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		<title>Error Loading Layouts</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=138</link>
		<description>After updating or reinstalling your ACT! software, you get the message &quot;Error loading layout&quot;. This error only affects Act4Advisors layouts and not stock ACT! layouts.

To temporarily get to you ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:39:10 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Sage ACT! Video Tour</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=185</link>
		<description>Feature Tours 
        Click the links to open these Sage ACT! and Sage ACT! Premium Solutions   feature tours.
       
 
          

            
ACT! Workspace
              Activities
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		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:58:55 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Import Data and Retain User Record::Multi-user Import for ACT! by Sage 2007-2010</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=227</link>
		<description>
If you are upgrading an ACT! 6.0 database such as Act4Advisors 1x or 2x, there are two major parts to the upgrade 1.Do a custom conversion to bring the ACT! 6.0 database into the new ACT! SQL fo ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:09:41 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Download and Apply Sage ACT! 2011 Hot Fix 1</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=223</link>
		<description>  Question   You would like to know how to download and apply Sage ACT! 2011 Hot Fix 1.    Answer   This documentation describes Hot Fix 1 for Sage ACT! 2011 for the following versions: 

Sage A ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:03:36 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>ACT! Full Version Download Links</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=115</link>
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		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:26:50 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Download and Apply the ACT! by Sage 2010 SP1 Hot Fix 3</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=211</link>
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You would like to know how to download and apply the ACT! 2010 SP1 Hot Fix 3. 



 
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This documentation describes Hot Fix 3 for ACT! 2010 SP1 for the ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:31:06 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Download and Apply the ACT! by Sage 2010 SP1 Hot Fix 2</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=204</link>
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            How to Download and Apply the   ACT! by Sage 2010 SP1 Hot Fix 2
          
          
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             You would like t ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:44:37 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Use the iCalendar Feature in ACT! by Sage 2010</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=199</link>
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You would like information on using the iCalendar feature in ACT!. 



 
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A new feature in ACT! 2010 is the support for iCalendar invitations. Now you can sen ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:25:30 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Download and Apply ACT! by Sage 2010 SP1</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=194</link>
		<description>




How to Download and Apply ACT! by Sage 2010 SP1




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You would like to know how to download and apply ACT! 2010 SP1.




Answer


Issues Resolved When Service P ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:06:02 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>You would like to know what changes have been made in ACT! Premium for Web 2010 SP1</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=197</link>
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    You would like to know what   changes have been made in ACT! Premium for Web 2010 SP1.
  
  
    
  
  
     
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    Th ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:45:51 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>ACT! by Sage 2010 Update (US) SP1 - Plus HF1</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=196</link>
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Latest Updates


Title:
ACT! by Sage 2010 Update (US) SP1 - Plus HF1

Filename:
ACT2010SP1US_Update_HF1.exe

Language:
English

File Format:
 Executable

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		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:42:58 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>What Changes Were Made in ACT! by Sage 2010 SP1</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=195</link>
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You would like to know what changes have been made in ACT! by Sage 2010 SP1.




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The ACT! 2010 SP1 release is focused on improving the quality of the A ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:04:55 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>ACT! 2010 SP1 Hot Fix 1</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=192</link>
		<description>
Question You would like to know how to download and apply the ACT! 2010 SP1 Hot Fix 1.   Answer This documentation describes Hot Fix 1 for ACT! 2010 SP1 for the following versions: 

ACT! by S ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>ACT! by Sage Premium for Web Add-ons No Longer Function After Updating to ACT! by Sage 2010 SP1</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=193</link>
		<description>
Question You have updated to ACT! by Sage Premium for Web 2010 SP1 and find that your third-party add-ons no long work.  
AnswerThis issue is caused by web assemblies not having updated in the  ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:33:46 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Not able to increase the field size in ACT and receive the error message - Combined field lengths have exceeded the maximum for the database table.</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=191</link>
		<description>
ACT! uses MS SQL as its database engine.  
 
SQL databases restrict the size of the tables that hold the data.  Table size is a sum of the size of the fields in the table. The max table size i ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:59:28 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to increase the field to allow more characters</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=190</link>
		<description>
ACT! uses MS SQL as its database engine.  
 
