Workstation Preferences: Automatic Update

Preference Instructions | Update Overview

Point of Sale can automatically check for and download program updates in the background while you continue working in the program. Use this page to set your update preferences.

Preference | Function
Automatically download updates on this workstation | To enable automatic download of updates on this workstation, select Y es. To disable automatic download, select No Also, select N o if this workstation will install updates that have been downloaded by another workstation. See the following settings and the notes below.
Use shared download location | If this workstation will download updates for other workstations OR if this workstation will install shared update files downloaded by another workstation, select Y es. Otherwise, select N o.
Shared Location | If you answered Y es to using a shared download location, specify or browse to the location to which the update files are downloaded (all workstations downloading to or installing from this folder should set this preferences)

Notes:

- To download updates, a workstation must have an active Internet connection.

- Each workstation on a network can download and install updates independently, or one workstation can download the update file to a shared folder on the network from which all workstation can install.

- If you disable automatic updates, you can still manually check for and download update files by selecting U pdate QBPOS from the File menu.