QwikQuote Installation Notes – Network Users

 

In most of cases, QwikQuote should download, install, and run properly without any issues
on all Windows platforms from Windows 95 all the way up to Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
including Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 of all editions.

 

However, if you have encountered a problem installing QwikQuote
or you are QwikQuote dealer of our sales quoting software and invoice software solution package
or you are technical support personnel who needs to know all details
of possible cases your clients might encounter with their business sales quoting software setups
you need to consult this document in details with special attention to the part related to your Windows Operating System.

 

If you are the first time QwikQuote user, we suggest you to browse this document before you try to install the QwikQuote.
This will lead you to a successful installation experience of our quoting software and invoice software solution package.

If you are an experienced QwikQuote user,
browsing this document might give you some tricks that will make your job more enjoyable.

This is also the right document for you to reference
in case you encounter any glitch or difficulty during installation and setup configuration process.

 

The good news is in the most of cases you can just download the Setup file from
http://www.qwikquote.com/download_Setup.html
install, configure, and run our quoting software and invoice software by following the screen prompt during the process.
However, in other cases, you need to do some extra work so that QwikQuote is able to install and run properly.

 

While we write this document, we have tested installation and first time setup configuration of this sales quoting software and
invoice software on all the Windows platform operating systems from Windows 95, 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and XP …
all the way to Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 - they all work just fine.
They all install, configure, and run properly to form the sales quoting software and invoice software system by only following
the screen popup prompt messages whenever the install, configure, and run the 1st time process encounter a problem.
All the screenshots are taken from those test sales quoting software and invoice software setups.
We only add some simple background explanation to clarify what’s going on in QwikQuote the professional
business sales quoting software and invoice software solution package with the environments it is to run within them.

If you have any idea or suggestions, encounter any difficulty or runtime error
feel free to shot an email to support@qwikquote.com or fan_shiguo@hotmail.com for help.

 

Note: For vista users, we strongly suggest you to update your vista to SP2.
If you see your copy of Vista is SP1 – that is actually the original release.
Windows Vista SP2 is a free update. You can do it from Update in the Control panel.
If that is not work, you can go to Microsoft web site to download and install it manually.
http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A4DD31D5-F907-4406-9012-A5C3199EA2B3&displaylang=en

Note: In QwikQuote, the demo or trial download is actually the full version of QwikQuote executable software with all the features
and functionalities included in the download. All the features and functionalities are controlled by your Serial Number that
is corresponding to your order. So, there is only one setup executable download in QwikQuote business sales quoting software
and invoice software solution package and as long as proper Serial Number is applied in QwikQuote Setup Wizard, the demo
copy will become the full version permanent copy without re-install the quoting software and invoice software executable files.

1.       Network Users Installation

 

For QwikQuote network installation, the most important thing is to have a plan first
before you start to install the quoting software and invoice software system.
The key point of a successful install, configure, and run QwikQuote your sales quoting software and
invoice software setup is to choose where you want to host your QwikQuote Server Location.
In the Windows Terminal Server case, it is a Disk and Folder selection issue right on the Terminal Server
where you are going to install, configure, and run you sales quoting software and invoice software system.

What is the QwikQuote Server?
It is a shared location at any place with the Full Control rights given to all QwikQuote users
and in some systems including computers that are to run QwikQuote professional business sales software
and invoice software client workstation in you sales quote and invoice software solution system.
This is why we talked more about QwikQuote Server Location than QwikQuote Server host computer.

 

The basic steps involved in the Network Users Installation are the same as the Getting Start steps earlier in this document.
Herein they are in more details and considerations to help you tweak and twist how to use QwikQuote
to form up a neat and economical professional business quoting software and invoice software solution systems.

