I'm trying to install Quick Books on my computer with Vista...
When installing it tells me it "Could not write Run key" and instalation
stops. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks!

Which version of Quickbooks?

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"Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to install Quick Books on my computer with Vista...
> When installing it tells me it "Could not write Run key" and instalation
> stops. Any ideas on how to fix this?
>
> Thanks![/color]

Quickbooks 2000. It worked on XP with no problems.

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> Which version of Quickbooks?
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> > I'm trying to install Quick Books on my computer with Vista...
> > When installing it tells me it "Could not write Run key" and instalation
> > stops. Any ideas on how to fix this?
> >
> > Thanks![/color]
>
>
>[/color]

Kathy wrote:[color=blue]
> I'm trying to install Quick Books on my computer with Vista...
> When installing it tells me it "Could not write Run key" and instalation
> stops. Any ideas on how to fix this?
>
> Thanks![/color]

Only the very latest version of QuickBooks will work with Vista. If you
have it and are still having difficulties, try installing it with
elevated privileges.

Other than that:

[url]http://www.quickbooks.com/Helpcenter/vista/[/url]


Malke
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Why doesn't that surprise me? I should have figured that!
Thanks for your help!


"Malke" wrote:
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> Kathy wrote:[color=green]
> > I'm trying to install Quick Books on my computer with Vista...
> > When installing it tells me it "Could not write Run key" and instalation
> > stops. Any ideas on how to fix this?
> >
> > Thanks![/color]
>
> Only the very latest version of QuickBooks will work with Vista. If you
> have it and are still having difficulties, try installing it with
> elevated privileges.
>
> Other than that:
>
> [url]http://www.quickbooks.com/Helpcenter/vista/[/url]
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> [url]www.elephantboycomputers.com[/url]
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>[/color]

Do you happen to know if I'll be able to share files and info between users
if one person is on XP and I'm on Vista? I'm assuming both will have to have
the upgraded program but will we be able to share the files still?

"Kathy" wrote:
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> Why doesn't that surprise me? I should have figured that!
> Thanks for your help!
>
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Kathy wrote:[color=darkred]
> > > I'm trying to install Quick Books on my computer with Vista...
> > > When installing it tells me it "Could not write Run key" and instalation
> > > stops. Any ideas on how to fix this?
> > >
> > > Thanks![/color]
> >
> > Only the very latest version of QuickBooks will work with Vista. If you
> > have it and are still having difficulties, try installing it with
> > elevated privileges.
> >
> > Other than that:
> >
> > [url]http://www.quickbooks.com/Helpcenter/vista/[/url]
> >
> >
> > Malke
> > --
> > Elephant Boy Computers
> > [url]www.elephantboycomputers.com[/url]
> > "Don't Panic!"
> > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> >[/color][/color]

I'm sure it did, but it will not work on Vista. See Intuits support site to
determine Vista compatible versions, I believe only 2007 will work.

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> Quickbooks 2000. It worked on XP with no problems.
>
> "Dave B." wrote:
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>> Which version of Quickbooks?
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>> "Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:93B4AD9D-76C0-4B8E-AAEB-4368872307F7@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > I'm trying to install Quick Books on my computer with Vista...
>> > When installing it tells me it "Could not write Run key" and
>> > instalation
>> > stops. Any ideas on how to fix this?
>> >
>> > Thanks![/color]
>>
>>
>>[/color][/color]

If you use the multi user mode. These are really questions for Intuit
support.

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"Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Do you happen to know if I'll be able to share files and info between
> users
> if one person is on XP and I'm on Vista? I'm assuming both will have to
> have
> the upgraded program but will we be able to share the files still?
>
> "Kathy" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Why doesn't that surprise me? I should have figured that!
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>>
>> "Malke" wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> > Kathy wrote:
>> > > I'm trying to install Quick Books on my computer with Vista...
>> > > When installing it tells me it "Could not write Run key" and
>> > > instalation
>> > > stops. Any ideas on how to fix this?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Only the very latest version of QuickBooks will work with Vista. If you
>> > have it and are still having difficulties, try installing it with
>> > elevated privileges.
>> >
>> > Other than that:
>> >
>> > [url]http://www.quickbooks.com/Helpcenter/vista/[/url]
>> >
>> >
>> > Malke
>> > --
>> > Elephant Boy Computers
>> > [url]www.elephantboycomputers.com[/url]
>> > "Don't Panic!"
>> > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> >[/color][/color][/color]

Kathy wrote:[color=blue]
> I'm trying to install Quick Books on my computer with Vista...
> When installing it tells me it "Could not write Run key" and instalation
> stops. Any ideas on how to fix this?
>
> Thanks![/color]
Hi Kathy,

This won't make you too happy.
We have a multiuser version of QuickBooks 2006. Intuit is not providing
Vista compatibility except by the purchase of QuickBooks 2007. This is a
$900+ dollar expense for the multiuser version.
This is another unfortunate example of how expensive it can be to
"upgrade" from XP/Windows Server 2003 to Vista/Windows Server 2007.

Robbie