Hi there ENWILD,
It's important that you have the correct program that suits the need of your business. QuickBooks Desktop Payroll is a great tool able to help you calculate the pay for your employees based on their hours worked. I can point you in the right direction for assistance with your payroll.
In order to help you update your payroll, you'd need to reach out to the QuickBooks Desktop support team. They'll be able to view your software with you in order to make sure you have the right tools in order to run payroll, and help you with upgrading if necessary, You can reach them using the methods provided in the QuickBooks Desktop software support policies.
if you have any other questions, feel free to reach out here.