If you're new to our Virtual TimeClock Software and are wondering what's to prevent employees from changing their punch times, then it's likely you missed the setup step for turning on password protection.Password protection is an easy way to control access to the many features of your employee time clock software. Although you can adjust the default security access settings, we've found that only

Time deductions allow you to automatically deduct a lunch from employee timecards without requiring employees to clock out. For example, you may want to automatically deduct lunch breaks from your warehouse workers, but require your administrative employees to clock in and out for their lunch breaks. This works great for all those employees who take lunch at the same time (like workers on an assembly

Don't forget that Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins this weekend. As long as your computer handles the time change automatically, Virtual TimeClock will always record the correct time for you.The Basic and Pro Editions pull the time stamp directly from the computer operating system. If you're looking for ideas to better secure your computer against time manipulation, then check out this article on

One of the powerful features that makes Virtual TimeClock much more than a punch clock replacement is its use as a virtual in/out board. It's easy to tell what activity employees are working on while they're on the clock, when they're at lunch or on break, and when they've left for the day. When you stop work, you'll be prompted to choose an out memo. This updates the virtual in/board by recording

There are two ways to render total hours worked within Virtual TimeClock. Here are the differences and the reasons why you may want to choose one way over another. The time display setting gives you a tremendous amount of flexibility for how you display total hours worked in your employee time clock software.Hours & MinutesThe first way to display total hours worked is as hours & minutes. For

If you receive a license key verification failure when launching Virtual TimeClock for the first time after upgrading, the most common cause is from not entering your most current license key. Your employee time clock software will run as an evaluation until your current license key is entered. Just let us know if you need another copy. It's important to enter your new license key after we process

One of the main reasons businesses invest in employee time clock software is to help them cut down on the amount of time and effort spent processing payroll. A good time clock program will automatically total employee hours and overtime based on your business rules. Those hours can then be easily entered or imported into your payroll software, or sent over to your accountant or payroll service. Processing

Do you need to track premium pay when employees work on a recognized business holiday? Since the premium rate of pay is handled by your payroll system, you just need to know how many hours to pay at the premium rate. That's where your employee time clock software can help you.First, you'll want to set up a new activity. Go to the Lists menu in your Virtual TimeClock software and choose Activities.

If you're already running Virtual Timeclock '09 or '10, the upgrade process to Virtual TimeClock '11 is really quite straight forward. There are a couple of things to keep in mind before starting the upgrade process.If you're running the Network Edition, you'll want to upgrade your time clock software server first, then the clients. The old version time clock clients won't be able to connect to the

Just like time clock clients can connect to the time clock server software over the local area network, remote clients can connect to the time clock server over the Internet to provide the same employee time clock software functionality from a different location.Troubleshooting Existing Remote Time Clock Client ConnectionsIf you've been running Virtual TimeClock for some time and your remote time clock

If you've installed Virtual TimeClock Server on a Windows 7 computer and are not able to connect your time clock clients, the Windows Firewall is likely blocking your Virtual TimeClock software from communicating through the firewall.The quickest way to resolve the issue is by opening a couple of ports in the firewall.Open Windows Firewall by clicking the Start button, and then clicking Control Panel.

The beauty of networked computer time clock software is that the status of each employee is instantly available on every time clock, in real time. This means if I clock out using the employee time clock in the warehouse, that my manager sitting in his office sees my status change to 'Out' from the convenience of his own computer time clock. This is an extremely efficient method for monitoring and managing

If you've purchased new Virtual TimeClock software clients, or you need to reinstall your time clock client software, then you'll want to make sure you download the correct version of the software for your registered time clock licenses. Clients must be on the same version as the time clock software server in order to successfully connect. It's easy to check what version you need by going to one of

In many organizations, Virtual TimeClock functions as a mechanical punch clock replacement so we've made it flexible to deploy your time clock software as a personal time clock on each employee's individual Mac computer or Windows PC, or as a time clock station on various computers throughout your organization. Virtual TimeClock doesn't require a password to login to the software because we want to

One of the reasons why Virtual TimeClock is one of the best time and attendance solutions is because of its ability to grow with your business. Even though it makes sense to purchase punch clock software that can handle your current number of employees, it's a good idea to plan for future expansion so you can minimize the cost of upgrading or expanding your time and attendance system.Virtual TimeClock