What Are the Changes To QuickBooks Attached Documents For 2012?

Coinciding with the release of QuickBooks 2012, Intuit is making a variety of changes to QuickBooks Attached Documents, a cloud-based document storage system that has been available as an extra-cost add-on for users of QuickBooks 2010 and QuickBooks 2011. For QuickBooks 2010, Intuit’s document storage feature was called QuickBooks Document Management, and the changes impact [...]

What’s New In QuickBooks 2011 and Enterprise Solutions 11.0?

After spending some time exploring QuickBooks 2011 and Enterprise Solutions 11.0 to discover the new features and changes, we came up with this table summarizing what we found. Most of the items in the table are links to articles in our KnowledgeBase. We’ve broken down the changes into our opinion on the different levels of [...]

What Is the QuickBooks Attached Documents Service?

QuickBooks Attached Documents is a new extra-cost service introduced with QuickBooks 2011 and Enterprise Solutions 11.0 that allows users to attach documents to QuickBooks lists or transactions from within QuickBooks. It replaces the Document Management service introduced with QuickBooks 2010. Versions of QuickBooks prior to QuickBooks 2010 don’t support attaching documents to list items or [...]

Where Is the QBW.INI File Located?

The QBW.INI file is normally located in the default QuickBooks installation directory.  That location depends on your QuickBooks version and your version of Microsoft Windows, which are outlined below. To avoid searching for files, the easiest way to locate the QBW.INI file is to open the Tech Help window. With QuickBooks open, open the Tech [...]

What Is Intuit’s Service Discontinuation or Sunshine Policy for QuickBooks?

Intuit regularly improves QuickBooks and discontinues support for older versions.  Generally speaking, Intuit introduces new versions in the fall of a calendar year.  For example, in September 2008, Intuit introduced the QuickBooks 2009 series of products.  During April or May of the following year, versions more than 2 steps away from the current version will [...]

How Do I Compare QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 10.0 To Earlier Versions?

Intuit provides a table to compare the versions of Enterprise Solutions from 7.0 to 10.0.

How Do I Compare QuickBooks Premier 2010 To Earlier Versions?

Intuit provides a table to compare the versions of QuickBooks Premier from 2007 through 2010.

How Do I Compare QuickBooks Pro 2010 To Earlier Versions?

Intuit provides a table to compare the versions of QuickBooks Pro from 2007 through 2010.

How Do I Reinstall a 2010 QuickBooks Product If My Original CD or Download Has Become Damaged?

If you need to reinstall any of the 2010 series of products (QuickBooks 2010, Enterprise Solutions 10.0, Point of Sale 9.0, or Cash Register Plus 2010) but your original CD or download has become damaged, you’ll need to re-download your QuickBooks product. Download links appear below. To complete the installation using the software you download [...]

What Information Does the Integrated Quickbooks Backup Function Actually Back Up?

Over the time, the scope of the information that the QuickBooks backup function actually backs up has increased.  As a result, a backup file (.qbb) is often much bigger than the company file (.qbw) itself. If you’re using an older version of QuickBooks and you’re relying on the integrated backup function as your sole backup, [...]

Intuit Delivers R8 Update For QuickBooks 2010

Early today, Intuit announced the delivery of Release 8 for the QuickBooks 2010 series of products, including QuickBooks Pro, Premier, Simple Start 2010 and Enterprise 10.0. Along with a host of small fixes, the highlights of the changes in Release 8 are: QuickBooks letter templates are now compatible with Microsoft Word 2010 64-bit for some [...]

What Versions of QuickBooks Financial Software Are Compatible With Microsoft Windows Vista?

The following versions of QuickBooks financial software are compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista: QuickBooks Pro 2007 to 2010 QuickBooks Premier 2007 to 2010 QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 7.0 to 10.0 Users of older versions of QuickBooks need to upgrade to the latest version in order to install and use QuickBooks on Vista. If you need to [...]

What Versions of QuickBooks Financial Software Are Compatible With POS?

Point of Sale Basic 9.0 and Point of Sale Pro 9.0 are compatible with the following versions of QuickBooks financial software: QuickBooks Pro and Premier 2007 to 2010 QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 7.0 to 10.0 Point of Sale Basic 8.0 and Point of Sale Pro 8.0 are compatible with these versions of QuickBooks: QuickBooks Pro and [...]