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Posted by Laura on January 12, 2008, 4:10 pm
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It is worth a shot. I would suggest that you copy the installation files
from the USB to the hard drive and do the install off of the hard drive
instead.
BTW, I know of several people that have gotten QB2004 and QB2005 to work on
their Vista machines. They just run it in XP compatible mode.
> Since Intuit has forced an upgrade from QB Premier 2005 to QB Premier 2008
> ...
> support for 2005 ends in March and their greed induced decision to not
> make
> 2002 - 2006 Windows non-compliant, I now have a Vista machine but the QB
> 2005 is on an XP machine with a non-functioning CD/DVD.
>
> Since the free customer support isn't available on weekends, I thought I'd
> pose
> my question here.
>
> Can I copy the 2008 installation CD to a USB memory stick (one gb) and
> install
> QB 2008 on the XP machine? There is sufficient HD space and memory on the
> XP machine. There will be a separate memory stick with a 2005 backup.
>
>
> --
> Kent Finnell
> From the Music City, USA
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