QuickBooks on Windows 7 RC and Internet Explorer 8
Just a quick note on compatibility of QuickBooks and the latest Microsoft releases. I have the following setup:
- Microsoft Windows RC 7: This is the current “release candidate” for Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista. It should be very close to what you see this Fall for the production copy. I’ve installed this on a Dell XPS410 32 bit Core2 system with 4 GB of RAM. I had reformatted the hard drive to do a clean installation rather than an update.
- Internet Explorer 8: This is the version of IE that installs with Windows 7. Even if you are using Vista or XP you may have this version, as Microsoft has been pushing it out through their update system.
- QuickBooks Enterprise 9.0: For this test I installed a client version of QBE 9 on the system, as this computer is not connected to a server yet. This is a US edition.
(Please see my more comprehensive article on Windows 7 and QuickBooks, published after this article)
When I installed QBE it first installed Flash 9. In did not install the Google option, as I don’t generally like how that affects system performance.
Immediately after initial installation I ran the Update feature to bring QBE up to the most current release at this time, R7.
After restarting QuickBooks and registering the product I used a number of different features, and everything worked as expected. There has been some discussion about compatibility with Internet Explorer 8, so I tried several different features that use web access. I tried Live Community, registered my online Intuit account, sent an invoice via email and the Intuit email server, and several other functions. All performed as expected.
So I’ll give this combination of products a tentative OK at this time.
Additional notes on IE8
A number of people have commented that they have had problems with QuickBooks and IE8. I believe (but can’t say for sure) that most of these situations have arisen with XP or Vista, not Windows 7. It could also have something to do with the version and release of QuickBooks – older versions may have some issues.
Some people have reported that they were able to resolve problems by setting the View Compatibility feature in IE8 properly. Select Tools in the IE8 menu bar, then Compatibility View Settings. Add “Intuit.*” to the list (please note that I didn’t need to do this to get things to work).
Has anyone else tried Windows 7 RC or IE8 with QuickBooks? Did you have any problems? Add a comment and let us know!
Category: Vista and Windows 7
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Charlie Russell is the founder of CCRSoftware. He’s been involved with the small business software industry since the mid 70′s, focusing on inventory and accounting software for small businesses. Charlie is a Certified Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor. Look for Charlie’s articles in the QuickBooks and Beyond blog, as well as his California Wildflower Hikes blog.
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i am a firefox user more than an internet explorer user but it seems that Internet explorer 8 is very stable and it its loading time for webpages is faster too.
Accounting software should not be dictating what browser must be installed. Unfortunately, I’m forced to use QuickBooks so i’m forced to install that perpetual security hole, IE. What a joke.
Hi there, I have a general query that you may have come across or offer a suggestion for. At the present moment I am using I.E 8 and windows 7 64 bit. A rather unique problem has presented itself in that I.E8 is freezing up the desktop and stopping any functionality through desktop icons. Herein is the conundrum. I prefer to use google chrome. Is there a way of instructing quickbooks to use Chrome instead of I.E 8 as my personal preference is to get rid of it. any comments are gratefully received
Chris, QuickBooks is hard coded to use Internet Explorer, and you can’t substitute other browsers. If IE8 is freezing your system outside of QB, you need to work on resolving that particular issue.
Internet Explorer 8 is very good because it is as stable as Opera. I hate the previous versions of IE like IE6 because it hangs frequently. “
I have successfully installed Quickbooks 2001 pro ver.9 on win2k, winxp and now Win7 32bit.
Install in compatibility mode win2000 as administrator.
Set qb desktop icon to run in Compatability winxp-sp2 as administrator.
Test only on a “copy” of your data and after running save it. Then try to open the saved data file on your new machine and also try on your old operating system to make sure it is safe. If it works you are as lucky as me.
ps. Try at your own risk, works for me.
I also use Firefox as default browser without problems.
The harder I try the luckier I get!
Good luck, Nigel
Have QB Pro 2002 working fine on Windows 7 – 64 bit apart from the Navigator screens being blank. Understand this is to do with IE and not QB. Any advice on how to get these displaying ? Thanks.
Dave, I don’t have a copy (with license) of Pro 2002 so I can’t test that, and so I don’t have any detailed recommendations.
You could try setting up XP Mode and see if you can get an older version of IE to install there – see my article on XP Mode at http://qbblog.ccrsoftware.info/2009/10/quickbooks-and-windows-7/
If you are having IE integration issues I would think that getting the older version of IE installed would be your only solution. With Windows 7 you don’t have a lot of options there other than XP Mode. OR, if you have IE9 installed, you can try playing with the compatibility mode settings, perhaps. But these are just vague ideas I’m throwing out – I haven’t tested any of this.
Hiya all
The qb2008 error on win7 wrt ie6 can be is caused by “removing” the ie8 feature.
The fix is to use “add /remove hardware”. Tick the ie8 box and reboot.
All will be well and all manner of things will be well.
Regards
I had same problem
Run qb by right click on qb icon and choose Run as administrator