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Re: The stupid question for the weekend HeyBub 01-13-2008
Posted by HeyBub on January 13, 2008, 8:52 am
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Kent Finnell wrote:
> 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.

Another suggestion or two:
1. Replace the broken CD drive. About $20.00.
2. Remove the CD drive from the Vista machine and temporarily install it in
the XP machine.

And, are you sure the QB 2008 disk is a CD? It might be a DVD.



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