I have a very interesting problem when upgrading my Point 5.3a to Point 6.2.  The server side installation to the netsetup folder runs fine.  However, when I run Point Admin the users listed are completely incorrect, even though the security password from 5.3a allows me to manage and access.  The users listed are the original users that setup the very first installation of Point about 7 years ago.  None of these users have been setup in Point for over 5 years now.  Also when I run Point Network Configuration Server the only folder listed is the main folder.  Oh, please read on before you reply…. It gets even more interesting.

Since I’m doing this in a test environment, I figured what the heck, let’s go ahead and launch Point from one of the test workstations to see what happens.

I launch Point from the workstation, I get the prompt that Point must 1st uninstall LoanBridge 5.3 prior to installing Point 6.2.  So, I allow it to remove LoanBridge 5.3.   The installation proceeds and successfully completes.

Now I launch Point from the workstation.  At the login prompt, I enter the user and password for a user that has FULL control of all of the folders.  Note, this user is NOT one of the users listed when you run Point Administrator on the server!

To my amaze, I can login and run Point under this name.  Interesting, I thought…  So, I exit out of Point and decide to run Point Administrator from the workstation.

Point Admin launches successfully; all of my users and data folders are correctly list that were in version 5.3a; however, this is completely the opposite of what launching Point Admin from the server produces.

Now, my questions are…………….  What the heck?  How is this possible?  Even better yet, WHY?

Anyone care to elaborate?  Take a guess?

Thanks!

Shane