Applly Hotfix or not?

[joem2254@att.net]

On ACT! 2011 

Sage ACT! Pro 2011 Version 13.0.401.0, Hot Fix 2
English (United States)

I see that there are additional patches to apply but not sure if I should or not. I don't want to screw anything up. I do know there are some issues I face at times and not sure if the Hot Fix will help. I see up to 6 and I'm on 2. Should I download and apply and if I do should I go straight to 6 or do I have to go in sequence, I see 3 is not present. And I know I don't need the Canada fix as I'm in the US. 

Ones I see are:

12/16/2011	Sage ACT! 2011 SP1 Hot Fix 6	ACT2011SP1HF6.exe	34100 KB
12/16/2011	Sage ACT! 2011 SP1 Hot Fix 6- French	ACT2011SP1HF6 _FR.exe	34500 KB
10/31/2011	Sage ACT! 2011 SP1 Hot Fix 4	ACT2011SP1HF4.exe	30000 KB
10/31/2011	Sage ACT! 2011 SP1 Hot Fix 4- French	ACT2011SP1HF4 _FR.exe	33900 KB
9/22/2011	Sage ACT! 2011 SP1 Hot Fix 5	ACT2011SP1HF5.exe	32456 KB
9/22/2011	Sage ACT! 2011 SP1 Hot Fix 5- French	ACT2011SP1HF5 _FR.exe	36307 KB
9/23/2010	Sage ACT! 2011 Hot Fix 2 - US	ACT2011HotFix.exe	17082 KB
9/23/2020	Sage ACT! 2011  Hot Fix 2 - Canada	ACT2011HotFix _CA.exe

[chrisbunyan]

You would need to instal SP1 before applying Hot Fix 6, only Hot Fix 2 which you have is for ACT! 2011 with no Service Pack 1. When you have Service Pack 1 installed the version will be 13.1.111

This link tells you what has been fixed:-

http://kb.swiftpage.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/27440/

[joem2254@att.net]

Thanks for responding. So just to be cleaar: I install SP1, then I install Hot Fix 6 - skipping all the other Hot Fixes as 6 contains all the other Hot Fixes. And the general feeling is that for ACT 2011 theis is the best to do moving forward. 

[joem2254@att.net]

I should also add that I am a single user and do not sync with any other user or data server. I use Quickbooks 2013 and HandHeld Contact to sync to my mobile device. 

[chrisbunyan]

If you are not having any problems with ACT! then I wouldn't bother upgading to SP1 HF6, if you have any problems that are bing fixed in Service Pack 1 then apply that. If the problem you have is only fixed in one of the Hot Fixes which need SP1 then apply HF6.

If it's not broke don't fix it.