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QB2007 - Wait until upgrade? L 11-02-2006
Posted by L on November 2, 2006, 1:09 pm
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 Not a cost issue. My last purchase of QB 2006 and payroll came with
upgrades.

The QB 2007 disk has arrived.

What can I expect when I install it? Any major interface changes? Any known
issues? I'm currently using the 2006 Contractor's Edition (US).



Posted by scfundogs on November 2, 2006, 1:48 pm
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> Not a cost issue. My last purchase of QB 2006 and payroll came with
> upgrades.
>
> The QB 2007 disk has arrived.
>
> What can I expect when I install it? Any major interface changes? Any
> known issues? I'm currently using the 2006 Contractor's Edition (US).

I have it but haven't installed it yet. Why not just install it (not
upgrade 2006) so you can play with it for a while before switching from
2006?

--
Tara



Posted by L on November 3, 2006, 1:31 pm
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>> Not a cost issue. My last purchase of QB 2006 and payroll came with
>> upgrades.
>>
>> The QB 2007 disk has arrived.
>>
>> What can I expect when I install it? Any major interface changes? Any
>> known issues? I'm currently using the 2006 Contractor's Edition (US).
>
> I have it but haven't installed it yet. Why not just install it (not
> upgrade 2006) so you can play with it for a while before switching from
> 2006?
>
I was hoping somebody else in the ng had had time to beta test ;0



Posted by GymRatZ on November 6, 2006, 3:02 pm
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L wrote:

> I was hoping somebody else in the ng had had time to beta test ;0

I'll be testing it when QB2008 is released!
:¬)


Posted by scfundogs on November 7, 2006, 9:56 pm
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> Not a cost issue. My last purchase of QB 2006 and payroll came with
> upgrades.
>
> The QB 2007 disk has arrived.
>
> What can I expect when I install it? Any major interface changes? Any
> known issues? I'm currently using the 2006 Contractor's Edition (US).

I haven't worked any files in it yet but did install and upgrade a few file
copies.

The first thing I found out is that a file can only be hosted on a computer
that has a copy of Quickbooks 2007 with the Database Server installed. I
had to pull up the DB Server, select the folder my company files reside in
then tell it to scan for all the company files in that folder so that I
could access them from other machines.

If you use more than one computer, even if you just store files on one but
don't actually work on it, install QB 2007 with Quickbooks Database Server
on each machine (its one of three options in the installation menu).

For some reason my installations wouldn't work if I selected to have the
installer check for updates prior to completing the install. I had disabled
my firewall and AV so there was no reason for the connection to fail. I
ended up just selecting "no" to that question and the install went well.

QB' Database Server wants to always listen for connections so make sure you
have a good firewall/security system setup if you're going to use the DB
Server.

Adding the Google Search Bar to QB is an option in the installation but I
didn't want it. Regardless of QB's declaration that they've customized it
to where your data is secure I just don't feel the need to put it to the
test. I'll stick to the good old Find tool.

The interface appears to be the same. I don't use the "Home" or iconish
centers as I'm a text-list junkie.

The menus are in the same places.

Payroll has changed. There's a new feature (and I don't know if it can be
turned off at the moment) called scheduled payroll where QB wants you to
setup a schedule so it can remind you that you have to run your payroll (as
if most of us would forget that).

There are more screens which means more clicking...which I don't like...but
there's a feature that allows you to just input hours in the window that
lists the employees to be paid. This keeps you from having to go into
separate windows per employee to input hours. I see room for errors with
the new & easier way but that's just my initial impression.

--
Tara



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