[Hidden-tech] ACT! 4 to what?

Sheldon Snodgrass sheldon at steadysales.com
Wed Jan 18 14:22:39 EST 2006


Hi Jonathan,

I highly recommend Mr.Tom Najemy, a certified ACT consultant whom I have
engaged on several occasions.  Indeed he bailed me out just last month with
a Db lock up issue.  

He can be reached at: +1 (413) 525-3115, tom at squad16.com

J. Sheldon Snodgrass, MBA
www.steadysales.com
Helping you get a dollar out of every dime spent on sales & marketing!


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Greetings,

I have a customer who has an ACT! 4 database--this was set up long before my
time, and historically, that was something that they maintained on their
own.  However, now they are wanting to share the database and have been
running into problems with ACT locking up on Windows XP.  I have tried
adjusting some of the OpLocks settings, but that has not fixed the problem.
So, now they are asking me what to do.

Does anyone have any experience with upgrading from a really old version of
ACT to something more current?  Is it possible to get legal copies of eg.
ACT 2000 instead of whatever is the latest?  How about migrating from ACT to
a different platform?  They only have 240 contacts, but it looks like there
has been some customization to the database at some point.  Or
alternatively, recommendations of ACT consultants could be helpful, although
the work will be done in Maryland, and I don't think they are going to want
to pay for travel, but working remotely may be a possibility.

I'm guessing with 240 contacts and a limited budget for this, they might
just end up re-entering the data into a new system, unless an upgrade to a
newer version of ACT may work seamlessly.

Another (ugly!) idea is to put ACT 4 on a box which is running Windows 2000
Server and run Terminal Server in Application mode to run ACT, but I am not
sure if TS CALs for Windows 2000 Server are still available, and they only
have the 2 admin CALs that come with W2KS.

Thanks,
Jonathan Dill
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