SQL databases restrict the size of the tables that hold the data.  Table size is a sum of the size of the fields in the table. The max table size i ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:53:25 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to turn off or remove the Marketing Tab</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=189</link>
		<description>
In the Act 2010 software, there is a tab for &quot;Marketing.  If for some reason you would like to remove this tab, follow the instructions below:
They renamed the following files located (32 Bit c ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:50:43 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to add the Relationship and or the Web Info tab that comes with ACT! by Sage 2010</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=188</link>
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To add the Relationship and Web Info Tab that comes with ACT! by Sage 2010, go Tools, Design Layouts, and choose Contacts. The Layout Designer window will take a few seconds to open. Then on the ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:08:22 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Deleting ex-user or old user from ACT</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=187</link>
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First, never delete an ex-user as a user. Simply disable their login to free up their license.  Deleting a user will force you to either delete all of the data they created or reassign their dat ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Ghosting Date Issue: Date carried over from previous record.</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=186</link>
		<description>This is a known issue in ACT! by Sage: http://community.act.com/sage/board/message?board.id=ACT&amp;message.id=30032Our recommendation is to have the History or Notes tab open before doing a lookup or ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:50:06 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Today&#039;s Calendar is Slow Loading</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=176</link>
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Your Today&#039;s Calendar is very slow loading. 



 
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A reported Microsoft issue has been identified as a possible cause for this issue. Mi ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:13:19 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Extended version if Loading Layout error</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=10</link>
		<description>After updating or reinstalling your ACT! software, you get the message &quot;Error loading layout&quot;. This error only affects Act4Advisors layouts and not stock ACT! layouts.

To temporarily get to you ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:53:30 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Download and Apply the ACT! by Sage 2009 (11.1) Service Pack</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=163</link>
		<description>







 
How to Download and Apply the ACT! by Sage 2009 (11.1) Service Pack



 
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You would like to know how to download and apply the ACT! 2009 (11.1).Service Pack. ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:34:30 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Blue Stop Error and System Crash When Installing ACT! by Sage 2010</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=172</link>
		<description>



 
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You are installing ACT! 2010 and receive a blue stop error and the system crashes and loops indefinitely.



 
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This issue has been reported to occur in  ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:34:57 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Description of updates to APIs that enable Windows-based applications to retrieve historically accurate time stamps</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=171</link>
		<description>This article describes updates to APIs that enable Windows-based applications to retrieve historically accurate time stamps.Go to Microsoft&#039;s website for complete details: http://support.microsoft ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:10:20 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Is there a way to set security for tabs?  That it, to allow or not allow certain users to see certain tabs?</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=170</link>
		<description>
ACT! Premium allows you to restrict specific fields to specific users. 

How to Manage Field Level Security in ACT!

http://kb.sagesoftwareonline.com/cgi-bin/sagesoftwareonline.cfg/php/endus ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Act4Advisors Support - Relationship Feature in ACT! by Sage</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=169</link>
		<description>
Question:I have a questions about the database functions perhaps you could help me with? 
My question is about how to link contacts.  I want to link associated names like 
Children of the cont ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:24:27 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Act4Advisors Support - How to Delete a Contact or Lookup</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=167</link>
		<description>CAUTION: Deleting records in ACT! 
removes the permanently.  You can only retrieve them from a 
backup.
 
