12-14-2012 05:52 AM
It sounds like the registration files on the laptop may be damaged. Here is an article with steps to recreate them: KB Article 14245
Start at the heading "Invalid ACT! Registration Information".
04-07-2013 12:08 AM
Thanks for all the help everyone. As it turned out I reinstalled Windows-7, the ACT 2012 installed correctly and loaded a synched database. This solves my dbase backup issue. However the laptop won't do further sych updates. I'll submit a fresh question on this.
04-23-2013 12:02 PM
Moved to it's own post for greater exposure