New Jersey & New York MAS90, MAS200 User Group With Version 4.4 Demo Now Online

June 8, 2010 by Wayne Schulz

Mark Chinsky of Clients First Business Solutions has just posted the recording of his May 20, 2010 user group that was held in their Holmdel New Jersey office.

Prior to joining Clients First Mark operated On-Track Consulting which for most of its 8 years was one of the top Sage VARS nationwide.

During his user group Mark not only gives a great demo of the new MAS 90 version 4.4 but is able to produce crisp audio and a very clear screenshow that documents the new features.

There is also some discussion around the new PCI-DSS rules governing credit card security.

You can view a copy of the video below – click the lower right corner to make it full screen:

via: Clients First Business Solutions – New Jersey

MAS90 & MAS200 2009 IRD Available – Updates Electronic Reporting

December 16, 2009 by Wayne Schulz

Sage have just issued their MAS90 & MAS200 2009 IRD (Interim Release Disk) which updates their software for:

1099 layout changes for Electronic Reporting (formerly Magnetic Media)
Enables printing of W2s for New Jersey Family Leave Insurance Disability Insurance Private Plan Number

Read the full MAS 90 Year End FAQ below:

Download the 2009 MAS90 IRD

Sage insiders share secret to debugging pesky MAS 90 and MAS 200 system level errors

May 26, 2009 by Wayne Schulz

Over the last week New Jersey Sage MAS 90 and SAP Business One consultant Mark Chinsky forwarded a cool (free) utility that I’d like to share.

Mark’s original message stated that he uses FileMon for Windows by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell to see files that are being used by MAS 200. This real time utility is a powerful diagnostic tools for tracking down any number of issues including – hung files, system slowdowns, etc.

Using the program you can easily view precisely when each and ever file is opened, read, written or deleted.

Filters are available to keep the information reporting to a minimum and ensure you only see details that are relevant to your situation.

Former Sage Technical Support Wizard (that wasn’t his official title) Alnoor Cassim chimes in with the inside view of what he has used this handy utility for:

Right on! All the SysInternals tools from Mark Russinovich (all now part
of MS Technet) have been life savers when troubleshooting MAS 90/200.
I’m a major net promoter of these tools. I’d like to share a few ways
it’s helped me.

* Used Filemon to find ACCESS DENIED errors upon startup of MAS when the
Launcher was loading -> User didn’t have permission to rename some files
on their local machine upon startup

* Used Regmon to find ACCESS DENIED errors -> Led to positive proof of a
user registry permission problem for which IT guy of client insisted was
a MAS problem.

* Used Regmon to find ACCESS DENIED errors -> Led to discovery of a COM
failure bug in the MAS 4.0x Launcher, which was requiring Write access
to protected areas of the registry.

* Used psKill to kill orphaned pvxwin32.exe tasks on the MAS 200 server
that Task Manager could not terminate and so server didn’t have to be
rebooted

* Used Process Monitor to find bug in FAS 2008 uninstaller on an EES
implementation, that prevented FAS 2009 from being installed.

Today, Process Monitor is the tool that replaces Filemon and Regmon and
has a better UI.

I’ll stop there but I highly recommend these tools for the tech person
in the MAS consultant’s organization and of course to the clients’ IT
staff.

Schulz Consulting offers free service update assistance to their support clients through 4/30/09

April 2, 2009 by Wayne Schulz

A Message To Our Unlimited MAS 90 and MAS 200 Phone Support Clients:

4/2/09

As you know our support plans don’t include the labor (whether on-site or remote) to install upgrades, service updates, workstation setups or tax table updates.

However ..

In light of the number of payroll changes that have come out recently (new tax tables and 941 form updates) for 2009 — I want to be sure that our loyal Schulz Consulting support subscribers have their payroll updated to the latest rates and software changes.

I’ve decided that during the next few weeks (actually until the end of April) — Schulz Consulting will install the tables remotely at no cost for anyone on our phone support plans..

New MAS90 Payroll Changes We Will Update Remotely For Our Support Clients

1. New 941 forms for 2009 that were just release which slightly modify the 941 form with additional fields

2. New payroll tax tables that were release 3/27/09 – and while these tables seems to primarily impact non-resident aliens it seems like a good idea to update them in light of the rapid law changes.

If you want to set a time to do this (remotely) – simply email Wayne Schulz and we will call you to arrange for a time.

If you would rather – you can use the link below to call Wayne directly.

P.S – This is not a new policy (in other words we still charge for consulting work that is outside the scope of our normal support plan), however from time to time we like to include an extra benefit to show our appreciation for the loyalty of our clients. This is one of those times. Thanks for being a Schulz Consulting support customer!

MAS90 & MAS200 Promotions for Spring 2009 Full Detail

April 2, 2009 by Wayne Schulz

Hot off the presses are the following pricing promotions in effect through 6/30/2009. These MAS 90 and MAS 200 specials apply only against product (no discounts are taken off maintenance) and may generally not be combined with other offers.

When looking at any accounting software don’t be fooled into thinking that initial purchase price should be your main consideration. You should be thinking about whether the software will meet your need, if the consultant has adequately assessed your need, and if all the add-ons they’re recommending have been thoroughly researched.

We see an increasing number of companies buying software because of some fancy quarter end sale/promotion or price cut.

That’s fine if you know exactly what your doing. But many times neither the customer or the consultant know (and shouldn’t at least the consultant have an idea?)…
Do your research and talk to users of the software you are considering purchasing. If you’re unable to find people to speak with — that’s your cue to reconsider what you are buying.

MAS90 Spring 2009 MAS200 Promotions

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A Message To Our Unlimited MAS 90 and MAS 200 Phone Support Clients:

New MAS90 Payroll Changes We Will Update Remotely For Our Support Clients

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