To Delete a Contact in ACT! choose 
the menu Contact &amp;gt; Delete Contact
Alternately ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:54:21 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Act4Advisors Support - How to Sync ACT! with my Blackberry</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=166</link>
		<description>
We highly recommend two addon programs for syncing ACT! to the Blackberry.
1. CompanionLink Express or Professional
CL gives you the ability to sync data from your ACT! database to the existin ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:53:56 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Error: &quot;Act.Data.ActDb.ActDbException: Cannot open backup device...&quot; When Attempting to Restore an ACT! Database</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=165</link>
		<description>
Question You attempt to restore an ACT! database when you receieve the following error message: 
Act.Data.ActDb.ActDbException: Cannot open backup device &#039;C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Local\Temp\ ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:35:18 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Disable User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista?</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=85</link>
		<description>Question:You are attempting to install or uninstall ACT! when Windows does not allow you access to needed files or folders. This can be caused by the User Account Control (UAC) feature in Windows  ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:14:13 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Import Contact Data From a Text Delimited File (*.TXT or *.CSV) into an ACT! Database</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=153</link>
		<description>
QuestionYou have information in a CSV or Text Delimited file that you want to import in to an existing ACT! database.AnswerNote: Before proceeding, it is strongly recommended that you perform a  ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:12:21 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Export Your Contact Data from ACT! to a Text Delimited File</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=71</link>
		<description>
Question You would like to export your Contact data from ACT! to a text delimited file. Answer You can export your ACT! contact information to a text delimited file for use in other programs. Wh ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:48:18 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>ACT! by Sage 10.0.3 Update and Bugfix</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=144</link>
		<description>

ACT! by Sage 10.0.3 Standard Update (US)Details : Download 
ACT! by Sage 10.0.3 Premium (Workgroup) Update (US)Details : DownloadACT! 2008 Hot Fix 1 (10.0.3)Details : Download</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:12:35 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>ACT! by Sage 10.0.2 Update and Bugfix</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=93</link>
		<description>

ACT! by Sage 10.0.2 Standard Update (US)Details : Download 
ACT! by Sage 10.0.2 Premium (Workgroup) Update (US)Details : DownloadACT! 2008 Hot Fix 1 (10.0.2.1)Please read</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:03:01 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to re-assign or move activities en-masse to another user.</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=143</link>
		<description>
OK, we have all been PO&#039;d over the years because ACT! does not have a function to re-assign activities en-masse to other users but here is a workaround.Many of you know that you can cut and past ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:09:31 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Error: &quot;Backup cancelled. Access to path denied.&quot;</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=142</link>
		<description>



 
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When attempting to create a backup of your database, you receive the following error message: &quot;Backup cancelled. Access to path denied.&quot;



 
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There is m ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:10:56 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>ACT! Mail Merge Window is missing in Word or Unable to Access the ACT! Menu Option on the Microsoft® Word or Excel® Tool Bar</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=141</link>
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The ACT! menu option is missing from the Microsoft Word and/or Excel tool bar.



 
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Note: The following information is provided as a convenience. Sage S ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:57:48 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Error: &quot;RPC Server not available.&quot; When Attempting to Send an E-mail Using Microsoft? Outlook?</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=50</link>
		<description>Question You are attempting to send an e-mail from ACT! (with Outlook as your mail client) when you receive the following error message: &quot;RPC Server not available.&quot; Answer There is more than one p ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:59:34 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>MS Excel Spreadsheet to ACT! - map Act4Advisors fields to your spreadsheet</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=28</link>
		<description>
Open ACT. You may do a Lookup then click on Contact List or you can choose your group and click on the Groups button. Minimize ACT (do not close ACT) 

Open up MS Excel Spreadsheet. Click on t ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:59:23 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Disable the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Firewall Component</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=60</link>
		<description>Question You would like to know how to disable the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Firewall component. Answer Note: The following information is provided as a convenience. Sage Software, Small Business  ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:59:14 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Install ACT! in Windows Selective Startup Mode</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=59</link>
		<description>Question You would like to know how to install ACT! in Windows Selective Startup Mode Answer If you are using Windows&amp;reg; XP or Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft provides a System Configuration Util ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:59:03 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Add ACT! to the Exception List for Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=61</link>
		<description>Question You are using Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed, and the Internet Connection Firewall is enabled. You attempt to share your ACT! database over your Local Area Network and the Inter ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:58:53 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Update your ACT! and Microsoft? Outlook? Calendars</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=82</link>
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You would like to know how to use the Outlook Activities feature of ACT!. 
 
