2 COMPUTERS NEEDING TO USE POWERCHURCH

[dluellen]

PLEASE HELP!!!! IM NEW TO OUR CHURCH OFFICE...WE HAVE A SECOND COMPUTER FOR ME TO USE ON OUR NETWORK...THE OTHER OFFICE ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT HAS POWER CHURCH ON HER COMPUTER. HOW CAN i BE ABLE TO ACCESS POWER CHURCH ON THE SECOND COMPUTER IN THE OFFICE SO THAT WE HAVE THE SAME RECORDS FOR EACH MEMBER IF WE WANTED TO LOOK UP/CHANGE OR UPDATE MEMBER INFORMATION.

[Zaphod]

The instructions to network PowerChurch Plus are available on page 4 of the manual. Here's the short version:

Share the PowerChurch directory with full read/write access on your main computer.

Map a network drive from the new computer to the shared computer.

Run netsetup through the mapped drive on the new computer.

You may want to check with your computer person to be sure.

[dluellen]

DO I NEED TO HAVE THE INSTALLATION DISK TO RUN PC ON THE 2ND COMPUTER

[Zorak]

No, you will not need the CD. The process to get PowerChurch Plus installed in this fashion is detailed here: http://www.powerchurch.com/support/answ ... icle_id=33 or, as Zaphod mentioned, on page 4 in the print manual.

[dluellen]

THANK YOU SO MUCH ZORAK.....THAT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO ME...i WOULD GO TO THE CHURCH TONIGHT AND TRY IT...I THINK SCREEN SHOTS ARE GREAT FOR US WHO ARE NOT THAT COMPUTER OR TECH SAVVY!!!!


CANT WAIT TO TRY IT.


THANKS

[dluellen]

Im here at the church office trying to map a network drive....Im having problems with the
Sharing and Security Window...everything is grayed out, which it wont let me select an option to share the folder for the network.

[NeilZ]

Im here at the church office trying to map a network drive....Im having problems with the
Sharing and Security Window...everything is grayed out, which it wont let me select an option to share the folder for the network.

It sounds like you don't have administrative rights on the computer. You may need to find out who is setup as ADMINISTRATOR and have them log on to share the drive.

[texas319]

#1 get a seperate computer to house powerchurch. if her PC crashes you are stuck

[NeilZ]

#1 get a seperate computer to house powerchurch. if her PC crashes you are stuck

Not really, as long as they keep a backup and can load PC+ from CD, they will still have access.

FWIW ... the same scenario would happen if the server went down on a shared network. Backups are the key, not the program or the computer its housed on.

[texas319]

true but from an IT / Uptime point of view a secure network should be the back bone of powerchurch with more than the standard backup practice in place.

BUT Neil you are correct you can leave it be and continue to back up regularly it all depends on how much you rely on PC+ also. We use it to its extent here so uptime and regualr backups are at the fore front of my mind.

#1 get a seperate computer to house powerchurch. if her PC crashes you are stuck

Not really, as long as they keep a backup and can load PC+ from CD, they will still have access.

FWIW ... the same scenario would happen if the server went down on a shared network. Backups are the key, not the program or the computer its housed on.

true but as in getting a standard backup system in place its best to get it off a n everyday use PC

[NeilZ]

true but from an IT / Uptime point of view a secure network should be the back bone of powerchurch with more than the standard backup practice in place.

BUT Neil you are correct you can leave it be and continue to back up regularly it all depends on how much you rely on PC+ also. We use it to its extent here so uptime and regualr backups are at the fore front of my mind.

No argument here, but even with the best internal backups, there is always a point of failure.
Keeping a weekl backup made with the PC+ backup utility, and a copy of the PC+ install CD at an external site, always means that you have the capability to reconsitute the bulk of your data in case the unthinkable occurs.