Windows 7 Update:

Windows 7 has been approved WITH QUALIFIERS LISTED BELOW for use with Retail Pro Version 8.6 and 9.2 by RPI, Inc. Big Hairy Dog is still in the process of testing W7 wtih both of these versions before we also give our approval. We are concentrating on things such as polling, peripheral equipment and some of the older 16-bit tools to make sure they work correctly.

As of now, W7 can be used on any non-polling PC and we have been shipping it out to new customers that are single stores.

Once we finish our client trials and find no problem, we will be using W7 on all PC's going forward.

QUALIFIERS:
For Retail Pro version 8.6 you must use the 32-bit version of W7.
For Retail Pro version 9.2 you can use either 32-bit or 64-bit versions.
BHD will only be testing and supporting Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate versions.

BHD RAISES NEARLY $9,000 FOR HOPE FOUNDATION!

This year's BHD fund-raiser was a HUGE SUCCESS, thanks in large part to our great customers, friends and family. Our goal was to raise $6000 for The Hope Foundation, which donates to 14 separate and local children's charities.

Even though the deadline came and went, BHD continued collecting money from many big-hearted people, allowing us to raise nearly $9,000 to present to Hope Foundation! THAT'S $3,000 OVER OUR GOAL!

Our raffle winners are:

1. Barbara from Bud Lillies, a wonderful customer who owns a fly-fishing (and more) shop up in the wilderness of West Yellowstone. Barbara won 10 FREE hours of tech support, which is a value of $2,500.

2. Mark, Drobney, Attorney at Law, was the winner of the chili dinner for 8.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BARBARA AND MARK and a big THANK YOU to all of you who contributed to making this year's fund raiser such a big success!