Registering QuickBooks

At some point after QuickBooks starts, you will see a message box that asks whether you want to register QuickBooks. If you don’t register, you can use the product roughly a few times and then – wham! The program locks up and you can no longer access your files. Either you register it, or you can’t use it. No one likes being forced to do something, but getting worked up about having to register QuickBooks is a waste of time.

The simplest option is to just register. Here’s how: when QuickBooks displays the message box that asks whether you want to register, click the Online button to register online or click the Phone button to register over the phone. If you go with the Phone option, QuickBooks displays another dialog box that gives you a telephone number to call and provides a space for you to enter your registration number.