Upgrading to a newer version of QuickBooks

I met with a client recently who purchased QuickBooks 2009. Prior to this purchase, he was using QuickBooks 2004. He upgraded his data file after installing the program and found his PC was running at a very slow pace. QuickBooks took forever to load. He contacted me and wanted to know, "I have been using this program for one month. How do I go back to the 2004 version?" The quick answer is you can go back by restoring the backup copy that you made the last time you used the version. You will then have to recreate all the data you entered for the past month. QuickBooks data files are not backwards compatible. Of course, this is not the answer he wanted to hear. Once I met with him I found out that his PC was just not beefy enough for the newer version of QuickBooks. Not that he wanted to hear that either, but he was using a very old computer and QuickBooks 2009 is a much larger program than the 2004 one. I did persuade him to go forward with the new PC and the newer QuickBooks.

This happened approximately one month ago and I am happy to report that everything with my client is running well. He now loves the new program and all that it can do. Plus the added benefit is that all his programs run so much faster. He can't believe the difference!

Lynda

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