Upgrade company file from 04 to 08/09?

Ewwwww... I had been contemplating upgrading from 2004 pro as it's not "Bindows Fista" freindly... Hope somone knows of a soluton for you/us

Good luck Jo. I'll be watching intently with fingers crossed.

Cheers Pete

One simple solution is to give your QB 2004 data file to your accountant and ask him/her to update it to version 2007, 2008 or 2009 for you. I am not certain but perhaps Intuit supplies a demo version of 2007 or 2008 that can be used just for this purpose.

I do find it quite surprising that version 2009 can only upgrade from version 2007 on up. My gut tells me that you do not know what you are taking about. I am certain the experts on this newsgroup that have invested in version 2009 can verify this.

I did some research on the US Intuit web site and the FAQ section on upgrading to version 2009 states that version 2009 will automatically convert all prior windows versions of QB.

I'm glad that I did the research because I read about a killer new feature in version 2009 on the web site. Version 2009 comes with quick finder. This feature allows the user to select customers, vendors, etc in a finder rather than having to scroll down lists. The absence of this feature in prior versions has always been one of QB's shortcomings.

If quick finder were the only new feature in version 2009 it would be reason enough to upgrade. I can't think of a single client of mine that will not benefit from this feature. Productivity gains out strip the cost to upgrade by a wide margin.

The references to version 2008/09 makes me think this is not a US version. Boppy's headers indicate that he/she is from New Zealand so anything is possible.

I do agree with your suggestion to have the accountant upgrade the file for the OP. In the interest of time I would just stick with 2004 until I had the time/means to deal with upgrading the file.

Jo

In the box you got with your purchase, you should have got two disks.

One of the disks has the 2008-09 version on it. The other has an evaluation copy of 2007-08 version, together with a text file with an Install Key Code for the 2007-08 version.

The yellow book has the instructions for finding the version. Find it and have a good read of the instructions for upgrading from your year version.

Many of the comments you will receive here will be from US QB users. You are in Australia or NZ if you are using 2008-09, and my response is from Australia.

I hope this helps.

Bob Williams

Thanks Bob, the box is off-site so when I next go to that office I'll have a look. Meantime, now that it's Monday here I'll see if Quicken have a file they can email to me.

Cheers, Jo

Hi Pete, just to reassure you that the data was able to be upgraded via 2007/2008 disk which Quicken sent me. It was also in the original software box. Personally I think it's a great version, just having all my customers and suppliers on the desktop and being able to click on any transaction is a huge improvement.

Jo

Excellent. Thankyou for the update Jo. I think it's something I will have to do sooner rather than later as I can't do so many things on my windows vista PC

Thanks again Jo. Cheers Pete