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How to Set QuickBooks Permissions in Windows

Windows permissions are required for QuickBooks. Simply installing QuickBooks for single-user or multi-user configuration will not guarantee that it will work properly. Certain Windows user permissions must be established to ensure proper access. All QuickBooks users must have full control … Continue reading

Problems Connecting to the QuickBooks Database

If your QuickBooks network suddenly starts suffering from inability to connect one or more workstations in multi-user mode to your Company file, you should promptly check to ensure that the QuickBooks Database Server Manager is running and still configured on … Continue reading

How to Use the Timer in QuickBooks

The QuickBooks Timer is a separate program that can run on its own without QuickBooks. Time recorded with the QuickBooks Timer can be added to customer invoices when you do Timer and Expense billing. ➥ For more information, see “Time … Continue reading

How to Prepare the Timer for Activities in QuickBooks

Before time keepers can track their time you need to import the QuickBooks Timer Lists. To do so, follow these steps: Launch the QuickBooks Timer. If you just recently installed the timer, you can launch it by clicking the Start … Continue reading

Installing the QuickBooks Timer

The QuickBooks Timer install file is located on the program CD-ROM. To install it, follow these steps: Insert the QuickBooks CD-ROM into the computer. Exit the QuickBooks startup if it displays. Click the Microsoft Windows Start button and select Run. … Continue reading

NEW QuickBooks® Maintenance Release 4: Color Improvements

Yep, we QuickBooks users are set in our ways. We are attached to our easy-to-learn and easy-to-use QuickBooks software, so when Intuit changed how the software looked, we complained. It’s a personal thing. Change in general is just plain hard … Continue reading

Using Intuit Data Protect Online Backup Service with QuickBooks

Intuit Data Protect is a subscription service that will automatically back up your company file(s) and optionally other important files from your computer. When you use Intuit Data Protect as your backup method all your data needed to restore your … Continue reading

Announcing This Week’s Winners of Our What’s New for QuickBooks 2013 Giveaway

We’re so pleased that Intuit has selected us, once again, for their free QuickBooks Giveaway. Along with Ruth Perryman, Bonnie Nagayama, Michelle Long, and Radio Free QuickBooks – we’re giving away over $65,000 worth of QuickBooks software! Thank you, Intuit, … Continue reading

Announcing the October Winners of Our What’s New for QuickBooks 2013 Giveaway

We’re so pleased that Intuit has selected us, once again, for their free QuickBooks Giveaway. Along with Ruth Perryman, Bonnie Nagayama, Michelle Long, and Radio Free QuickBooks – we’re giving away over $65,000 worth of QuickBooks software! Thank you, Intuit, … Continue reading

Depositing a Vendor Refund in QuickBooks

On occasion, you might receive a refund from your vendor whom you previously paid. To add a vendor refund check to your bank deposit, follow these steps: 1. Create your deposit (normally done with customer invoice payments) as usual. 2. … Continue reading