* Please note that this is an unsupported mode and Intuit does not recommend that you run QuickBooks 2006 or prior versions on Windows Vista. If you decide to use QuickBooks 2006 or a prior version on a Windows Vista computer, you must be set up as a Windows Administrator and use QuickBooks in Windows XP-Compatibility Mode to help reduce the possibility of problems.* Even then, some features such as QuickBooks Payroll, QuickBooks Timer and Shipping Manager will not work. QuickBooks 2006 and earlier versions were developed and released before Windows Vista was introduced and will be adversely affected when running on this new operating system. Intuit has kept QuickBooks' own search engine as well.Products and Services that only work on a Windows Vista Computer in Windows Administrator and Windows XP-Compatibility Modeįor the easiest and most efficient transition to Windows Vista, we strongly recommend using QuickBooks 2007 and other QuickBooks products built to work on Windows Vista.
QuickBooks Premier 2011 QuickBooks Premier provides specific industry reporting and more than 150 sales, financial and tax reports. QuickBooks Pro makes accounting easy - from set up to learning to using. However, you can use Desktop to search QuickBooks data only from within QuickBooks, and the search respects permission levels to keep, say, an employee from inadvertently accessing the business owner's private data. cash flow management, invoicing, and paying bills. QuickBooks 2007 also includes the thorough Google Desktop search for scouring transactions and customer and vendor records. Microsoft Office Accounting 2007, by contrast, will allow you to manage eBay auctions within its desktop interface. While potential customers can find out via Google where your products are sold in town, they can't buy them at either the QuickBooks or the Google Web site. The QuickBooks Product Listing Service then publishes this information to Google Base, which allows it to be searchable via Google. It will allow QuickBooks users to automatically upload inventory information (such as, Tasmanian baby carriages), complete with photos and descriptions. More intriguing, however, is the upcoming QuickBooks Product Listing Service, which remains in beta testing.
Granted, some of these services, such as the free business listing on Google Maps, are something a small-business owner could sign up for independently anyway. The new Google services, which have little to do with accounting, signal Intuit's goal to turn QuickBooks into a comprehensive, small-business management tool. For mom-and-pop businesses, the $100 QuickBooks Simple Start provides basic invoicing, check writing, and other accounting essentials. It's a powerful package, although it lacks some of Premier's high-end analytical tools. The $200 QuickBooks Pro can serve shops with 10 or fewer employees, with access for up to 3 people over a local network. It also comes in various industry-specific editions for contractors, nonprofits, and other organizations. Premier 2007 retails for $400 and is designed for small businesses with up to 20 employees 5 people can use it simultaneously over a local area network. We tested QuickBooks Premier 2007, whose flowchart-style interface is pretty much the same as its predecessor's, aside from the home page icon for the Google Marketing Tools.