[Marko]

i cant believe in this day and age your still using the george program....it always was basic....i used to use it with pocket george years ago until my PDA broke but the software is very dated,cant use it on smartphones and i used to have the same problems your having with installing and uninstalling george when having issues(usually printer problems).it used to do my head in......its a complete waste of time,also it wouldnt sync sometimes when trying to update my work at the end of my working day.,very annoying! ....

do yourself a favour and move over to one of the better,more professional window cleaning programs(aworka,squeegee,cleaner planner,etc)....i use cleaner planner and have done for years now...its well worth £15 a month for me....its slick,fast and just so much better than george!(like going from a glassfibre pole to an xtreme pole)....

everything from printing invoices,slips and statements are just so much more professional with CP(you can add your logo to them)also i can log in on any device in the world and access my work......i currently use a chromebook and hp printer(which sends me ink when printers getting low!).....also dont underestimate how great it is to have your worksheets on your smartphone!apart from updating your work on the go you can add new jobs and slot them into the round order you want them and theyll stay there for next clean and so many other great features that george doesnt offer which saves me admin time

Cheers for this - I don't see the point of paying £180 a year++ for something very simple.
George does everything I need it to and worked very well until this last week or so.

fair enough....i just think CP is much better and well worth the money...its tax deductible too....i also think your a cheapskate!

So apart from being able to have your work on your smart phone and access it anywhere in the world (totally useless for me as a sole trader as when I'm on holiday I can't be arsed with work anyway) it's actually hardly any different to George apart from costing over £200 a year!! Just because it's tax deductable It's still costing you money!! I'll take cheap skate all day long thanks 👍

[Marko]

i cant believe in this day and age your still using the george program....it always was basic....i used to use it with pocket george years ago until my PDA broke but the software is very dated,cant use it on smartphones and i used to have the same problems your having with installing and uninstalling george when having issues(usually printer problems).it used to do my head in......its a complete waste of time,also it wouldnt sync sometimes when trying to update my work at the end of my working day.,very annoying! ....

do yourself a favour and move over to one of the better,more professional window cleaning programs(aworka,squeegee,cleaner planner,etc)....i use cleaner planner and have done for years now...its well worth £15 a month for me....its slick,fast and just so much better than george!(like going from a glassfibre pole to an xtreme pole)....

everything from printing invoices,slips and statements are just so much more professional with CP(you can add your logo to them)also i can log in on any device in the world and access my work......i currently use a chromebook and hp printer(which sends me ink when printers getting low!).....also dont underestimate how great it is to have your worksheets on your smartphone!apart from updating your work on the go you can add new jobs and slot them into the round order you want them and theyll stay there for next clean and so many other great features that george doesnt offer which saves me admin time

Cheers for this - I don't see the point of paying £180 a year++ for something very simple.
George does everything I need it to and worked very well until this last week or so.

I know it may sound silly but have you tried installing a 'virtual printer'? Basically it sounds like George doesn't like what Windows has done to the printer drivers. So if you install something like https://www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/writer.asp then select this as your default printer in windows and George maybe that could help? It is designed to produce pdf files, but instead of converting stuff to pdf you effectively send it to be pdf printed which creates a pdf.
Other than that have you tried to roll back windows to a version before you had issues using system restore?

I may be a bit daft but I can't see any option when I open George to set a default printer?? I've clicked on the print option tab but there's no option to select a printer? Is that something that mines missing?
Thanks

[dazmond]

i cant believe in this day and age your still using the george program....it always was basic....i used to use it with pocket george years ago until my PDA broke but the software is very dated,cant use it on smartphones and i used to have the same problems your having with installing and uninstalling george when having issues(usually printer problems).it used to do my head in......its a complete waste of time,also it wouldnt sync sometimes when trying to update my work at the end of my working day.,very annoying! ....

do yourself a favour and move over to one of the better,more professional window cleaning programs(aworka,squeegee,cleaner planner,etc)....i use cleaner planner and have done for years now...its well worth £15 a month for me....its slick,fast and just so much better than george!(like going from a glassfibre pole to an xtreme pole)....

