Tech Forum

When going into an organization in MLS, there's a link "Calling Order" in upper right. That allows you to set the order that callings are placed in. This is because the "calling" order is a hierarchy, not alphabetical. Thanks for the clarification. I looked at this during the we...

I'm trying to understand the pattern of sorting used in MLS and on reports. Two examples: When updating callings for an organization, there is the option of clicking on the column heading to sort the existing callings (to verify the change hasn't already been entered). However, when doing this for '...

As a newly called Ward Clerk, and looking at the current MLS reports from the perspective as a former EQ president (I served in the days of MIS), I'm wondering if I'm correctly understanding the purpose of the New Move-in Report. After talking with our various organization leaders, most do not find ...

This issue is a real concern...any feedback from church admins?

I am hearing a lot of complaints from the clerks that the computers have slowed significantly since Desktop 5.5. All our units have the Dells issued by the church. Anybody seeing any slowdown? Mike This is a common complaint I've heard as well. The stake computer specialist for our stake, as well a...

I would like to start encouraging our ward organizations to post relevant information to the News & Information section of the ward web site. This is in an effort to help minimize/eliminate other non-official sites being used for church purposes. In looking to do this, I've ran into the followin...

I found this posted on another newsgroup - this utilizes a standard Windows security policy routine: Start | Run | SECPOL.MSC Select Local Policies | User Rights Assignment | Change System Time Remove respective users/groups from the list who should not have access. If you remove all users, you have...

A question regarding the setup of the Clerk office computer. I would appreciate confirmation if it is at all advisable for non-Clerk ward members using MLS to be setup in Windows to login with a user other than 'clerk' (essentially, use another login that does not have Administrator privileges). The...