SubscribeIf you run QuickBooks week after week, year after year, your QBW data file gets pretty big. (Press the F2 key in QuickBooks with your company open to see how big your file is.)
What if it gets so big that performance starts to suffer? Or you start to experience errors or intermittent problems in the [...]
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Two QuickBooks Users Deal with Their Very Large Files
What If My QuickBooks File Won’t Upgrade?
Upgrading your version of QuickBooks is supposed to be easy: You install the new software, open your QuickBooks company file, and voila! Your data converts to the the new version, and you carry on.
But sometimes you hit a bump. You open your data file with the new version and you get an error. Sometimes it [...]
Taipei 101, Stability, and QuickBooks
Until 2010, Taipei 101 was the tallest skyscraper in the world. How do you build a structure like that to be safe in a land of earthquakes and typhoons? You hang a big ball inside the top of it.
Taipei 101 uses a device called a “tuned mass damper” to minimize the motion of the building [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I’d be Crazy To Not Have These 3 Things for My Computer
There are some things in life you just don’t want to go without: Seatbelts in a car. A batting helmet when you’re playing baseball. Sunscreen when you’re outside all day (well, at least for a fair-skinned chap like me!)
Same with your business computer. There are just some things you’d better have:
1. Battery backup. This is [...]
What if the IRS Wants My QuickBooks File?
As we have discussed before, the IRS has the authority to request QuickBooks data files from US taxpayers as part of their audit procedures. (And not only QuickBooks – they can request Peachtree data as well.)
We also hear of state agencies and insurance companies sometimes requiring copies of QuickBooks data for their audits.
If you [...]
The Biggest QuickBooks File in the World?
Have you ever seen the classic 1968 short film, Powers of Ten? It’s an amazing demonstration of the power of adding zeros, one at a time. I love it. Check it out:
Somehow it reminds me a bit of QuickBooks files. The power of adding a zero, you see.
With your company file open in QuickBooks, press [...]
My QuickBooks Customers or Vendors Are Suddenly Gone
We’ve been hearing from a number of users in the last month about this problem.
One day, everything is fine. Then suddenly, the users notice that a lot of their bills, or bill payments, or invoices have missing vendor or customer information. The name, in particular. Or their customer or vendor lists go blank. This is [...]
How to Open QuickBooks When It Won’t Open
Occasionally, QuickBooks users find themselves in a Catch-22: They need to restore a backup in QuickBooks, but they can’t get QuickBooks itself to open.
This can happen if your company file got damaged during your last session in the program. Perhaps the power went off and your computer turned off without closing out QuickBooks first, or [...]