Monthly Archives: August 2016

How to add rows to a seating plan

IMPORTANT! Do not add rows to any seating plan that is already in use and that have sales attached to it! With your seating plan open, click on the Plan tools button, then the Add a row (or bottom) to … Continue reading

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How to find your IP address in Windows 7

IP addresses are specific to each computer. To find yours on a Windows 7 computer, open Network Connections by selecting the Start button and then selecting Control Panel. In the search box, type adapter. Under Network and Sharing Center, select … Continue reading

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Windows 7, 8.1 moving to Windows 10’s cumulative update model

From arstechnica.com By Peter Bright Individual security fixes are out, combined packages are in. Microsoft is switching Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 to a cumulative update model similar to the one used by Windows 10. The company is moving away … Continue reading

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Visa to Help Accelerate EMV Chip Migration and Support Merchants

From usa.visa.com 06/16/2016 Streamlined certification, financial and technical support to further accelerate EMV chip terminal deployment Modified chargeback policies will provide near term relief to merchants who are not yet chip-ready SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun. 16, 2016– Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today … Continue reading

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Chip Cards Take So Long, Some Retailers Disabled Them For The Holidays – Forbes

Kate Ashford Forbes.com Last week, I did some shopping at a local CVS Pharmacy before Christmas. As I checked out, I inserted my chip-enabled credit card into the chip reader on the credit card machine. To my surprise, a message … Continue reading

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Slow Retail EMV Transition Miffs Bankers

From pymnts.com Banks are increasingly worried about the likelihood that they’ll look like the bad guys if merchants haven’t upgraded their point-of-sale systems to support EMV chip cards, and then are hit by fraud and have to pay for the … Continue reading

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Four Reasons Merchants Should Make the Switch to EMV Now

From entrepreneur.com By Tyler Vaughey You only need to turn on the news to know that fraud is an issue plaguing both consumers and businesses today. The almost-daily headlines serve as a reminder that customer information is highly coveted by … Continue reading

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Eight FAQs about EMV credit cards

The nationwide shift to EMV is well underway. EMV — which stands for Europay, MasterCard and Visa — is a global standard for cards equipped with computer chips and the technology used to authenticate chip-card transactions. In the wake of … Continue reading

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The chip card transition in the US has been a disaster

By Ian Kar qz.com Over the last year or so in the US, a lot of the plastic credit cards we carry around every day have been replaced by new one with chips embedded in them. The chips are supposed … Continue reading

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How to change a GA show into a reserved seating plan show when you already have sales

One of our Wintix users reported that after they originally built a general admission show in Wintix, the powers that be decided to move it to another theater that has assigned seats so they needed to add a seating chart … Continue reading

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