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Welcome to Community! It's essential that you're able to activate your account, and get back to business as soon as possible!
Here's how to activate QuickBooks manually;
1. Open QuickBooks
2. Click on Help, select Activate QuickBooks Desktop
3. Follow the on screen steps to verify your information
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