Comments on: QuickBooks on Windows 7 RC and Internet Explorer 8

By: gin

gin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:04:49 +0000

I had same problem
Run qb by right click on qb icon and choose Run as administrator

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:18:11 +0000

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

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:18:18 +0000

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.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:00:39 +0000

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.

By: Nigel PCS

Nigel PCS — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:28:53 +0000

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

By: Madison Brown

Madison Brown — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:40:11 +0000

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. “

By: Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:43:51 +0000

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.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:12:22 +0000

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

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:21:34 +0000

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.

By: Karlsse

Karlsse — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:01:50 +0000

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.