  1. Plan and Set up your Shared QwikQuote Server Location

    QwikQuote Server     is in fact a Shared Location (directory or folder)
    that will give FULL control rights to ALL QwikQuote users (might include computers)
    on both Sharing Permission and Folder Security.
    You must first of all plan carefully where your QwikQuote Server Location is.
    - this is because your QwikQuote Activation Key will be bundled to your QwikQuote Server Location
    when activating your QwikQuote network copy so that your sales quoting software and invoice software
    will run normally after the trial or demo grace period that is 30 days normally until you applied for longer.
    - If you try to move you QwikQuote Server Location after registration and apply your Activate Key,
    you can see that your QwikQuote Server Machine Key has been changed to reflect the new location
    and you will need a new Activate Key for your new QwikQuote Server Location so that
    you can run your business sales quoting software and invoice software tools correctly.
    If this is the case, please try to contact QwikQuote Sales or QwikQuote Support for a new Activation Key
    so that you can run your business sales quoting software and invoice software against new Server Location.
    We strongly suggest you not to use Mapped driver letter in the QwikQuote Server Location Path
    instead, try to use UAC name directly. This is because the mapped driver letter is to reflect back to full UAC name,
    and in a rare case, the reflected mapping might not be correct in your quoting software and invoice software system.
    After you decide where to host your QwikQuote Server location and you have create the folder for it
    then you need to give FULL Control rights of it to ALL QwikQuote users
    who are going to use QwikQuote by run QwikQuote on QwikQuote client workstation
    on both Share Permission and Folder Security.
    This is required for you to run your sales quoting software and invoice software system correctly
    on Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and later released Windows editions to come.
    This is supposed behavior for Windows editions before Vista, so this is the same as usual you supposed
    to have all rights ready to run your sales quoting software and invoice software solution package.
    For example, here we want to set my QwikQuote Server Location
    on the QQServer01 D:\ driver and to use the folder name as QQ6-Server
    I create the folder D:\QQ6-Serfer on my D:\ driver and make it shared
    and then we give user SFan the FULL Control rights over this Shared QwikQuote Serer Location
    so that the user SFan can logon and run the sales quoting software and invoice software on this computer.
    Such as screenshot brief image demonstrated below:
    And then give FULL Control rights to user SFan on Security
    Such as:
    Note: To make this rights assignment a little bit easier when you have a large QwikQuote User base
    Try to set up a User Group (QwikQuote Users Group), add all needed users to the group, and
    then assign the FULL Control rights for Sharing and Security to the group at one time so that
    all members in the group will be able to run this quoting software and invoice software tools.

    Note: Try not to use the QwikQuote default main installation folder normally at
    C:\Program Files\QQ6 for 32 bit Windows computers
    C:\Program Files (x86)\QQ6 for 64 bit Windows computers
    as the QwikQuote Server Location in your business sales quoting software and invoice software system.
    This is hold true that even your computer is to host the QwikQuote Server Location
    in your business sales quoting software and invoice software system
    and also to be configured to run as a QwikQuote Client workstation.
    However, the 2 location (folder or directory) are supposed to host a different set of stuffs and functioned
    differently in the business sales quoting software and invoice software solution system.
    If it is the case, it is highly possible to mix up user settings of this computer
    and the server shared setting for all other QwikQuote Network users.
    Note: Though this is not a problem stopping your sales quoting software and invoice software system to work completely,
    however this often causes confusion when configuring, maintaining, and moving QwikQuote Server Location
    to a new computer location in the years of owning your sales quoting software and invoice software solution system.
    Note: Try not to use space in the name of your QwikQuote 6 Server folder.
    For example, not use     D:\QQ6 Server, instead, user D:\QQ6_Server, D:\QQ6-Server or D:\QQ6Server.
    This is to avoid internal UAC path mapping resolve problem in some network systems.

  2. Download QwikQuote setup Executable

    Download the QwikQuote setup executable file Setup.exe from:
    http://www.qwikquote.com/download_Setup.html
    and save it to your QwikQuote 6 Server location above so the all network client workstation computers
    in your sales quoting software and invoice software network system can find it to and start installation from there
    so that they can auto-configure to run as client of your sales quoting software and invoice software Server Location
    without you or any other person to do any extra work – except just waiting a few seconds the first time you run QwikQuote.

    If your computer does not allow auto-link by clicking the download link above
    you can put the address directly into IE browser as screenshot image shown:

    When asking your action for run or save as:

    You must press button
    – this is because the set up executable file is not built to run from within the IE browser.
    When asking you to choose the location to save the download file
    we strongly suggest you to save it to a place not easily to be deleted accidentally,
    in case you need to re-install your sales quoting software and invoice software setup.
    Such as screenshot picture displayed below:

    The desktop is most convenient, but not a very good place
    – it is good for you to click and run to install your business sales quoting software and invoice software system, but easy to be removed later
    Try not to be in the QwikQuote default folder C:\Program Files\QQ6
    – it is high possible when you do un-install QwikQuote and it will be removed.
    In this case, you will need to download again to re-install your business sales quoting software and invoice software system.
    Program files folder or Windows folder is good location
    – people normally not try to remove files therein.
    If you prefer, you can re-name the file to the name you prefer.
    The download will start when you press button
    Such as the screenshot image shown below:


    Note: Though you can save the downloaded Setup.exe to any place, we strongly suggest you to save it to QwikQuote Server Location
    This is to prevent it is being deleted accidently, also for later use and for client workstation installation use.

