Is this a newish computer? A Dell? Dell computers have Windows Live Esentials, IIRC on them, which uses SQL server. Since I wipe all computers before deploying, I don't have this problem.
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:14 AM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>wrote: > AAARRRRGGGHHH‼ One of my users has ACT! 2008 on his laptop and it > suddenly stopped working the other day and said that it needed a valid > serial number to run. Now that we have the serial number from the original > install media (this is about the third or fourth time we’ve had to > “activate” ACT! 2008) it’s complaining that it can’t activate because MS SQL > server is installed on that laptop. Well, hell, why did that suddenly become > a problem? AFAIK, they’ve been peacefully co-existing for the past couple > years and NOW it’s a problem??? > > > > To top it off, the user didn’t understand the instructions I gave him to > “go to add / remove programs and uninstall MS SQL Server.” Although who > knows what THAT will break! L > > > > I’m thinking we’re going to have to either buy an updated copy of ACT! or > switch to something like SugarCRM (which I think would be better as the > whole company can use it!) > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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