Sage BusinessWorks

Is there a quickstart guide and trial version for someone interested in trying out BusinessWorks?

I would like to see the download history for my Sage BW Software. What website do I use to get that information? Thank you so much. -Jo

When I try to click the download portal link, I am prompted with the error below: Request Entity Too Large The requested resource /selfservice/loginSubmit.do does not allow request data with GET requests, or the amount of data provided in the request…

We have a copy of the BW directory, pulled at the time we migrated to Sage 100. We are looking for a way to open/run BW without having to install anything "BW" in the new environment. In the Sage 100 world, this would be done by running the application…

We have been using BW when it was DOS. We have, I think BW 14. Our server has crashed and we are having to reinstall but we don't have the CD nor product key. We do have a downloaded version that is still asking for a key. So I have two questions; 1…

Is it possible to run Windows Server 2012 and the Server version of Businessworks on a virtual windows server? Version for more than 4 users.

Our organization still uses Sage Businessworks 2018 as a historical parts lookup. We have fully upgraded to Sage 100 2021 and use that as our main ERP, but it only has a 7 year look back, and in BW we have a look back that goes farther, and houses older…

We need to put in a new computer to replace an ageing machine running Windows Server 2008. Our IT person is recommending just putting in a Windows 10 machine and connecting the workstations to it. We only have 5 users. Will this work?

Hello everyone, we have been having problem lately with our businessworks 2013. It is not opening up and giving us bunch of different error messages. I uninstalled it hoping to get the installer from sage to reinstall but sage is not helping me here…

Hi, Has anyone installed the latest version of Business Works on a Microsoft Server version 2022 Std.

Hello I am trying to find an installer for Sage business works 2018.0. My clients company is running entirely on 2018.0. I just need an installer for that version.

I want to share what I learned about registering 2021 Sage BusinessWorks. You need a Serial Number, a Registration Number, and an Unlocking Key FOR EVERY MODULE. The only way to get this information is to open your software and use Live Chat in the Help…

Where can I find the registration id for Sage BusinessWorks 2021? I have the download, but I can't register the software and thus cannot use it.

How do you know if the 2021 SP1 Client Patch installed correctly? On one of my workstations when trying to install the Client Patch it took me to the App store and I found BW Client and I clicked on it to modify and I selected to reinstall. All other…

Installed a new computer & a new server. I installed Business works on the new computer and managed to restore companies ....but it will not let me log on .... One user / one user name and password. Its telling me its an invalid user name and password…

I keep getting This error when trying to launch BWProfile.exe to setup the BW Profile. I have no other apps open while launching but I still get the same error every time. please advise.

I'm fairly new here, and can't find KB#17609. I'm having issues resolving issuses installing for multiple users. I'm getting the same errors explained in 17609. Could someone please help me out? Thanks alot!!!

Hi there. I am trying to move a Sage BusinessWorks server (2016 I believe) from one domain to another (we purchased a company and need to keep their BW system around for historical data). The IP address has changed as we use a different IP scheme…

Hello, I just installed a clean copy of BW2018 + SP 2 on a Windows 2008 Server which was used for email and IBM Lotus Domino servers. For some reason, BW2018 seems to be interfering with the SMTP service. Our email server stopped working. I uninstalled…

I've read that current versions of BW run on Server 2016 and have even read the tips on preparing for move to a new server. All information is great. It sounds like it should be smooth sailing. I'm just being overly cautious since I have to do a clean…

I have users that rotate computers, or sometimes I need to sub in a spare when one goes down. This should be a simple operation if business works was already installed on the admin account on that computer. Unfortunately the Business Works profile has…

BW 2017. I ran the client installer on a Windows 10 PC. The install ran all the way through and said that it completed successfully. But only the Pervasive db part was installed. The client was not. Anyone have any ideas?

I need Sage50 2011 SP13 to recover databases on a bad drive in a separate machine to upgrade a system. Help PLEASE!!!

This is likely an obvious answer; however I want to confirm I understand how to install a service pack. What the documentation/videos have not been clear to me about is this: Do I need to install to the server first before installing to the clients? Does…

I have a BW user moving into a previous employees workstation. I cannot get BW to install because it was installed as an earlier version for the previous employee. I do not have means to hack into that profile to update or remove that BW instance. So…