Sage ACCPAC 5.0a quit working at end of 2019.

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Sage ACCPAC 5.0a quit working at end of 2019. Entries for 2020 go to 1920. Sage Support says we dont exist as a client.I bought it from Accpac direct and have the invoice. Any suggestions other than starting over.

Sage won't let me talk to tech support without an account #, I bought it and have the invoice from ACCPAC with the customer number, invoice number etc.

Sage still say we don't exist.  They don't know that computers do make mistakes.

I asked, can we buy a support contract, yes, but you don't exist to buy it.

I've contacted an expert on here, they only support Sage 100 and 300, but have done conversions on Accpac.

Any suggestions to try, we have full disaster recovery images of the windows/dos mode OS, so I can try anything.

Talked to our CPA, will discuss further.

Until we get an answer I'm thinking we go create a new company, create chart of accounts, beginning balances etc. with date of 2000 (which will be 2020) 

and continue until we can get some accounting system to work.

I have 5.0a installed, looking at 5.1, noone will say if it supports 2020, others say that 5.4 is much more stable than 5.1.

I can't download updates since I don't exist. HAHA

Basically we only do GL, AR, and AP only, no invoicing, just plain old double entry accounting and financials. no importing bank statements, no credit cards etc.

Anything to try would be appreciated.

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  • 0 in reply to Jay Converse Acumen

    I thought we tried that, We don't exist remember. haha  We used BPI/accpac too long they forgot about us, I think we should be able to get a refund on the invoice when we bought the new edition.... since we don't exist right???? haha   Do you all do only 100 and 300?

  • 0 in reply to MPRdlusa
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    Sage ACCPAC and Sage 300 are the same program; Sage simply renamed it (multiple times).  Sage only supports the current version and two prior versions.  5.0 is 15 versions back.  I expect that when they said something like "you do not exist", they meant that, since you have not been current on an annual maintenance plan for 15 years or so, you are no longer in their customer database.  Today Sage 300 (Accpac) is only available by subscription, meaning that you no longer have a choice about staying on an annual plan as long as you want to continue entering transactions. Find a Sage 300 business partner to discuss pricing.  While it is no longer necessary, if you locate a partner in your area, you should be able to get on site support and training, if needed.

  • 0 in reply to Jim Love

    Thank you for the info Jim Love, that helps more than Sage main tech support helped, if they would just have said that the world would be a better place.  But not many companies really understand or know their own products, The dealers/resellers know it better, proven by you.