Hightower, Inc., publisher of MAS 90 and MAS 200 enhancements including Point of Sale Professional and Time & Billing Professional, have issued a notice regarding the recently issued MAS 90 and 200 service update from Sage. The notice (and case for maintaining a reliable back up) is included below:

Sage Software has temporarily removed Product Update 18 until a critical issue is resolved. Some issues we have found include:

• Time and Billing Professional – Printing Issues
• Point of Sale Professional – Credit card processing In Company Maintenance, Credit Card Processing gets changed to “None” and cannot be changed back.

Sage technicians have tried everything in their power to recover credit card data but were unable to. Their recommendation for now is to restore from back up.

The issues seem to be prevalent only on MAS 90/200 systems that have e-Business Manager and Credit Card Processing.