+1 to Chuck. I've been running QB on Windows in a VM for a while now, it's convenient to just RDP. If you need a keyboard/mouse/etc for this person Maybe a Chromebox or NUC? I'd suggest Chromebox for the speed, but NUC has Windows for all the compatibility.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > I RDT into into the machining running a QB client all the time with a > laptop. As a matter of fact, I use my laptop more than half the time with > a docking booster so I can have a real monitor and keyboard. > That screenshot was from my laptop logged into the headless system running > the client talking to another server running the QB database. > > *From:* Lewis Bergman > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 01, 2016 9:15 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT : Small computer to run QB enterprise with RDP > > To be clear, This is not the machine running the DB. That machine will be > on the network. this is just a box to RDP into so my sales person can run > QB Enterprise remotely. Bill, do you RDP into QB? > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 10:08 AM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> We ran QB Enterprise on Windows 7 and Windows 10 (both 64 bit). 4GB RAM >> is probably shy; would recommend 8 at least. The disk space is probably shy >> too. >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> >> On 11/1/2016 7:53 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote: >> >> This is a bright group so I wanted to see if this is something worth >> doing or maybe worth avoiding. I really don't want to get Windows server >> 2012 and try to figure out the while terminal services thing with >> licensing. I was thinking it might just be easier since I only need one or >> two people to remote in just to get some headless PC's and sit them in a >> corner somewhere. >> >> Probably a bad idea but any thoughts? >> >> The specs from QB are: >> >> - Windows Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8.1 Update 1, or Windows 10(32-bit & >> 64-bit) >> - Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, 2012 R2 >> - 2.4 GHz processor >> - 4 GB of RAM >> - 2.5 GB disk space recommended >> - 1024x768 or higher screen resolution, extended monitor is supported >> - 4x DVD-ROM drive >> >> >>