I'm running Quickbooks 2000 on XP. I just recently did a fresh install of the OS and QB. I can't open the data file now because QB doesn't have all of the updates applied to it. I did try to update QB but it doesn't seem to download anything. Is there something else I need to do (besides a full upgrade)?
Thanks.
Go to Intuit's web site and manually download the updates
That is not going to help since the oldest product for which they have updates available for is 2004. The OP needs to find someone that has saved the older update files.
yep - drat!
This link takes you to the 2001 manual update
Wrong!
There is a reason Google will soon rule the world.
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Your only hope at this point if you have been really good is that Santa will leave it in your smelly sock.
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Try here:
Lucky me! I found QB 2002 and was able to open the data file.
Cool!
Here's a tip that worked for me. I bought a fire safe, into which I put EVERY GODDAMN distribution CD I ever received.
Having the all in one place is very efficient. Protecting them from fire or theft is a bonus.
Isn't a fire safe essentially an oven in a fire? Not sure a melted lump of plastic is efficient. Now if you had said I have multiple copies offsite I'd feel better
No. There are two kinds of safes: valuable safes and fire safes. Valuables safes rely on multiple layers of tempered steel and are rated by how much money they can protect from a determined thief ($5000, $15000, etc.). Valuables safes ARE ovens. Fire safes can be opened with a hatchet (honest) and are rated 1 hour, 2 hour, and 3 hour. Here's the standard for fire safes:
--- begin quote "The safe must maintain an interior temperature less than 125°F and an interior relative humidity less than 80% for class 125, when exposed to fire as per the Standard Time Temperature Curve for 3 hour safes to 1925°F for 2 hour safes to 1850°F and for 1 hour safes to 1700°F.
"It must undergo all other requirements for the Fire Endurance Test, the Explosion Hazard Test, the Humidity Test, and the Fire and Impact Test.
"Basically, no explosion through 30 minutes to exposure to a 2000°F fire and immediate 30 foot drop test and a standard reheating for one hour to 1700°F for 3 hour safes , 45 minutes to 1638°F for 2 hour safesand 30 minutes to
1550°F for 1 hour safes."--- end quote
125F? I know until computers became very common the fire safe only had to hold it cool enough that paper would not scorch and would remain readable. More like 125C or more. You will have a puddle for a plastic disc at 125C. There are many old fire safes out there. But today they might have better standards. Off site backup is much more secure.
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