    Logon as built-in Administrator user on the computer to install QwikQuote
    Run the downloaded installation file     Setup.exe – following the installation guided steps.

    Try to close other running programs or anti-virus programs
    that might make the installation process to fail while installing the sales quoting software and invoice software
    – un-able to install files for they are in use or being protected.

    We strongly suggest you to Logon as built-in Administrator user to run QwikQuote install.
    This is because the install process involve create and modify system registry,
    create/delete folders and files, install printer driver, as well as other changes to the system
    - those are required actions for you to run the sales quoting software and invoice software tools

    As mentioned above, in some systems, such as Windows Vista, Windows 7, and later on Windows release editions, etc.
    a user in the Administrator Group does not have the same rights as the built-in Administrator user.

    I an Operating system with strict user access control in place,
    though you might be able to install with Administrator Group User,
    however, there will be a number of message boxes asking your permission explicitly
    though that is theoretically being more safe, but making the install process somehow annoying,
    except you explicitly choose to use “Run as Administrator” popup menu command
    to install, configure, and run your business sales quoting software and invoice software tools.

    To start the QwikQuote installation, try to locate the setup executable you download and saved in above step 1 as:
    you can double-click, enter, or open to run it.

    In Vista and Windows 7, when asking if you allowed the setup.exe to run,
    you should answer “Yes” to allow it to run so that you can install our sales quoting software and invoice software on your computer.

    The setup program will try first to prepare for install as:

    Then installation process of our sales quoting software and invoice software will show up the prompt installation process,
    For a typical installation, you can follow the process, such as:


    On the welcome dialog, try to press button,
    and then


    On the welcome dialog, try to press button,
    and then


    On the Information dialog, try to press button,
    and then


    On the Customer Information, enter your Logon name and you company name
    choose if you want QwikQuote to be run by other persons or only yourself,
    and press button, and then,


    On the Choose Destination Location dialog, you can accept the default QwikQuote installation folder
    or use browse button to locate the fold you want to install Quoting software therein
    such as:

    Normally, we suggest you to accept the default location of     C:\Program Files\QQ6\
    and press button, and then,


    On the Setup Type dialog, you should choose Typical – that will install all modules
    and press button, and then,


    On the Start Copying Files dialog, you can review your choices
    If you want to change something, you can go backward by press the button
    Normally, you should press to continue the install process.
    Such as:


    At the end of the installation, you can see:


    You can press button to close the complete dialog.
    This shows that you have installed successfully our sales quoting software and invoice software onto your computer
    ready for you to configure while try to run the first time of our quoting software and invoice software tools.

    Note: Depending on your Windows System status,
    a re-boot might be needed after the finish of QwikQuote installation.

  3. Logon as built-in Administrator user on the computer to install QwikQuote.
    Run the downloaded installation file Setup.exe – following the installation guided steps.

    Since there is no QwikQuote Server Installation but only QwikQuote Server Location Configuration,
    the QwikQuote Network Install process is to start install quote software on any computer
    within your sales quoting software and invoice software network system you are working to build it
    - that is able to access the shared QwikQuote Server Location setup earlier in step 1.
    This can be the same computer hosting the shared QwikQuote Server Location
    This can be a computer that is to run as QwikQuote network station
    This can be a computer only used once to configure QwikQuote Server Location
    (This is because the configure and re-configure process can be on any computer as long as QwikQuote has installed on it
    – any QwikQuote network workstation within your quoting software and invoice software network system at later time.)

    This part of the installation process is mostly the same as corresponding for Single User Installation section above.
    You can refer to the Single User Download section for details above in this document.

    However, this time, we know we intentionally saved the downloaded file in the QwikQuote Server Location
    so that we should just user Windows Explore to browse to the QwikQuote Server Location and
    start the installation process from therein.

    The detailed install process is the same as that of single user installation - refer to the above Step 2 for Single User Installation section.