 
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You can use the Outlook Activities feature to update your ACT! calendar with your Outloo ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:57:20 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Want to Share the Database with Other Users on the Network running Windows Vista</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=22</link>
		<description>
You haven&amp;#8217;t been able to share the ACT! database from your server computer which is running Windows Vista.
To resolve this issue: 

You must be logged into the Vista computer as an Admi ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:56:48 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>InvalidArgument=Value of &#039;..&#039; is not valid for &#039;SelectedIndex&#039;. Parameter</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=129</link>
		<description>
This was caused when adding items to dropdown menu where an item exceeded the maximum field length for the field. The solution was to reduce the length of the data so that the pick list did not  ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:11:19 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Not able to generate labels with home or preferred mailing address.</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=66</link>
		<description>
You are trying to generate labels with home or preferred mailing addresses. You are getting work or business addresses instead.By default ACT had created templates for business addresses. We hav ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:59:44 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Configure Microsoft? Outlook? as Your Email Client in ACT!</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=104</link>
		<description>
You would like to know how to setup Microsoft Outlook as your E-mail system in ACT!   Answer ACT! 2008 E-Mail will work through Microsoft Outlook versions 2002 (XP), 2003, or 2007. To configure  ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:39:32 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Layout or Report Designer Will Not Launch or ACT! Appears to Stop Responding</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=110</link>
		<description>
Question: You find that the Layout Designer or Report Designer will not launch or ACT! appears to stop responding.Answer:This issue can be caused by your User and/or GDI Process Handle settings. ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:38:55 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Outlook 2000 The add-in &quot;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ACTEXT.DLL&quot; could not be installed or loaded</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=109</link>
		<description>To resolve this issue, rename and re-create the Outlook Extend.dat file. To do this, follow these steps: 



1.
Quit all programs that are running. 

2.
Click Start, and then click Search. ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:38:34 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>You want to attach an e-mail message in your Outlook Inbox to an ACT! contact but find that the ACT! icon is missing.</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=108</link>
		<description>
KB Article 14167
Question   You want to attach an e-mail message in your Outlook Inbox to an ACT! contact but find that the ACT! icon is missing.   Answer   This can occur if the ACT! Extension ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:38:20 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Assigning Task and Task Details</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=107</link>
		<description>
1) When assigning a task to someone else in my group, the calandar used to show who prepared task and who it has been asigned to. This is no longer evident in the new version. We aren&#039;t sure who ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:38:03 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>ACT! 10.0.3 Standard Update (US)</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=105</link>
		<description>




Latest Updates




Title: 

ACT! 10.0.3 Standard Update (US) 


Filename: 

ACT1003StandUSUpdate.exe


Language: 

English 


File Format: 

 Executable


File S ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:37:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Understanding SQL Less CAL</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=106</link>
		<description>
Question You want to get a better understanding of SQL Less CAL.   Answer With the release of ACT! 2008, an existing SQL installation (with CALs - Client Access License) can be utilized by our p ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:37:21 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Error: &quot;Error Retrieving the COM Class Factory for Component with CLSID {741BEEFD-AEC0-4AFF-84AF-4F61D15F5526} failed due to the following error: 80040154&quot;</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=114</link>
		<description>Question:You attempt to open ACT! E-mail or click on an E-mail address when you receive the following error: &quot;Error Retrieving the COM Class Factory for Component with CLSID {741BEEFD-AEC0-4AFF-84 ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:33:13 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Back Up the Registry on a Windows Operating System</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=111</link>
		<description>
Question:You need to create a backup of the Windows registry before editing it so that you can restore your current registry settings if the changes made do not produce the desired result.
Answ ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:06:22 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Download and Apply the ACT! by Sage 2008 Hot Fix 1 (10.0.2.1)</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=103</link>
		<description>





 

Question


 

You would like to find out how to download and apply the ACT! 2008 Hot Fix 1 (10.0.2.1). 




 


 

Answer


 

Note: We do not warrant that the ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:13:51 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>General Troubleshooting Guide For Issues With ACT! and Microsoft Outlook</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=102</link>
		<description>




 

Question


 

You are attempting to resolve e-mail issues when using Microsoft Outlook through ACT!. 




 


 

Answer


 

E-mail issues when using Microsoft O ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:08:46 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Understanding How History is Created When Using Microsoft Outlook as Your E-Mail Client in ACT!</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=97</link>
		<description>





Question


You want to know how and where ACT! history is created when using Outlook. 


