1. WATCH EACH COMPUTER WHILE IT BOOTS UP TO SEE ANY ERROR MESSAGES
2. UPDATE HARDWARE DEVICE DRIVERS
3. CHECK AVAILABLE HARD DISK SPACE ( S/B BE OVER 200 MEG )
4. DO A SCANDISK ON ALL HARD DRIVES
5. MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE HARD DISK SPACE
6. RUN A DEFRAGMENTING ON ALL HARD DRIVES
7. CHECK AVAILABLE RAM ( SHOULD BE 590K )
8. CHECK THAT CMS IS RUNNING IN A SEPARATE MEMORY SPACE (XP & 2000 ONLY)
9. CHECK NETWORK CABLING QUALITY
10. CHECK NETWORK FOR EXTRANEOUS PROTOCOL SETTINGS
11. TRY REPLACING NETWORK CARDS
12. TRY USING A DIFFERENT NETWORK HUB TO SEE IF THE EXISTING ONE possibly
    DEFECTIVE
13. TRY USING A NEW NETWORK CABLE TO MAKE A TEMPORARY NEW CONNECTION TO SEE IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE NETWORK CABLE
14. MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A RELATIVELY CURRENT UPDATE TO YOUR WINDOWS OPERATING SOFTWARE
15. CLEAR ANY STUCK PRINT JOBS FROM THE PRINT SPOOLER
16. DOWNLOAD PRINTER DRIVER UPDATES
17. MAKE SURE THAT ALL NETWORK PRINTERS HAVE A CAPTURED LPT PORT
18. RUN ADD PRINTER AND RE-ADD PRINTERS
19. SET PRINTER ESCAPE CODES
20. SET UP A 2nd
    PRINTER TO THE SAME PORT WITH DIFFERENT DRIVERS, PAPER SIZE, ETC.
21. TRY GENERIC TEXT DRIVER OR OTHER PRINTER DRIVER
22. TURN ON ALL PRINTERS
23. TRY USING A NEW PRINTER CABLE TO MAKE A TEMPORARY NEW CONNECTION TO SEE IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE PRINTER CABLE
24. FROM A DOS PROMPT, TYPE IN DIR \ >LPT1
25. PRINT A TEST PAGE FROM PRINTER PROPERTIES
26. CHECK PRINTER PROPERTIES FOR THE CORRECT PORT &/or NETWORK PRINTER ASSIGNMENT
27. CHECK PRINTER PROPERTIES THAT A UNIQUE NETWORK PRINTER PORT HAS BEEN CAPTURED
28. INSTALL A NEW PRINTER WITH AN HPIIP PRINTER DRIVER (OR ON A DOT MATRIX PRINTER-GENERIC TEXT DRIVER OR EPSON MX80 DRIVER)
29. CHECK FILE= SETTINGS IN CONFIG.NT OR CONFIG.SYS ON PC'S
30. CHECK FILE= SETTINGS IN CONFIG.NT OR CONFIG.SYS ON SERVER
31. CHECK FOR INTERFERENCE FROM OTHER DEVICES
32. CHECK FOR VIRUSES
33. CHECK REGION SETTINGS LANGUAGE TO ENGLISH
34. CHECK RESOURCE TAB AND VERIFY THAT 80+ PERCENT IS AVAILABLE
35. CHECK SECURITY ACCESS LEVEL ON SHARED FOLDERS/DRIVES
36. CHECK THAT THE REGIONAL SETTINGS, SHORT DATE FORMAT IS SET TO MM/DD/YYYY FORMAT
37. CHECK THAT THERE IS NO SCREENSAVER RUNNING ON THE SERVER
38. CHECK UPS's AND POWER STABILITY
39. IN SAFE MODE, CLEAN UP THE DEVICE MANAGER
40. SEE IF THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME WHEN RUNNING FROM THE SERVER AND FROM OTHER WORKSTATIONS
41. SHUT DOWN ALL PC's, SERVERS & PRINTERS
42. TURN ON ALL WORKSTATIONS
43. TURN ON SERVER AND LET IT COME UP FULLY
44. RUN NORTON SYSTEM DOCTOR
45. RUN NORTON WIN DOCTOR
46. ADD BACK A DELETED MASTERFILE OR CODE FILE ITEM THAT WAS DELETED
47. <CTRL><Alt><DELETE> AND END TASK
48. RENAME BACKUP.DAT DIRECTORIES
49. RENAME A DATA DIRECTORY
50. RENAME A PROGRAM DIRECTORY
51. BACK UP ALL DATA (OR COPY TO ANOTHER DIRECTORY)
52. BALANCE CONTROL REPORTS TO THE General Ledger & Financial Statements
