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Welcome to Pro Systems. This is our office on the Internet and it's open 24 hours per day 7 days per week 365 days per year. We are the largest supplier of Sheriff software in Southern Africa. This site is dedicated to servicing and supporting our customers.

If you are a new Sheriff!
Get Sheriff Access (use it FREE for 2 months!!)

This is our way of helping the newly appointed Sheriffs get onto their feet and computerize their offices with the most user friendly and powerful Sheriff software in SA! We offer you our proven and trusted Sheriff Access software. Use it FREE for 2 months. By that time you'll be generating a good monthly income and will be able to afford the small monthly hire fee. The download is FREE, the support is FREE. Can you find a better deal? There are two methods to choose from to get Sheriff Access:

Method 1. We can do it for you!

You just sit back and watch the action. In order to do this you must get connected with us on LogMeIn ASAP. LogMeIn allows us to work on your computer because we see it on our screen as if we were sitting behind it. Once we have the connection we can honour our promise to you. Read the easy instructions below.

How To Get Connected
Pro Systems has a LogMeIn account. You need to link up with it. To make this as easy as possible, we have created a custom installer package on LogMeIn. The link below will connect you to our installer and you will be able to install the LogMeIn software quickly and easily. You will automatically be appended to our LogMeIn account. When it's done, phone us on 082 565 0258 and let us know.

Connecting up has never been easier! All you need to do is CLICK HERE (this screen will appear)

When the installer asks for "a description for your computer" type your office name.
For example: CAPE TOWN (we visually identify your office by this name)

Now, you continue through the installer and let the LogMeIn software install. It's as easy as that.

IMPORTANT:
We'll need to login to your computer. Please set the LogMeIn password to bigchief (typed EXACTLY like that). It is impossible to remember a custom password, and only we can access your machine, nobody else. Our LogMeIn account password is secure and only we know what it is, so your computer is safe from any would be hackers.

Nobody, we repeat...NOBODY else can see (or access) your computer. Only we can. If you decide you don't need us, you simply tell your LogMeIn software to "go offline".

Method 2. You can do it yourself!
You download our software, install it and configure your server. This method is only recommended if you are an experienced user, as there is a bit of Windows configuring to do.

So, what are you waiting for? Click the link to download the full release of Sheriff Access ->

Save it on your hard drive. After the download completes, run it (as Administrator if you have Windows Vista or Windows 7) and do a SERVER type of installation. This installs the required empty databases. You can install it on your other networked computers as well, but do this using the WORKSTATION type of installation, which does not install any databases. Only one machine may be installed as a SERVER.

Quick Setup For Networking (this configuration is mandatory)
1. Make the SERVER machine's computer name = server (reboot if necessary)
2. Make the workgroup name = WORKGROUP (reboot if necessary) This applies to every machine, not just the server.
3. Share the SERVER machine's C drive as C from the ROOT (no passwords and full read/write permissions for everybody)

How To Run Sheriff Access
Once the software is installed you can run Sheriff Access using the desktop shortcut. Note that if you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 you must run Sheriff Access "as an Administrator" by right clicking on the desktop shortcut and choosing "Run As Administrator" from the popup menu. The new Initialization Wizard will walk you through the most important steps and you'll be up-and-running in no time. When you are ready to activate the software to go live you can contact us on 082 565 0258 and we'll take it from there.

Sheriff SQL
The fifth incarnation of our Sheriff software using the MySQL storage engine is now available!
We'll bet you want to know more, so click here.

This is the new Sheriff SQL running in the Win 7 operating system.

Clean, neat and functional. Only three toolbars, but they are better organized with more functions and easier to use.

This release uses the most powerful and advanced open source relational database on earth - MySQL. It's consistent fast performance, reliability and ease of use make it rock solid safe. No royalties are payable. Data backup and restore are easy. Sheriff SQL is a REAL client/server application using a REAL corporate commercially strong data storage engine. MySQL server software is used by giants like Google™ and Wikipedia™.

Our online support service is available to you if you have a broadband connection.

Windows 7™

Both Sheriff SQL and Sheriff Access have been extensively tested with Windows 7 (both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions) operating system. We have made sure that they work faultlessly and have encountered no problems.

Do NOT attempt to install Sheriff Access on Windows 7 using any CD or file downloaded before 10th November 2009, as that software is unaware of Windows 7 and will install but will not run.

If you want to upgrade to Windows 7 then you must:
a. Order a new CD or...
b. DOWNLOAD THE FULL RELEASE for FREE.

The latest release of Sheriff Access has an interface similar to Sheriff SQL and has inherited some of the technology employed in the development of Sheriff SQL.