Hey John,

You are one of the only people I have seen that has recommended the always on set up and that is exactly the set up we have! I hope that you can help me with my question, since you are the only person I have seen to suggest the set up were are using I'm hoping you can help!

I have just one company data file hosted on my always on desktop. I installed QuickBooks software on my laptop. I access the company data file from the always on desktop. Everything is working fine. The problem I have is that the all of a sudden the SQL Anywhere Personal Service which I believe is the QuickBooks Database Server Manager is constantly running on my laptop even when I am not using QuickBooks and have the program closed and using a bunch of my memory. We are using it in single user mode, both computers are PC using Windows 10.

Since I only have one file can I remove the QB Database Server Manager from my laptop? From what I've been able to understand in the reading I have done is that the host computer (for me the always on desktop) really should be the computer that is running the QB Database Server Manager. But this is a bit confusing for me so I could be wrong. What I'd really like to know is can I remove the QB Database Server Manager from my laptop? Thanks!