://www.powerchurch.com/support/35/ ... work-drive.

Much safer way of doing things, as copying a backup then restoring on another computer does overwrite the previous data. Using one computer as the server and the rest as clients makes sure that everyone has access to the same data, and you only have to worry about one backup of data.

Thank you for your suggestion, we will consider it. Hope all is well.

Phyllis Curtis
Admin Asst
Manna Bible Baptist Church
Baltimore, MD
David E. Gaines, Sr., Senior Pastor