Registering and older product

You have to contact Support directly to ask the activation code. If they declined to give it, you don't have any option but purchasing a new license.

Welcome to the Community, Rayvet.
 

QuickBooks 2008 is a discontinued version of our product. Because of this, you won't be able to register it online. You'll need a validation code to re-register your program. Intuit makes every effort to provide support for registration/licensing, however, successful registrations, providing key codes, etc. can't be guaranteed for older versions.
 

You'll definitely want to get in touch with our Customer Care Team to discuss this further. They'll be able to pull up your account in a secure environment and go over what options are available.
 

Here's how you can contact them outside of your books:

1. Go to our Contact page.
2. Choose QuickBooks Desktop.
3. Click Continue as a guest.
4. Pick your version.
5. Hit Search for something else.
6. In the Tell us more about your question: field, enter a description of what you're contacting Intuit about.
7. Press Search.
8. Select Start a Message.
   

Be sure to review their support hours so you'll know when agents are available.
 

I'll be here to help if there's any other questions. Enjoy the rest of your day!

i have quickbooks 2007  transferred to new computer but cannot open says I need to register

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@ZackE wrote:

Welcome to the Community, Rayvet.
 

QuickBooks 2008 is a discontinued version of our product. Because of this, you won't be able to register it online. You'll need a validation code to re-register your program. Intuit makes every effort to provide support for registration/licensing, however, successful registrations, providing key codes, etc. can't be guaranteed for older versions.
 

You'll definitely want to get in touch with our Customer Care Team to discuss this further. They'll be able to pull up your account in a secure environment and go over what options are available.
 

Here's how you can contact them outside of your books:

1. Go to our Contact page.
2. Choose QuickBooks Desktop.
3. Click Continue as a guest.
4. Pick your version.
5. Hit Search for something else.
6. In the Tell us more about your question: field, enter a description of what you're contacting Intuit about.
7. Press Search.
8. Select Start a Message.
   I have quickbooks 2007  transferred to new computer.  Cannot open Says I need to register
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Be sure to review their support hours so you'll know when agents are available.
 

I'll be here to help if there's any other questions. Enjoy the rest of your day!

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Thanks for joining this thread, @janet_003.

Because of the 3-year support of all QuickBooks products, you won't be able to register discontinued products online. QuickBooks 2007 is a discontinued version, along with the assisted support. For more in-depth information on the QuickBooks policy, you can refer to this article: Discontinuation policy and upgrade information.

You can contact our Customer Care Support Team to discuss the available options for you. You can follow the steps provided by ZackE on how to contact them. For more details about our support availability, refer to this article: Contact Support. 

You can read the resources below for additional information about registering QuickBooks Desktop:

• Activate QuickBooks Desktop 
• Find license information
• Fix license, validation, and registration errors

Thanks for reaching out. I'll keep an eye out for your response.

@janet_003 

Your QBD 2007 license is too old. I am not sure they will provide the validation code. Consider upgrading to QBD 2021 with a one time license. You may need upgrading your file on the trial license of QBD 2011, 2015, and 2019 prior to opening the file on QBD 2021. Contact us in private and we may share those trial codes.

There are people who do not need a newer version of quickbooks.  IT is grossly unfair that you will not register their software if they move it to a new machine.  They don't care about support.  Their version does everything they need it to do.  STOP BEING SO GREEDY INTUIT.

@RS51 

As long as you have the activation/validation code, you are allowed to move your license to another machine anytime, except the outdated QBD Enterprise license.

You might want to try asking a support person to escalate the issue to a supervisor who can gnenerate a validation code.  

How to do you do it? I am trying to move QB 2017 from one computer to another as my old computer crashed...but when I get to registration, it won't let me get past it when I put in my address ect.. this is soo annoying... 

I don't understand this. I have the disc and the Licence and Product number, it is on my new machine but when it comes to 'registering' it it won't let me enter my address and move on.. is that correct? There must be a work around for this... this is just not right.. and if this cannot be resolved I will be rethinking using QBO in the future indeed.. 

@MP53 

Can you login to your CAMPS and find your license code there?

https://camps.intuit.com/

I have the licence code and product number.. it is on my new computer but then it says "activate" 

So I put in my address and email ect.. and then I cannot get past that.... it won't allow me to click next and move on.... 

You need to activate it manually by using a validation code. You must chat Support to generate it. 

Oh okay.. so that is good.. so they will give me one and I can do this!

did it work for you--I have the same problem with 2008

Linda J

Did it work?  I have the exact same problem.

LindaJ53

Thank you for joining the thread, LindaJ53. Allow me to lend a hand in registering an older QuickBooks product.

Have you tried following the steps provided above? As mentioned in the previous replies, with the QuickBooks Desktop Service Discontinuation Policy, older versions will no longer receive product updates and cannot access online services. 

You may need to contact our Customer Care Support to get a validation code to re-register the program. You can follow the steps provided by ZackE on how to reach out to them.

Additionally, check this article about fixing errors when registering in QBDT for future reference: Fix license, validation, and registration errors in QuickBooks Desktop.

Let me know if you have any other QuickBooks concerns by adding a comment below. I'd be glad to keep helping!

@LindaJ53 

QBD 2008 is too old and I am not sure Support will bother to generate the activation code.

I have Quickenbooks 2008, paid $100's for it. Still use it on my Win 7 OP. I've already tried to get it to work on my Win10. When started it says I have to call a number for "assistance". On the phone they don't even know who I am, they tell me " we don't support that version anymore" and I say "I don't need support!, just give me the code I need to make it work..i am the original owner"

They don't care, I have everything including a Validation code but they have decided to not allow my software to work despite paying for it.  It's an absolute scam. I have no option to enter the Validation code either. Absolutely frustrating. DONE WITH THEM.

  You can surely bet I will not be buying an intuit product for my accounting needs. I am done with their shenanigans.

i need an validation key for quick box pro 2006 and i have an serial number 

how can i get my validation key pls?

@ahmedibrahim 

QBD 2006 is too old and I am not sure Support will bother to generate the activation code.

Hi there, ahmedibrahim. Allow me to share some details where you can get the validation code to install the QuickBooks Desktop program.

Since the version that you have is already outdated you'll need to contact our Customer Care Team during support hours. They can pull up your account and check if they can still provide you with the validation code specific to you.

Here's how to reach out to them: 

1. Open QuickBooks.
2. From the Help menu, select QuickBooks Desktop Help. 
3. Click the Contact us link.
4. On the new page, select a topic (such as activate or install QuickBooks). 
5. Scroll down and click the Have us call you button. 

For reference about contacting us, you can check this article: Contact QuickBooks Desktop support.

I've added an article you'll want to check for more details about the process: Activate QuickBooks Desktop for Windows.

Let us know how this goes so we can further assist you. Have a great day!

It is an absolute lie for you to give someone hope that they can ever get their 2008 QuickenBooks running again.  Its a  fine stand alone accounting software that only needs a number to type in yet you guys simply won't do it. You can, but you refuse to.  I will never consider buying another Intuit accounting software version for this reason.

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