Constellation Automotive Software Newsletter - February 2009 |
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Third Newsletter Is Like Third Base - Almost Home!Welcome to the third installment of our monthly newsletter. As you all know, it's tax season so we will keep this one brief!
News & AnnouncementsYour Requests Are Being Answered!To increase our accountability to you our customers, we have instituted a trackable process for every request that comes into us for a software enhancement. Part of that process is enabling you to track the progress of your enhancement request! We will need your email address, as we will email you the ticket number that you can use to track development of your specific enhancement. To request a newsletter to be sent to a different email address, please email DBayne@ConstellationAuto or you can visit the Client Care Center by Clicking Here and downloading it or a previous one you might have missed reading. Order your Paper Products Online!In case you missed the announcement last month, you can Order your Paper Products Online!To better serve you and make the paper product ordering process quicker, you can now order the following online: laser and continuous receipt paper, payment book paper, and payment book covers. This convenient way of replenishing your paper products is just a new and faster way of providing this service to you. Order Online at www.constellationforms.com/auto Product NewsCredit Acceptance Inventory UploadMany of our customers use Credit Acceptance Corporation as a means of funding deals. One of the steps required is manually uploading the inventory information to their website. For those customers that use Credit Acceptance Corporation, we have a free inventory upload interface that will upload your inventory information. If you need to have the interface turned on, please contact support and we will configure the interface for you and explain the upload process. MSP V4.0.4D Release NotesIn version 4.0.4D, a few issues were addressed. In the Account Center, we fixed the problem with duplicate receipt numbers being created when selling to a Related Finance Company, and added support for PassTime Elite. Also in the Account Center and on the Ledger card, we’ve provided the ability to customize a “Pending Repossession” message. In the Report Center, we changed Total Cost on the Custom Inventory Report to include Dealer Prep and Lot Prep. In addition, we adjusted PDF forms pricing. VCAT V .143 Release NotesIn version .143, several customer product enhancement requests were addressed. For one, we’ve provided for a multi-state tax flag, providing the ability to pull lenders per Finance Type if Multi-state flag is checked, listing state specific lenders. Also, we’ve made it easier and quicker to calculate and report sales commissions. Finally, we added an updated Vin Decoder. User Account Control:Windows Vista Most of our customers have discovered that the new Vista operating system has quite a few and sometimes unwanted new features. One is the User Account Control, which can knock you off your internet as well as off your local area network. If for some reason you decide to turn off the User Account Control and Microsoft has provided several ways to disable it, follow these few simple steps: In the search area at the bottom of the screen, type msconfig, select tools. Highlight 'Disable User Account Control' and click on Launch. Close the DOS prompt window and click the ok button. Restart your computer.
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