Problem with QB 2006 on Vista

Jun 29, 2006 3 Replies
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I have loaded QB 2006 Premier (Professional Service) onto a test computer running Vista. Everything I have tested so far works with the exception of invoicing (!). When I try to create an invoice, the application hangs. Funny thing is that this only happens with my actual company file, not the sample files. I have resorted lists, verified data, and rebuilt. I have imported backups and portable company files.



Any ideas? Vista is performing so well on my test machine (a Dell Latitude D620, it is a dream with Office 2007) that I am willing to give it a shot in production if I can get QB working.



All suggestions appreciated.


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It's an undocumented feature courtesy of Microsoft. Now that they have a competing product they conventiently broke Quickbooks.

Microsoft bought Great Plains a while back, they want to put the other products out of business.

Just ask Staker Electronics how receptive Microsoft is to competition.

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Don't put it in production.

It's beta. Even if Vista works now, there's no reason to believe it'll KEEP working with subsequent patches. Further, there may be undetected bit-rot running rampant -- first a toe falls off, then an ear...

No, best to let the programmers at Microsoft and Intuit find the oddities first.

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I would add vista is in major trouble. A researcher has found a way to start malware running on 64 bit systems that runs before the operating system even starts. This will be worse than rootkits.

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