How do I install Accounting Professional 2008 on Vista 64-bit?

[Richard Warren]

First attempt failed with SQL Express not installing, failing the entire rest
of the installation. I changed the setup EXE properties to use XP
compatibility and ran it again and most of the installation worked except the
Payroll installation.

The email accompanying the download of the trial edition explicitly says I
can, "Enjoy free phone support for 90 days: Simply call 1-866-827-1619.** Ask
us questions, call with compliments or tell us what we need to do better.
Really, we want to hear from you. Now, when did you last hear that from a
business?" Thinking that actually getting it successfully installed was
fairly important to the evaluation, I called that number only to be informed
that since it was a trial version, there was no phone support irrespective of
what any email I may have received said.

This product is making quite a first impression...none of it positive...

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Richard,

You may want to use the link below to also post this in the MS Office Accounting discussion group. The 90 day support is for the
purchased product.

It wasn't clear which payroll service you were looking into. The ability to manage payroll via Excel is built in. The ability to
run payroll is an Add-on service, not available in the trial product.
http://ideawins.colm/Services/Payroll/Overview.aspx
and more detailed product features at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/accounting/FX102462271033.aspx

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First attempt failed with SQL Express not installing, failing the entire rest
of the installation. I changed the setup EXE properties to use XP
compatibility and ran it again and most of the installation worked except the
Payroll installation.

The email accompanying the download of the trial edition explicitly says I
can, "Enjoy free phone support for 90 days: Simply call 1-866-827-1619.** Ask
us questions, call with compliments or tell us what we need to do better.
Really, we want to hear from you. Now, when did you last hear that from a
business?" Thinking that actually getting it successfully installed was
fairly important to the evaluation, I called that number only to be informed
that since it was a trial version, there was no phone support irrespective of
what any email I may have received said.

This product is making quite a first impression...none of it positive...>>
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Please let us know if this has helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

LINKS
A. MS Office Accounting news/discussion group via newsreader software
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.sba.general
or
MS Office Accounting new/discussion group via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.sba.general


B. MS Office Accounting Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com

 

[Richard Warren]

Bob,

You certainly wouldn't know that from the email triggered by the trial
download. Here's the entire text (just to jog the memory of some of the folks
over in Bldg 31 on the Redmond campus):

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Thanks for visiting the Microsoft Office Accounting 2008 Web site! By now we
hope you've had an opportunity to download the 60 day trial version of
Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008, our new, easy to use financial
management software for small businesses. We're confident you'll find this
software a valuable tool to help take your business to the next level.

If you have downloaded the software already, please use the following
Product Key in order to activate your trial:

XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX (thought I'd better not provide the key...)

If you have not yet had the opportunity to download the 60 day trial
software please click here:

http://www.ideawins.com/OAProDownloads1.aspx

After you have installed the software we highly recommend that you register
it as well. It's quick and painless, and you'll get useful insiders' tips and
tricks on how to get the most out of Accounting Professional, straight from
the experts.

Here are just a few of the benefits you'll enjoy with Office Accounting
Professional: [Note that this email is about the trial edition and there's
nothing in this benefits statement that excludes the trial explicitly or
implicitly - given the subject of the email]

Get up and running quickly: Easy step-by-step wizards guide you through
setup and common tasks. And you already know how to use Accounting
Professional, because it works just like the Microsoft Office applications
you use every day.

Save time on everyday tasks: Create quotes, invoices, track expenses and
employee time. Enter data once and share it seamlessly with other Microsoft
Office applications such as Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Get a complete view of your business: Store and organize your customer,
vendor, employee and financial information in one place, and gain business
insight through over 60 customizable reports.

Grow your business online: Sell on eBay, and accept PayPal payments directly
from Accounting Professional.*

Enjoy free phone support for 90 days: Simply call 1-866-827-1619.** Ask us
questions, call with compliments or tell us what we need to do better.
Really, we want to hear from you. Now, when did you last hear that from a
business?

We know accounting can be intimidating, especially when you're busy building
your business. But with Accounting Professional, you'll be up and running in
no time because we've made it powerful, yet easy to use. So, you can focus on
important things like making your business flourish, and leave the nitty
gritty of accounting to us. Enjoy!

Sincerely,
The Microsoft ideaWins Team

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Thanks too for the alternative newsgroup. It wasn't available from the link
used in the Feedback menu of Accounting Professional 2008, this was the
closest one listed.

Thanks,
Richard