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[unionbro576]

Dual booting when Vista is already installed

Dual booting when Vista is already installed

1) Is anyone using the new OS Windows Vista?
2) Bought a new laptop (my otherone died) and it has Vista well now I can't
use Quick Books 2003 does anyone know of a work around?
3) Tried running it in compatability mode XP/SP 2 still doesn't work
4) Don't want to upgrade to QB 2007, don't have the extra cash.
5) The new laptop has 1 large drive partioned into 2 smaller drives C & D
I was thinking about re-partioning C drive and running a dual boot system
Does anyone have any experience with doing this, I know how to do it,
never done it before, so not sure if it a wise thing to do.

All help, comments and suggestions welcomed.

Mr Bob, I have checked into your problem of running QB 2003 on Vista and even if you can get it to work via some of the Workarounds found on the net, Intuit's resource page advises not to do it due to eventual data corruption. I realize you do not want to spend the extra money for the new QB 2007 software however it is compatible with Vista and is fully supported by Intuit.
Dual booting would be the only other option at this point for you, and its not hard to do as you said in your post you have knowledge of how to do so. however I would like for you to take a look at this link before attempting to install XP, This site gives you step by step instructions. Hope this helps, far as your cpu being compatible with XP you have nothing to worry about, XP supports all processors on the market as to date.

http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp

 

[Bob Kraemer]

Mr Bob, I have checked into your problem of running QB 2003 on Vista and even if you can get it to work via some of the Workarounds found on the net, Intuit's resource page advises not to do it due to eventual data corruption. I realize you do not want to spend the extra money for the new QB 2007 software however it is compatible with Vista and is fully supported by Intuit.
Dual booting would be the only other option at this point for you, and its not hard to do as you said in your post you have knowledge of how to do so. however I would like for you to take a look at this link before attempting to install XP, This site gives you step by step instructions. Hope this helps, far as your cpu being compatible with XP you have nothing to worry about, XP supports all processors on the market as to date.

http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp

Thanks, I appreciate the link.

 

[zbang]

Following up on an older post:

zbang - I work for a Fortune 500 company and we run some very high end, CPU intensive simulation tools, and the Dell Latitudes have handled anything we throw at them. Quickbooks and Electrical Estimating software is child's play, compared to what we run. I will agree that Toshiba and HP are clunkers - no argument there.

I was mainly speaking about support and physical robustness. The Dells work when you leave them in one place or they just travel from office to home, but we always had problems when they went on the road. (And finding Dell service in Europe isn't as easy as finding IBM service.)