Employees and payroll

Allow me to jump into this thread, QwltrActnt. 

The message for the link to manually enable the payroll is the steps provided by Sophia. Let me go ahead and paste it again here: 

1. Click Edit at the top, and then select Preferences.
2. On the left panel, select Payroll & Employees then go to the Company Preferences tab.
3. In the QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Features section, select the Full Payroll radio button.
4. Select OK.

Let us know if you have any questions.