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accountant_not
December 16, 2023
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Need an active internet connection to continue with installation???? REALLY QuickBooks???

  • December 16, 2023
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Why on earth would I need an active internet connection to install the software?

No no, I am not talking about the activation. I am talking about the INSTALL!

 

Whoever decided to make it a requirement for install, not only did they make it impossible for offline installations of the DATABASE CONNECTION SERVICE THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE ACTIVATION AND IS INCAPABLE OF AUTOUPDATE, but also they used uncapable developers to "build" the component that checks for the internet in the first place.

Because guess what - I am upgrading the QB for a client right now, after hours, at 3AM, on a system that I am connected REMOTELY to from 300km away. What does it mean? It means that the remote system HAS INTERNET!!!

But no, not in the QuickBooks world!!!

Why do you keep breaking the software with these idi0tic improvements??

How can I tell this installer that THE COMPUTER HAS INTERNET???

 

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    4Gal
    December 16, 2023

    Can you install the trial version?

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    accountant_notAuthor
    December 17, 2023

    Why would I install a trial version?

    This is a production environment, I am upgrading a production server that is hosting the QB company file.

    As I learned it the hard way, there is no way to convert the trial to the activated version later on. I need to uninstall one and reinstall the non-trial version, which will bring me to the same problem.

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      4Gal
      December 17, 2023

      Why would I install a trial version?

      To isolate your problem.

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