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Network and standalone workstations installation

Before beginning the install, your firm licensee or delegate needs to complete the administrative setup steps in Getting started with your new CS Professional Suite application.

tip

We recommend identifying a product champion
in your firm to be your “go-to” person for

Accounting CS.

The installation process for

Accounting CS

differs from that for other CS Professional Suite applications you may have used. We recommend that the installation be completed by your firm’s network administrator or consultant. If your firm chooses to install Accounting CS in a terminal server environment, a qualified and certified terminal server professional
needs to complete the installation.

For general information to provide to your firm’s terminal server technician, refer to Terminal server installation guidelines for CS Professional Suite applications and Terminal server guidelines for CS Professional Suite applications.

note

If your firm uses Accounting CS in the Virtual Office CS® environment or in the Software as a Service (SaaS) environment, the installation and CS Connect sections of this guide aren't applicable because we complete the initial installation and updates for you.

Download the Accounting CS installer to your server, and open it to start the installation.

Go to the folder you saved the installer to.

Run accountingcsdownload.exe
.

Pay attention to the Destination Folder
. If you need to restart the installation or restart the server.

Select Extract
.

Select Yes
if you're warned about replacing existing files.

The

Accounting CS

setup opens after you run the downloader. If you need to open the installation manually or restart the installation, go to the folder from the Destination Folder
step and select Setup.exe
.

Select Install Accounting CS
.

Answer the question during setup, then review the license agreement.

If you agree to the license agreement, mark the checkbox to accept the terms. Select Next
to continue.

On the Welcome to Accounting CS Setup
screen, select Yes
to verify that you're installing the application on the computer that you want to designate as the database server. Select Next
to continue.

note

If you select No
, you'll be prompted to start the installation again on the computer that will function as your database server.

You may be asked to restart your computer. You can ignore the prompt, but you should restart your computer if it comes back.

Select Next
to select the location of your

Accounting CS

shared files.

note

If you don't plan to run Accounting CS
on a network, this folder is usually C:\WINCSI
.

If you plan to run Accounting CS
on a network, select a shared network folder to which users have full rights such as X:\WINCSI
or \\<name of network share>\WINCSI
.

If your computer or server doesn't already have an instance of SQL server, you'll need to install a new instance of Microsoft SQL Server Express and name your instance.

You can use an existing instance of SQL Express or SQL Server. Work with your IT professional to set up the details.

note

If a non-Express supported edition (Standard, Enterprise, etc.) of SQL Server is already installed on your computer, we recommend that you select the existing instance to conserve both disk space and processing resources. For more information, search for SQL Server best practices
in Help and Support. If you choose to use a different instance or to install a new instance, be sure to back up your database before you continue. After you complete the installation, start Accounting CS
and restore the database. For more details, search for Back up the firm database
and Restore the firm database
.

Select Install Accounting CS
. Determine whether Accounting CS should be installed on the computer that also functions as your database server.

We recommend installing Accounting CS on the server to help with troubleshooting.

Select Next
to install components on your computer.

Mark the Run Accounting CS
checkbox to open the application and select Finish
.

Install the application on other network computers after you're finished with the server.

You'll need to run the Desktop setup from each computer that will run Accounting CS after you finish with the server installation.

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