All Entries in the "General Tips" Category
QuickBooks Support and Training Resources
Every year I like to revisit this subject – what kind of resources are available for support and training for QuickBooks? Here is my latest list – many of these are free, but some do have a cost involved. Please add your comments about resources that YOU have found that are helpful.
QuickBooks Hosting: An Overview
QuickBooks is essentially a desktop program, designed to be installed on your local computer. That is fine if you always work out of your office, and if all of the people who need access to the data are connected to the same local area network, but what if you need “remote” access, via the Internet? One option to consider is QuickBooks Hosting.
What is the QuickBooks TLG File?
When you create a company in QuickBooks there will be several files created. One has a file type of “QBW” – that is your actual company data file. Another that is created has a file type of “TLG”, and that is the source of some confusion as well as some misunderstandings. Let’s review a few facts about this file.
QuickBooks Service Outage – Repeat
Back in June Intuit had a major failure of most, if not all, of their online services. Well, looks like we have a problem again. At this moment, many Intuit web sites (QuickBooks sales, Intuit Community Forum) are down due to what is characterized as a “commercial power failure”. Services are being restored. How long will it take this time?
QuickBooks and Floor Plan Financing
A Floor Plan is a method that a business (such as an auto dealership) can use to finance inventory that they are holding for resale, without having to tie up their own capital in that inventory. This article reviews how you can manage Floor Plan Financing with QuickBooks.
What is the QuickBooks QBDataServiceUser and Do I Need It?
Occasionally I’ll get a query from a security-conscious client who says that they have found a user account that mysteriously appears, called QBDataServiceUser (often with a number appended to the name). They want to know why it shows up and what they should do about it.
Running QuickBooks During Intuit Server Outages
In the past week many QuickBooks users have been faced with problems with various aspects of QuickBooks due to the Intuit Server Outages. Since many people don’t understand why and how this impacts their business, and didn’t know how to get around these problems, I thought it would be a good idea to talk about what happened and what you can do.
QuickBooks Service Outage – Again!
Just when we thought it was safe to go back in the water…
on Saturday June 19 a number of the QuickBooks services went out for the second time in a week. This time it probably won’t have the same wide ranging effects as the QuickBooks Service Outage earlier this week, but we all need to be concerned.
QuickBooks Service Outage – Affecting Online Apps
Starting Tuesday evening (June 15th) many Intuit web sites and services became unavailable due to a power outage at their data center. Even though you may be using the Desktop version of QuickBooks, this could have a major impact on your ability to conduct business.
Repair Damaged QuickBooks Files with the QuickBooks Company File Diagnostic Tool
If there is damaged data in your QuickBooks company file it can be difficult (or expensive) to find a remedy. If you can’t open your company file, Intuit has released the QuickBooks Company File Diagnostic Tool, a free program that you may find helpful.
