SubscribeGetting ready to install a newer version of QuickBooks? Take a few minutes to prepare and you might save yourself some grief.
* Pick a good time. The installation will take a little bit of time, as well the data conversion when you first open your company file under the new version. Don’t do this right [...]
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How to Get Ready for a QuickBooks Upgrade
Understanding the Three Kinds of QuickBooks Data Problems
Since we specialize in accounting database consulting, we’ve seen tens of thousands of data problem cases over the years. You can boil them down to three categories:
1. Lurking data problems. In these situations, everything looks OK to the user in their daily use of QuickBooks. They can enter bills, run reports, do payroll, and backup [...]
In Their Own Words: User Converts from QuickBooks Enterprise to Pro
“Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Your service saved me money and so much time.
We’re a very small business that was sold Enterprise by an unscrupulous bookkeeping firm, and the timing couldn’t have been worse when QuickBooks informed me that I needed to upgrade my Enterprise to continue to receive payroll updates.
I didn’t [...]
What Browsers Do QuickBooks Users Use?
Ever wondered what the browser landscape is like in the QuickBooks world?
Here is the breakdown for the last 50,000 unique visitors of this blog (presumably QuickBooks users!)
* Internet Explorer: 48.80%
* Firefox: 27.63%
* Chrome: 14.84%
* Safari: 6.86%
* Other: ~1%
This matches up pretty well with the browser use pattern seen in our QuickBooks Forums too. The incidence [...]
So Many Big Files
I’m talking to people every day who are concerned about the size of their QuickBooks company data file. (Press F2 in QuickBooks to see how big your file is).
Some people are concerned because their file is bigger than they expect, or bigger than any other data file they work with, and that makes them nervous [...]
What Changes are QuickBooks Users Planning?
Autumn is typically the time that accounting software users evaluate their software and make plans for the immediate future.
In our experience, some of the factors affecting accounting software decisions include initial purchase cost, ongoing maintenance and support costs, software compatibility and integration issues, functionality, conversion costs, and learning curve.
What are QuickBooks users planning to do [...]
The 140MB QuickBooks Online Conversion Limit
Thinking about moving from a QuickBooks desktop edition to the QuickBooks Online Edition? Check your file size.
There is a limit on the size of files that can be successfully uploaded/converted to QuickBooks Online. That limit is 140MB. This file size limitation refers to the size of the exportable file that QuickBooks creates in preparation for [...]
Stay Away from the R8 Update
Intuit has pulled the R8 update to QuickBooks 2011 and Enterprise 11 and their website acknowledges problems with it:
* Error 1603 when installing the update
* QuickBooks won’t open or stops working
* Inventory quantities are inaccurate after updating from QuickBooks 2010 to 2011
* Rebuild command fails (even when data integrity is OK)
The above link on Intuit’s [...]
The Power of Preferences in QuickBooks
What is the essential benefit of using QuickBooks versus keeping the books by hand? Saving time and errors, right? You could manually do almost anything QuickBooks can do, but QuickBooks makes you much more efficient.
Well, within QuickBooks there is a way to manage and control your bookkeeping and accounting tasks, making you even more efficient. [...]
Top 5 Trending Topics on the QuickBooks Forums
Here are the top five most-viewed topics on the QuickBooks Forums over the last two weeks, each being viewed hundreds of times:
1. Print Your Own Deposit Slip. This topic was posted originally in 2009 and has been well-viewed ever since. People spend over three minutes on this page, on average.
2. How to calculate commission. This topic [...]