everything from printing invoices,slips and statements are just so much more professional with CP(you can add your logo to them)also i can log in on any device in the world and access my work......i currently use a chromebook and hp printer(which sends me ink when printers getting low!).....also dont underestimate how great it is to have your worksheets on your smartphone!apart from updating your work on the go you can add new jobs and slot them into the round order you want them and theyll stay there for next clean and so many other great features that george doesnt offer which saves me admin time

Cheers for this - I don't see the point of paying £180 a year++ for something very simple.
George does everything I need it to and worked very well until this last week or so.

fair enough....i just think CP is much better and well worth the money...its tax deductible too....i also think your a cheapskate!

So apart from being able to have your work on your smart phone and access it anywhere in the world (totally useless for me as a sole trader as when I'm on holiday I can't be arsed with work anyway) it's actually hardly any different to George apart from costing over £200 a year!! Just because it's tax deductable It's still costing you money!! I'll take cheap skate all day long thanks 👍

of course do what you want......but in my experience george has had its day and is so outdated for most of us modern day window cleaners....i actually pay £180 per year but to me thats not a lot of money for hassle free admin..i also save money on paper and ink as no need to print my worksheets off.......

[windowswashed]

I bought Window Cleaner Pro once, smart when it worked but when it didn't what a pain in the backside having to rely on someone to sort it out.  Never again rely on someone to use a window cleaning program, George works fine for a sole trader with customers who pay BACS, bank transfers. Takes minutes to block text everyone night before in one go.

I too wouldn't use cleaner planner but Awoka looks fine as it's basically an online version of George.

[windowswashed]

Try closing down George program and run George fix to sort out your files then reopen it.

[AuRavelling79]

Try closing down George program and run George fix to sort out your files then reopen it.

Sorry to be thick; how do you do that?

[windowswashed]

George 'Data Fix' is a download program to be used when George isn't working properly. You find it in the same place online where you find the george program.
You have to close George program before running the george data fix program which sorts any problems out. Then open George program back up and it should all be fixed.

[dazmond]

George 'Data Fix' is a download program to be used when George isn't working properly. You find it in the same place online where you find the george program.
You have to close George program before running the george data fix program which sorts any problems out. Then open George program back up and it should all be fixed.

yeah thats right...i had to do that a few times myself when i was using it...it worked a treat

[Smudger]

I bought Window Cleaner Pro once, smart when it worked but when it didn't what a pain in the backside having to rely on someone to sort it out.  Never again rely on someone to use a window cleaning program, George works fine for a sole trader with customers who pay BACS, bank transfers. Takes minutes to block text everyone night before in one go.

I too wouldn't use cleaner planner but Awoka looks fine as it's basically an online version of George.

There's a really good reason not to move to aworka 

[windowswashed]

I bought Window Cleaner Pro once, smart when it worked but when it didn't what a pain in the backside having to rely on someone to sort it out.  Never again rely on someone to use a window cleaning program, George works fine for a sole trader with customers who pay BACS, bank transfers. Takes minutes to block text everyone night before in one go.

I too wouldn't use cleaner planner but Awoka looks fine as it's basically an online version of George.

There's a really good reason not to move to aworka 

If Awoka goes it's no big deal as it's the same as George where as cleaner planner isn't  How many times have we heard Oh no can't access cleaner planner on here 

[Spruce]

I use George on a Windows 10 Microsoft tablet and it works fine for both of us.

I have full control of my records as they are with me and not 'in the cloud.'  I back up by daily activities to One Drive virtually every working day. For £50 some 16 years ago, it's been very good value for money.

[Den68]

I bought Window Cleaner Pro once, smart when it worked but when it didn't what a pain in the backside having to rely on someone to sort it out.  Never again rely on someone to use a window cleaning program, George works fine for a sole trader with customers who pay BACS, bank transfers. Takes minutes to block text everyone night before in one go.

I too wouldn't use cleaner planner but Awoka looks fine as it's basically an online version of George.

How do you block txt please?

[windowswashed]

Organised my work into streets or hamlets as a group. Click on group and send a template text to all at once

[Den68]

Cheers mate 👍