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Build right into the Professional and Premium editions of the software there is a security system. In “Options>Preferences>Security system”, you can set up all the security settings for your shop on an employee by employee basis. As an owner or shop foreman you...
Look-up Screen in Winworks Mobile
Many of our current users of Winworks Mobile have been asking for a convenient way to look at current work in Winworks Mobile. If you updated your device this week you might have noticed that there is a new icon on the tool bar in Winworks Mobile. It says "WO List"....
How You Can Get Over 200,000 Miles Out Of Your Car
By: Ken Kupchik For anyone who is at money-conscious, having a car that lasts for hundreds of thousands of miles is a huge money-saver. My last car read over 330,000 miles on the odometer before it finally passed on into the great junk yard in the sky,...
The 10 Things That Mechanics Hate The Most
by Bobby Gaglini This is a PSA of sorts for all the customers out there. Sure, you can do these things, but I don't know why you would ever want to. Here are the top 10 things customers do that absolutely infuriate auto mechanics. 1. Arguing on price....
The History of Software
We have been featured! Check out 1993! We spend most of our days using computers at work, smartphones when we're out and about, and tablets and PCs at home. Technology, especially software, has become such an integral part of both work and daily life, it's...
SQL Search in Marketing Machine
How to Search for Information in AutoShop Marketing Machine Included in the Professional and Premium editions of the Winworks AutoShop Management program, is the AutoShop Marking Machine. There are so many prebuilt ways to extract customers into data files, postcards,...
Winworks Mobile for Android
Winworks Mobile for Android operates in the same fashion as Winworks Mobile for iOS. However since, there are many more Android devices than there are iOS devices, we are compiling a list of recommended devices. Keep in mind this is an initial list, and we will add to...
Setting up Email in Winworks AutoShop
In Winworks AutoShop you have the ability to email invoices to your customers. But in order to set the email up, you need some information from your email provider. In this post, we have compiled some of the most used email accounts and researched the settings needed...
CARFAX UPLOADING
CARFAX is valuable tool to thousands of shop owners all over North America. In many ways it is like having another tool in the shop; it can bring in revenue and make the job a whole lot easier. When a shop uploads a vehicles service history to CARFAX in...
The Benefits of Backing up your Data
Backing up the data you record in your automotive repair program is one of the best practices you can have in your auto shop. There are many shops who suffer from natural disaster and theft, that never get their data back. They are forced to start from...
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