 


Answer


ACT! can create history items when using Outlook&amp;reg; e-mail. There ar ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:08:21 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Set the ACT! Default History Type in Microsoft Outlook</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=99</link>
		<description>




Question


You would like to know how to set up the default ACT! History type option in Microsoft Outlook. 


 


Answer


You must first ensure that you have setup at least  ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:08:10 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How To Add My ACT! By Sage Address Book To Microsoft Outlook 2007</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=100</link>
		<description>




Question


You want to know how to add your ACT! 2008 Address Book to Microsoft Outlook 2007. 


 


Answer


Important Note: To insure that the following changes in Outlook  ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:08:03 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Add My ACT! Address Book to Microsoft Outlook 2003, Outlook 2002 (XP) or Outlook 2000</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=98</link>
		<description>




 

Question


 

You want to know how to add your ACT! address book to Microsoft Outlook and access your ACT! contact information from within Outlook. 




 


 

Answer ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:07:57 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How To Remove Your ACT! Address Book from Microsoft Outlook</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=101</link>
		<description>




Question


You previously enabled access to your ACT! address book in Microsoft Outlook, but now would like to remove it from Outlook.


 


Answer


To remove your ACT! addr ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:02:51 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How To Setup the Dialer in ACT! 2006</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=95</link>
		<description>
Note: There are a few conditions you must meet before you are able to use the Dialer in ACT!. You must have a modem that shares a line with your telephone --or-- a telephone equipped with Teleph ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:19:17 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title> How To Use the Dialer in ACT! by Sage</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=96</link>
		<description>
You would like to call a Contact and have ACT! dial the phone for you so you can time the call and create a History for the completed call. Use the following steps: 
1.       From the Contact r ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:19:10 GMT</pubDate>
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	<item>
		<title>ACT! by Sage 10.0.1 Update and Bugfix</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=92</link>
		<description>

ACT! by Sage 10.0.1 Standard Update (US)Details : Download 
ACT! by Sage 10.0.1 Premium (Workgroup) Update (US)Details : Download</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 16:17:41 GMT</pubDate>
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	<item>
		<title>ACT! by Sage 9.0.1 Update and Bugfix</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=14</link>
		<description>
ACT! 9.0.1 Standard Update (US)Details : Download 
ACT! 9.0.1 Premium (Workgroup) Update (US)Details : Download
ACT! 9.0.1 Hotfix:Details : Download</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 21:46:36 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How To Manually Remove ACT! By Sage 2008 (10.0) and ACT! By Sage Premium 2008 (10.0)</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=77</link>
		<description>Question You would like to know how to manually remove the ACT! by Sage 2008 (10.0) and ACT! by Sage Premium 2008 (10.0) software. Answer This Answer is divided into three sections: Preparation Ta ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:03:35 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How To Uninstall ACT! By Sage 2008 (10.0)</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=86</link>
		<description>Question:You would like to know how to uninstall ACT! by Sage 2008 (10.0) Answer:  
Completely removing ACT! from your computer is a two process function. When ACT! is installed the ACT! program  ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:48:54 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Actdiag will not open</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=84</link>
		<description>If your Actdiag will not open, then there are databases which are suspect listed and you get the message that the SQL instance will not start.In the Program Files\ACT\ACT for Windows is the follow ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:33:11 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How To Remove the MRU (Most Recently Used) List of Databases from the ACT!</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=83</link>
		<description>
Close ACT. Go to Run and type in %appdata%\ACT for Windows 10\Preferences and locate Preferences_STARTUP_DATABASE_MRU and delete file.
Note: This file will be re-created when you open an ACT! d ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:36:56 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>To export the preferred mailing addresses from ACT! 8/9/10 to Excel</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=78</link>
		<description>
To export the Preferred Mailing addresses from ACT! 8/9/10 to Excel, click on the Contact List button, click on Options and choose Customize Columns.
Select the fields you would like to view on ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:13:16 GMT</pubDate>
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	<item>
		<title>How to Create Tabs in ACT</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=79</link>
		<description>
1. Go to Tools, Design Layout, Contacts.
2. Go to Edit and choose Tabs.

