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Release 3 of QuickBooks 2006 for Windows - All Editions

This document summarizes changes and improvements made in Release 3 of all editions of

QuickBooks 2006 for Windows. Release 3 includes all changes that have been made to your

QuickBooks 2006 software since it was first released.

Installing Release 3

To update your QuickBooks program with the Release 3 changes, close QuickBooks and

reopen QuickBooks. At the prompt to install the update now, answer "Yes." The update

process may take several minutes. (If you choose not to update when you open QuickBooks,

the message will appear each time you open QuickBooks until the update is completed.)

After completing the update, we recommend that you restart your computer.

Installing Release 3 in a Multi-User Environment

If you use QuickBooks in multi-user mode, Intuit strongly recommends installing the product

release on each computer using QuickBooks. After downloading the product release to your

specified shared file location, you will be prompted when you open QuickBooks to install on

each computer that shares the data file. For more information on sharing updates in a multi

user environment, choose Update QuickBooks from the Help menu, click Help in the

Update QuickBooks window, and then select the help topic link titled Sharing updates in a

multi-user environment.

Summary of Release 3 Changes

The following list summarizes all changes or improvements made in Release 3:

Centers

QuickBooks now includes the option to toggle the Navigation Bar on and off. (R3)

Improved navigation, Using Keyboard shortcuts to navigate through the Customer and

Vendor lists. (R3)

Database

QuickBooks now provides better messaging when connection to the database has been

lost. (R3)

QuickBooks no longer displays the error "-1,0" when migrating company data files with no

Admin record name to QuickBooks 2006. (R3)

QuickBooks now provides better messaging during company file migration to QuickBooks

QuickBooks no longer displays the error "C"4" when backing up or rebuilding company

data files. (R3)

QuickBooks no longer displays the error "-6154,0" when saving a new company file

logged in as a Windows Power User rights. (R3)

Rebuild no longer fails when encountering inventory item history damage. (R3)

Links between Bills and Bill Credits no longer become broken when printing Bill Payments

or Bill Payment Stubs. (R3)

QuickBooks no longer displays the error "Cˆ" when memorizing a report that contains

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QuickBooks no longer displays the error "Cˆ" when memorizing a report that contains

more than 6349 items. (R3)

File Operations

Deposited sales receipts will no longer appear to be linked to the deposit once the sales

receipt has been deleted. (R2)

Lists

Using the list Search function from the customer list in multi user mode will no longer

prevent other logged on users from entering transactions in other areas of the program.

(R2)

QuickBooks no longer displays a warning message when promoting or demoting an item

in "Flat Mode" in the Item List. (R3)

Changing an Account to a Sub-Account is no longer slow when using the mouse to drag

and drop the account. (R3)

QuickBooks no longer generates a runtime error when moving bank accounts using drag

and drop. (R3)

Cancelling a customer record after adding a Ship To address will now warn that the edits

will not be saved. (R3)

Navigating the Customer List when typing a Customer name is improved with large (i.e.

more than 6000) Customer Lists. (R3)

Install

QuickBooks no longer displays error, "Error 1911" during the installation of QuickBooks

Inventory

QuickBooks now correctly displays the item description for Assembly items on the

Physical Inventory Worksheet. (R3)

Memorized Transactions

QuickBooks will no longer display the error "Assertion Failed" when entering a memorized

invoice with items with zero quantity available. (R3)

Memorized checks will now retain their "to be printed" status. (R3)

Multi User Hosting

QuickBooks now includes better messaging to explain how to set up Multi User access in

Recommended Mode. (R3)

Quicken Convert

Transactions that include balance sheet accounts will now convert correctly when

converting Quicken data to QuickBooks format. (R2)

A QuickBooks data file that was originally converted from Quicken, and then uses the

Copy Company File for QuickBooks Mac option, will no longer appear to have transaction

damage in the Qbwin.log file. (R2)

Other: Expert Analysis

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Other: Expert Analysis

Creating Expert Analysis reports will no longer display an Active X error, and will now

generate the report correctly. (R2)

Other: Invoice Manager

Invoice Manager no longer displays an alert when creating a new data file. (R3)

Other: Technical Support Helper

Sending log files to Intuit will no longer generate an error. (R3)

Payroll

QuickBooks no longer displays the error, "Error 557" when viewing the welcome page

after upgrading from a prior version. (R3)

Dates will now correctly display when creating paychecks using Semi-weekly payroll

setting. (R3)

QuickBooks now includes the ability to e-mail paycheck stubs. (R3)

QuickBooks no longer crashes when adding a payroll liability agency to a payroll item in

the Pay Liabilities window in Multi User mode. (R3)

QuickBooks will no longer display empty rows at the bottom of the "Select Employees to

Pay" screen after creating paychecks. (R3)

Payroll - Direct Deposit

Clearing Direct Deposit settings for an employee now works correctly when using multiple

Direct Deposit accounts. (R3)

Payroll - Disk Delivery

QuickBooks no longer displays Error, "404" when viewing the Welcome Page after

entering the Disk Delivery Service Key. (R3)

Permissions (Enterprise Only)

QuickBooks Enterprise will no longer intermittently lose permissions while logged into the

company file in Multi User Mode. (R3)

Preferences

Using the Auto Drop-down setting will now work correctly when entering account

numbers. (R3)

Printing

Printing custom filter results will now print the items displayed on the screen when

searching from within search results. (R3)

QuickBooks Error Reporting

QuickBooks will no longer display the error code 08328 07843 when editing a transaction

in multi user mode. (R2)

QuickBooks Merchant Account Service

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Choosing to "Get Funding Status" will no longer display error messages for Merchant

Account Service users with "TicketOnly" transactions. (R3)

QuickBooks Online Banking

QuickBooks now takes less time to display the "Add Multiple" transactions window. (R3)

Check transactions are now "matched" correctly when downloading from the Online

Banking Center. (R3)

QuickBooks Update

QuickBooks update will no longer crash in qbpatch.exe when applying the product update

logged in as a Windows Power User. (R2)

QuickBooks update will now provide the option to "restart later" when installing the

product update. (R2)

QuickBooks will no longer generate an error when installing the product update to the root

directory of the system. (R2)

Registration

QuickBooks will no longer display the error, "Error 3371 Could not load License data"

when registering QuickBooks Enterprise Edition 06 in a Terminal Services environment.

(R3)

Reports

Reports will no longer refresh multiple times after editing a transaction that is included in

the report. (R2)

Audit Trail reports will no longer display transactions as "modified" when the transaction

creation and modification timestamps differ because of print or e-mail flags. (R3)

User Interface

QuickBooks Vendor and Customer centers will now display all items correctly in 800 X

Pressing any key will no longer move the highlight to the top of the transaction list on the

Transaction Pane of the Centers. (R3)

This notice is provided as a convenience for our customers and is not intended to supplement, modify, or extend the Intuit

software license agreement between Intuit and the customer for any Intuit product or service.

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