Quickbooks pro 2000 and Windows XP

Posted by mypet on June 25, 2006, 1:56 pm

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I was attempting to install Quickbooks Pro 2000 to my computer with
Windows XP to view some files>

I can get to the point where I enter my installation key code in the
installation process, but it won't let me type any of the installation
code in the box.

Can anyone tell me how to get QB Pro 2000 to run on this computer?

Posted by Allan Martin on June 25, 2006, 3:44 pm

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>I was attempting to install Quickbooks Pro 2000 to my computer with

> Windows XP to view some files>

> I can get to the point where I enter my installation key code in the

> installation process, but it won't let me type any of the installation

> code in the box.

> Can anyone tell me how to get QB Pro 2000 to run on this computer?

Check to see if the cord from your keyboard is attached.

Posted by Golden California Girls on June 25, 2006, 8:55 pm

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mypet wrote:

> I was attempting to install Quickbooks Pro 2000 to my computer with

> Windows XP to view some files>

> I can get to the point where I enter my installation key code in the

> installation process, but it won't let me type any of the installation

> code in the box.

> Can anyone tell me how to get QB Pro 2000 to run on this computer?

Yes, but you won't like it.

Install Win 98 on the computer. Install QB 2000. Upgrade the machine
to XP.

My guess is the Installer for QB 2000 won't run under XP.

Posted by AN0NYM00SE on June 25, 2006, 11:39 pm

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> mypet wrote:

>> I was attempting to install Quickbooks Pro 2000 to my computer with

>> Windows XP to view some files>

>> I can get to the point where I enter my installation key code in the

>> installation process, but it won't let me type any of the installation

>> code in the box.

>> Can anyone tell me how to get QB Pro 2000 to run on this computer?

> Yes, but you won't like it.

> Install Win 98 on the computer. Install QB 2000. Upgrade the machine to

> XP.

> My guess is the Installer for QB 2000 won't run under XP.

Actually, all versions of QuickBooks 99 and up should work just fine under
XP. It's been like 5 years though since XP came out so it's possible that
there might be something going on there, system related. Still, before I go
there I'd probably try a few things to help better understand why it's not
working.

If you were you go to the START button at that point where it's asking you
for the keycode and open up notepad would you be able to start typing? If
you can, then the next thing I'd try is booting XP into safe mode to see if
you can run the installer from there. On boot, start tapping the F8 key and
you should get a startup menu - select safemode. Once it boots, go ahead
and try and run the installation again.

If that works for you, make sure one of the first things you do after
install is to reboot the machine, and then go and download the latest
release patch for 2000. I googled for it:
http://www.quickbooks.com/support/index/ndxw_8_updates2.html

After installing the latest release patch, reboot the machine and hopefully
you should be good to go.

If safemode didn't work for you, then I'd start with the standard, run a
virus scan, anti spyware scan, etc.

btw, when you say: "That was the first thing I checked. It just continues
to lock up at that point in the installation."

...what exactly do you mean by lock up?, does the entire system become
unresponsive? or is it that QuickBooks seemingly won't accept input into
the keycode field?

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