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How To Install Sage 100 ERP to Windows 8

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Although the adoption rate has been low there are some users with Windows 8 computers who’ve been asking whether it’s possible to install Sage 100 ERP to Windows 8.

Here’s how.

How to install Sage 100 Standard on Windows 8

 

  1. Browse to the …mas90\wksetup\ folder through the mapped drive for the Sage 100 share (i.e. M:\….\mas90\wksetup).
  2. Right-click ‘Autorun.exe’ or ‘Sage 100 ERP 2013 Workstation’ and select ‘Run as administrator.’
  3. Click ‘Yes’, if presented with the User Account Control dialog box. NOTE: Skip to step 5 if you choose ‘Sage 100 ERP 2013 Workstation’ in Step 2.
  4. Click ‘Install Sage 100 ERP 2013 Workstation’
  5. Click ‘Next’ and follow Installation Wizard to complete installation.

How to install Sage 100 Advanced and Premium on Windows 8

 

  1. Browse to the …mas90\wksetup\ folder using the unc path to the Sage 100 share (i.e. \\servername\share\…\mas90\wksetup\).
  2. Right-click ‘Autorun.exe’ or ‘Sage 100 ERP 2013 Workstation’ and select Run as administrator.
  3. Click ‘Yes’, if presented with a User Account Control dialog box. NOTE: Skip to step 5 if you choose ‘Sage 100 ERP 2013 Workstation’ in Step 2.
  4. Click ‘Install Sage 100 ERP 2013 Workstation’
  5. Follow Installation Wizard to complete installation.

How to configure Sage 100 on Windows 8 (setup to ‘Run as Administrator’)

  1. Open Windows 8 Start Screen.
  2. Right-click the ‘Sage 100 ERP 2013’ icon.
  3. Click ‘Open file location’ from the Options list at the bottom of the screen.
  4. Right-click the ‘Sage 100 ERP 2013’ shortcut and select ‘Properties.’
  5. Click the ‘Compatibility’ tab.
  6. Check the checkbox Run this program as an administrator. Note: If multiple users use this workstation select ‘Change Setting for all users’ and
  7. Check the ‘Run this program as an administrator’ checkbox.
  8. Click OK to save changes

According to Sage’s Supported Platforms Matrix for Sage 100 ERP 2013 Standard (12/14/12) – Windows 8 is officially supported for that level provided it meets the requirements outlined in that document. Older versions may or may not work and we’ve yet to notice the older supported platforms indicate compatibility with Windows 8 for any level earlier than Sage 100 ERP 2013.

How to add new credit card merchant acct to Credit Cards by Sage

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Did you ever have one of those days where you felt like a complete dunce? Today’s one for me and I’m going to share my “dunce-ness” so that perhaps it will help someone in a similar situation avoid the two hour exercise in frustration that it took me to figure out something as simple as adding a new type of credit card to the Credit Cards by Sage module in MAS 90.

My client was already using Mastercard and Visa. The setup worked beautifully through Credit Cards by Sage (which integrates with Sage Payment Solutions).

Now they wanted to add Discover and American Express. The client had received their new merchant account number for Discover and was inserting to the Payment Type Maintenance in Sage MAS 90 (as they should have).

Try as we might, the “valid processor connection ” was never displayed (this is a check box in the lower right corner of the payment type screen.

We checked and re-checked the new merchant ID — still no success at enabling the new Discover account.

Finally The A-Ha Moment

Want to know how we finally got it to work?

Well with the Sage Payment integration to Credit Card by Sage — you must use the SAME Merchant ID number for all your credit cards.

Apparenly Sage Payment sets up the flow of data on their end so that they know to process a Discover Card differently once the card is entered into MAS90.

My problem ? I had been trying to use the DISCOVER MERCHANT ID # — which was not right,.

Use the Sage Payment Services TERMINAL ID NUMBER for all credit cards being processed through Credit Cards By Sage.

A Suggestion To Sage

Although take full credit for missing this one — it would be helpful if in the future the field labeled “Merchant ID Number” was replaced with “Terminal ID Number” when you are using Sage Payment Services.

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