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Have You Upgraded? |
It's very beneficial to PrintPoint to know when you complete the upgrade to PrintPoint Version 5.1. Once you complete the upgrade please send an email to Jesse letting him know you are on the most resent version.
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Newsletter Archive
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Virtual Store Folder
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Our PC users have come to expect all of PrintPoint's client support files to be in the PrintPoint_Client_Folder. While this is true for XP and earlier versions of Windows, Microsoft has changed the playing field for Vista by creating a Virtual Store Folder that will now store these support files.
When this was first brought to my attention I thought, "There goes Microsoft trying to re-invent the wheel again". But, after doing some research, now I think the "Virtual Store Folder" is one of Microsoft's best ideas in quite some time. Before you think I've lost my mind, let me explain.
In past versions of Windows you either had to be a Local Administrator of a computer to run certain applications or you just could run them at all. Without Administrative Privileges you could not write data to any folders in the Program Files directory of Windows. Of course giving an average user Local Admin of a computer is a security nightmare for any IT Professional worth his salt. This is where the Virtual Store Folder comes into play.
So, what does the Virtural Store Folder do? It detects any write access to a file by a user that doesn't have rights to write to the file. It then makes a copy of the file in the user's virtual store and happily allows the user to write to the file in the virtualized directory where the user has full rights. Now users can do there job without having a security risk on your company network.
What does all this have to do with PrintPoint? When you do an upgrade to PrintPoint and we ask you to "throw out" the Languages Folder, you would normally find it in the PrintPoint_Client_Folder. However, on the Vista OS it's in the following location:
c:\users\(user name)\appdata\local\virtual store\program files\Printpoint_5_client_folder.
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Company Info
With PrintPoint 5.1 you have a place to setup your company Ship To address in Preferences. This provides you the option of having a mailing address, such as a PO Box, and a physical address where you actually receive items. You'll find this in Preferences on the Company Info page. Make sure you complete this section because the Ship To is used for any PO's you send to your venders from PrintPoint
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Apple Introduces the new Mac Pro
The fastest Mac ever, the new Mac Pro has eight processor cores and a new system architecture that delivers up to twice the performance of its predecessor. It combines two of Intel's new 45 nanometer Quad-Core Xeon processors running up to 3.2 GHz, powerful new graphics and up to 4TB of internal storage, offering the ideal system for creative professionals, 3D digital content creators and scientists.
PrintPoint will run so fast on this machine that all you'll have to do is think about an estimate and it will automatically be done. Well, not really but it will be pretty darn fast.
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