How To Register Activate Quickbooks Desktop
Re opening a business after a hiatus figured i go with quickbooks again.
How to register activate quickbooks desktop. Unless you activate it quickbooks is expecting you to move around the software with your mouse or by using the tab key. Click edit then preferences then general. For some reason that i simply can t understand you have to tell quickbooks to recognize the enter key. If you already have quickbooks open select file close company. In some older versions you may see register quickbooks option instead a built in quickbooks registration form will appear.
From the help menu select activate quickbooks desktop. Check the registration status on the product information window on the right side of the license number. Click next to finish. Follow the steps on the screen to verify your info. Enter your validation code.
After you re finished quickbooks is activated and you re ready to go learn more about using quickbooks with our beginner guide. If it shows activated then you don t need to do anything. Fix license validation and registration errors. I simply tell the call center agent whom i am speaking with that they don t need to know the answer to the question they are asking in order to provide the validation code again with the exception of how many computers where quickbooks will be installed. If your quickbooks suggests activated then you definitely don t need to do something.
As a quickbooks consultant i have called in to register hundreds of copies of quickbooks over the years for my clients. If quickbooks haven t prompt you yet to active it so far then from the top menu select help activate quickbooks desktop. Open quickbooks but do not open the company file just yet. Select activate quickbooks desktop from the help menu. From within quickbooks click the help menu and choose about quickbooks.
Also you may want to explore these articles for additional information about finding and fixing important details within your company file. Open it and press f2 on your keyboard. Activating the enter key is easy to do. Here the user can confirm the registration status. It seemed really heavy handed and left a bad taste in my mouth.