Quick Books Install to Windows Vista

Quick Books Install to Windows Vista

Supposedly the world’s most popular accounting program, Quick Books is not (unfortunately) compatible with Windows Vista.

Here's the solution though:
1 - place the QB cd in the drive and OPEN / EXPLORE the CD - DO NOT USE THE AUTO RUN options if it appears.
2 - Select the SETUP file on the CD & right click - select Properties and choose Compatibility
3 - Place a tick in the box in Compatibility Mode & select Windows XP SP2, then Apply & OK. You may have to select Win98 if you are attempting to install QB8 or lower.
4 - Right Click on Setup & select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR option - the installation should start and complete as normal. You may be prompted to enter the installation key code, this is on the back of the QB manual, typically takes the format nnnn-nnn-nnn-nnnn
5 - You should now have a QB icon on your desktop. Run QB and either set up a new company, or copy over your old company file (your_co_name.QBB) into the folder C:\Program Files\Intuit\QuickBooks, and choose that file when prompted to open a company. Check all your entries are correct - sales & purchase invoices, profit & loss, and stock entries if you use the facility.
6 - After you have checked all is OK, run the backup option. Modify the backup destination to (if possible) a different drive i.e. D:\DATA\Intuit, or even better a removable USB hard drive such as a Western Digital Passport or a Buffalo external drive (NOT A PEN DRIVE - the data is too large). Make sure that the destination backup folder name is kept short - I've tried G:\Petes\Intuit\QuickBooks\Backup and it fails, but worked OK with G:\Petes\Intuit as the target backup.
7 - When you start up QB again, you will be prompted to REGISTER the program. I make a point of keeping all the key codes reqrd, and in this instance choose the PHONE option and then entered the registration key code, which takes the format nnnn-nnnn-nnnn. ( I didn't want to listen to the Intuit support people telling me that it wouldn't work and that I HAVE TO UPGRADE....... )
8 - Finally, use a program such as Cobian Backup (its free) to make a regular scheduled backup of the whole Intuit folder & sub-folders - I do mine every night around 8:45pm and once it is set up it is automatically completed.

Print this note off and keep it with your QB cd & manual.

Hope this helps

BTW - tested with QB 2001 on Vista Ultimate and QB8 on Vista Home Premium - both working just fine.