3. Click on the Add Tab button.</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:37:04 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Tag Contact Records in ACT!</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=74</link>
		<description>
Question:I want to send a common e-mail to only those prospects I talked to today. A general lookup in ACT! will not give me this specific list. Is there a way by which I can do this in ACT!?
A ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:32:53 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Only the First Five Pages of Envelopes, Labels or Reports Preview or Print</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=63</link>
		<description>
Question
When previewing or printing Envelopes, Labels or Reports in ACT!, you only receive the first five pages.
Answer This issue will occur when the MaxPages property for the envelope, labe ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:49:16 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Error - from the Internet Connection Firewall Built in to Windows XP Pro</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=62</link>
		<description>Question When launching ACT!, you receive a warning from the Internet Connection Firewall built into Windows XP Pro. Answer This warning occurs when the Windows Internet Connection Firewall softwa ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:36:17 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Error - The database you are trying to access has been locked by an administrator</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=53</link>
		<description>
Close ACT on all computers.Go to Start on your computer, Run - type in actdiag and press Enter.
Click on the Databases button.
Single right mouse click on Advisor30 or your &amp;#8220;suspect/lock ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:40:37 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>How To Manage Duplicate Records</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=47</link>
		<description>
Question
You have possible duplicate records in your database that you would like to merge or eliminate.
Answer
ACT! includes a Scan for Duplicates function that allows you to isolate and mer ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:08:17 GMT</pubDate>
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	<item>
		<title>How to Automatically Back Up Your Database</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=26</link>
		<description>
You would like to know how to automatically back up your database using the ACT! Scheduler. Answer:Any Administrator or Manager user can create a regular schedule for creating backups. The compu ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:47:10 GMT</pubDate>
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	<item>
		<title>How to Automatically Perform Database Maintenance</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=8</link>
		<description>
You would like details on how to set up your ACT! database to automatically perform Database Maintenance. 
Answer:Any Administrator or Manager user can create a regular schedule for database ma ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:46:32 GMT</pubDate>
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	<item>
		<title>How to Manage the ACT! 2007 Scheduler</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=27</link>
		<description>You would like information regarding the ACT! Scheduler. AnswerThe ACT! Scheduler utility, introduced with ACT! 2006, has been improved for ACT! 2007. As before you can perform unattended Back ups ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:45:57 GMT</pubDate>
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	<item>
		<title>How to Add ACT! Serial Numbers to Your Database</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=23</link>
		<description>In ACT! 2007 and greater, login as a user who is an Administrator. 

Choose Help &amp;gt; Register ACT! 
Choose the Add button. 
Choose, &amp;#8220;I have already purchased a license&amp;#8221; 
Type in  ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:54:16 GMT</pubDate>
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	<item>
		<title>Want to Share the Database with Other Users on the Network</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=21</link>
		<description>
 
To share the Act4Advisors database:

Login as an Administrative user.
Add users to your database using Tools &amp;gt; Manage Users(Caution: you must have an ACT! and Act4Advisors license for e ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:47:40 GMT</pubDate>
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	<item>
		<title>Compute Time Spent on Specific Activities in ACT!</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=20</link>
		<description>
How can I compute the time spent on custom activities in ACT!? For instance, the hours spent traveling or time spent meeting a customer, etc.
You can create a report of time spent on custom act ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:13:17 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Inactivating ACT! Users</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=19</link>
		<description>
How can I inactivate users of my ACT! database?
When you make an ACT! user inactive, that user will not be able to login to ACT!. You can creatively manage the number of ACT! licenses and users ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:10:35 GMT</pubDate>
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	<item>
		<title>How to reduce hardware acceleration</title>
		<link>http://kb.actforadvisors.com/questions.php?questionid=2</link>
		<description>
How to reduce hardware acceleration- Display Does Not Completely Refresh When Changing From One View to Another
QuestionYou are changing, for example, from the Contact Details view to the Conta ...</description>
		<author>Scott Abboud</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:41:02 GMT</pubDate>
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