Comments on: Goodbye to QuickBooks 2007 Support

By: Zola de Firmian

Zola de Firmian — Fri, 07 May 2010 19:23:26 +0000

Hi Charlie,

Thanks: I had already started the new install, but was able to open 2007, rebuilt 3 times (needed that before it finally said ‘successfully’ backed up.) Thus, I did finally do a QBW backup and printed financial statements. I always do the portable backup.

Now, I guess I am safe to try this 2010 opening. Need to locate that info about 64 bit system- how to find it that’s what this XP older computer has.

thanks,
Zola

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:09:55 +0000

Did you uninstall the 2007 program?

9 times out of 10 the conversion works smoothly and you won’t have problems. If you do have problems, it should be very obvious, such as an error message or the conversion doesn’t complete. You have your current company (QBW) file, I assume – make a backup copy of that by just copying the QBW file to a CD. Then go ahead and open the company file and see what happens.

You have the backup QBW file that you can restore if you find that there are problems…

By: Zola de Firmian

Zola de Firmian — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:33:43 +0000

Hi Charlie-

Well, I found your page after loading but not opening the company file. (upgraded from version 7 to 10 from disc today.)I did restart.

We have NOT printed prior financial reports, and only have a portable backup file created from the previous version of the company file.

Can you swiftly advise what next step should be?

Thanks,

Zola
for Everglo Natural Veterinary Services
holisticvetpetcare.net

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:36:29 +0000

Laurie, there is no inherent reason why any merchant service provider would HAVE to stop when Intuit sunsets – that is a policy issue with Intuit themselves, not necessarily a programming issue. Therefore any third party integrator that provides merchant services should continue to work (unless they also decide to discontinue support). There are several merchant services providers available. I haven’t used any of them myself (yet), so I can’t necessarily endorse any of them. However, you may want to look at Nelix Transax at http://www.quickbookscreditcards.com/Home/QuickBooks_Credit_Card.asp. Note that they are an advertiser on this blog.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sun, 02 May 2010 18:56:28 +0000

Charlie,
Can you tell me whether or not there are other places that would offer the merchant services that Intuit currently provides that would integrate and continue to work with QuickBooks 2007 after Intuit discontinues those services with that version?

Thank you,
Laurie
Portland OR

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:11:14 +0000

Matt, no need to go through 8. You can go to 9 from 7. BUT, make a backup of your file in 7 BEFORE you install 9, and install 9 in parallel to 7 (don’t use the same program folder) and leave 7 installed until you know that you have successfully converted your file. Just in case. You may want to run a “rebuild” of your company file in 7 prior to converting, that sometimes helps.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:06:00 +0000

Charlie-
We were under maintenance for Quickbooks Enterprise through version 9 bot not version 10. So we have the software for version 9 and apparently are being forced to upgrade from version 7. Are we ok with skipping 8 and going directly from 7 to 9 or is it best practice to install each version?
Thanks for a great blog!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:08:54 +0000

Valerie, that is a bit off topic for this discussion. In general, you can use the IIF format. File/Utilities/Export/Lists to IIF. Then in the other company File/Utilities/Import/IIF Files. You can edit the IIF file before importing. I recommend making a backup copy of the targe file BEFORE the import, as imports can’t be un-done.

By: valerie sooy

valerie sooy — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:05:38 +0000

Charlie,
I am trying to set up a different company and am wondering how to export all the Item List to the new company. With that said, if there was a way to export, how can I delete the unwanted items in that list. Thank you in advance for all your help

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:51:55 +0000

Yes, sorry I didn’t make that clear. This applies to:
-QuickBooks 2007 for Windows
-QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 7.0
-Credit Card Processing Kit version 2
-Invoice Manager 2007
-Point Of Sale 6.0