53. COPY A GOOD BATCH ON TOP OF A DAMAGED BATCH
54. COPY A NEW COPY OF CMSDICT.MDB, CMSUSER.* , COUGAR.CFG
55. CREATE A NEW COMPANY CODE AND COPY ONE OR ALL MODULES FROM THE PROBLEM TO THE NEW COMPANY CODE
56. DE-INSTALL AND RE-INSTALL PROBLEM MODULES
57. DO A WIN-TO-WIN CONVERSIONS
58. FIX MODULE PREFERENCE PARAMETERS
59. INSTALL A NEW COMPANY CODE, INSTALL THE MODULES, USE THE COPY MASTERFILE OPERATION TO COPY DATA TO NEW COMPANY 
60. INSTALL THE LATEST SERVICE PACK FROM Cougar MTN Software
61. Invalid Value List Array Index
62. MAKE A FRESH INSTALL IN A NEW DIRECTORY ON THE SERVER AND SEE IF PROBLEM CONTINUES
63. MAKE A FRESH INSTALL ON A WORKSTATION's HARD DRIVE AND SEE IF PROBLEM CONTINUES 
64. MAKE A G/L JOURNAL ENTRY
65. Orphan batch files
66. PURGE HISTORY FILES
67. READ THE *.ME FILES FOR SOLUTIONS
68. RE-INDEX ALL MODULES
69. RENAME CURRENT DIRECTORY FROM \CMSWIN TO \CMSOLD & RE-INSTALL TO CMSWIN
70. REVERSE THE TRANSACTION IN THE SAME MODULE IN WHICH IT WAS ORIGINALLY ENTERED
71. RUN CMSDIAG.EXE
72. RUN DATAMGR.EXE
73. RUN DBFIX.EXE
74. RUN FILEFIX.EXE
75. RUN NPC.EXE
76. RUN UTICMS.EXE TO
77. RUN UTICMS.EXE TO CLEAR PASSWORD(S)
78. RUN UTICMS.EXE TO DELETE BLANK RECORDS
79. RUN UTICMS.EXE TO FIX DATA FIELD
80. RUN UTICMS.EXE TO RESET BATCH POSTING FLAG
81. RUN UTICMS.EXE TO ZAP FILE
82. START A NEW VENDOR/CUSTOMER/Inventory Control and Management M/F RECORD IF THE CURRENT ONE IS HAVING PROBLEMS
83. TEST SAME FUNCTION IN DMO COMPANY
84. USE MASTERFILE RENUMBERING
85. USE THE RENUMBER FEATURE TO CHANGE THE MASTERFILE CODE
86. A/P check format XP
87. ADJUST POSTED ITEM DUE DATE
88. Invalid Date in Vendor Mtn // Illegal Function Call
89. RECALCULATE VENDOR BALANCES
90. RUN APUTIL.EXE
91. ar statement modification for V7
92. RUN A/R RECALCULATE MASTERFILE
93. RUN BRUPDT.EXE
94. Invalid Isam
95. REVIEW POSTING TO THE G/L AUDIT TRAIL (especially non-standard entries to the control accounts)
96. RUN G/L RECALCULATE PERIOD FILE
97. RUN GLCONV.EXE
98. RECALCULATE Inventory Control and Management FILES
99. RUN INUPDAT.EXE
100. RECALCULATE JOB FILES
101. RUN JCCONV.EXE
102. FIX Sales Screen definition
103. RUN O.E. INVOICE TRACKING REPORT (MISSING INVOICES ONLY)
104. RUN OECHECK1.EXE
105. RUN OECHECK2.EXE
106. RUN MODULE CONTROL REPORTS AND OPEN P.O. REPORT
107. RECALCULATE WAGES IN OPEN FILE
108. P.O.S. DEVICE CODES-TEST DEVICE
109. P.O.S. INVOICE PRINTER CODES-CHECK SETTINGS
110. P.O.S. REGISTER CODES-RESET STATUS
111. ACCESS RRW.EXE AND SET FILE LOCATIONS
112. Access Violation-rrw.eze
113. Cannot locate the Microsoft Visual Fox Pro Support Library
114. FIND REPORT WRITER
115. No network User ID's available
116. R&R V6 conflicts with V7
117. CHECK FOR OTHER PROGRAMS RUNNING THAT MIGHT BE CAUSING CONFLICTS
118. VERIFY IF ANY NEW SOFTWARE HAS BEEN LOADED RECENTLY
119. VERIFY THAT CMS IS THE ONLY SOFTWARE NOT RUNNING PROPERLY
120. Loading V7 on a pre-V6

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