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Following on from my original post, I can report the following versions of QuickBooks are all working all working well with Windows 7:-

• UK version of QuickBooks Accountant 2006. This is working in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode.
• UK version of QuickBooks Premier 2008.
• USA version of QuickBooks Premier – Accountant 2009.

I’m afraid I haven’t installed USA QuickBooks 2010 yet, but I wouldn’t expect any problems with it.

Overall Windows 7 is a vast improvement over Vista in terms of speed and stability.  Windows 7 is now my daily operating system of choice.

I have obtained a copy of the American version of QuickBooks Premier Accountant 2009, as part of my joining the American QuickBooks ProAdvisor scheme.  I have chosen to install it on a separate dual-boot hard drive in my PC. For the more technical of you, the specification of the PC is:

• AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.00 GHz processor
• 4 Gb Ram
• 1000 Gb hard drive
• Running Window 7 Ultimate Evaluation Copy Build 7100

The QuickBooks install went without a hitch, just the usual “Next”, “Next” clicking routine.  I installed the Google option, and can confirm Charlie Russell’s findings about problems with Google.  Windows 7 gave an error message when trying to install Windows 7 updates. The error code indicated Google Desktop was at fault. Uninstalling Google Desktop allowed the Windows updates to work normally.

The QuickBooks 2009 installation worked well and appeared to open relatively quickly on Windows 7.  Updating QuickBooks to the latest version using automatic updates worked well.

So in conclusion QuickBooks 2009 and Windows 7 appear to be working harmoniously together.  I’ll use the system over the next few days and report back if any issues come up.

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I’ve had a word with my “mole” in QuickBooks UK.  I was quizzing him about the launch date for QuickBooks 2009.  Apparently it’s still in the pipeline, but the pipeline is proving to to be longer than expected.

Don’t be surprised if it’s called QuickBooks 2010!