Symptom
QuickBooks New User Edition 5.0 for Mac, which is included with PowerBook G4 (12-inch) and (17-inch) computers, must be registered with Intuit. You can open QuickBooks 25 times without registering, but if you try to open it after that, a dialog with this message appears: "QuickBooks New User Edition 5.0 for Mac requires you to register before your 25th use of this". See Figure 1.
Figure 1 Expired trial dialog box
Products affected
- QuickBooks New User Edition 5.0 for Mac
- PowerBook G4 (12-inch) sold in North America
- PowerBook G4 (17-inch) sold in North America
Solution
To register QuickBooks, call Intuit at 1-800-924-3894.
Online support is available at Intuit's website (http://www.intuit.com/support).
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