    Note: Though you are doing the QwikQuote server installation, you do not actually install software to the QwikQuote Server Location.
    You only install QwikQuote executable program to local computer normally default to the location (folder or directory) as
    C:\Program Files\QQ6 for 32 bit Widows computers
    C:\Program Files (x86)\QQ6 for 64 bit Widows computers
    Remember, there is no such thing as Server Installation in QwikQuote sales quoting software and invoice software solution package,
    instead, we only configure a shared location to be act as QwikQuote Server Location in your sales quoting software
    and invoice software solution system which holds shared data of QwikQuote License, settings, files, and databases.

  4. Configure QwikQuote Server Location

    Before you run QwikQuote Network copy, you must configure the QwikQuote Server location.

    What the QwikQuote Server Location configure process does is to put the license and shared resources to the shared location,
    and get it ready for other QwikQuote client workstation to start install process form therein and configure themselves to run
    as client workstations in your business sales quoting software and invoice software solution network system..

    If you try to run QwikQuote before configuration, a welcome dialog will inform you that the configuration is needed.
    Such as the screenshot showing below:
    When you press the     button that is to start and run the QwikQuote Setup Wizard program.

    Or you can start and run the QwikQuote Setup Wizard program manually as demonstrated below
    from the Windows start menu as     -> All Program Files -> QwikQuote 6 -> QwikQuote Setup Wizard
    such as:

    Then the setup wizard dialog will show up for you to configure your network sales quote and invoice software system
    such as screenshot picture shown below


    To configure QwikQuote Server Location in your quoting software and invoice software setup on this dialog:
    you must first choose Configure Network Server Location as:
    You must then enter your QwikQuote Server location as screenshot shown below:
    If the folder name is not the one your setup in step 1 above, then try to use the browse button     to find it.

    If you do not have a QwikQuote Network Serial Number on hand,
    try to check the check box     and this will make the enabled.

    If you do have a QwikQuote Network Serial Number on hand, try to un-check the checkbox
    copy and paste your network Serial into the QwikQuote Serial Number box as screenshot shown below,
     ,
    and this will make the     enabled for you to configure you quoting software and invoice software system.

    Then you press the     button to start your QwikQuote 6 Server Location configuration process
    of your sales quoting software and invoice software solution system network setup.
    Such as the screenshot picture shown below:

    After your QwikQuote 6 Server Location configuration finished
    it will ask you to configure this computer to be a client workstation
    of your sale quoting software and invoice software solution system network setup.
    Such as the screenshot image shown below:
    You should answer ‘Yes’ by pressing the     button
    – you will find out it is very useful for test, maintenance, and management usages of your sale quoting software and
    invoice software setup even you do not want to run QwikQuote as network workstation in daily works on this computer.

    Then the Client configuration will start as screenshot photo posted below:
    After the client configuration, you are ready to run QwikQuote network client on this computer.
    This is much the same as you do with Single User situation in your quoting software and invoice software network setup.

  5. Configure Other Network Client Workstations

    Go to other computer that is to install and run QwikQuote as a network client workstation in your quoting software and invoice software system.
    Logon as the built-in Administrator user
    use     to find the setup executable file from the QwikQuote 6 Server Location of your
    sales quoting software and invoice software setup you have done in previous step on the 1st computer above
    that is previously named as NodeInst.exe or Setup.exe you downloaded from QwikQuote web site and manually copied to there
    and run the setup executable file by double-click at NodeInst.exe or Setup.exe you manually copied to there
    – then following the installation guided steps the same as for Single User installation above of this document.

    After installation finished, try to run QwikQuote directly
    QwikQuote will inform you to wait a few seconds and configure this installation to run as client workstation automatically.
    Such as screenshot picture shown:

    After the auto-configuration completed, QwikQuote will then start and run normally.
    This usually only takes about 10 seconds – faster than you do client configuration manually
    by run the Setup Wizard in the quoting software and invoice software system you construct now.

    Note: The key point here is to start the installation process from the QwikQuote Server Location
    by run the NodeInst.exe or the setup file you manually copied to there (Setup.exe).
    This is the way to tell QwikQuote Setup Wizard where the QwikQuote Server Location is
    and then the client configuration process can find license information therein – this is the required
    condition for your sale quoting software and invoice software to work properly at runtime.

    Note: The QwikQuote setup file copied to the QwikQuote Server Location is the same full setup executable file
    you downloaded from QwikQuote web site and renamed to be as NodeInst.exe for compatible with previous
    QwikQuote versions over the years before QwikQuote 6.0. (Try to compare the file property for confirmation)
    If you prefer, you can use any file name meaningful to you case.
    The key point here is to start installation from QwikQuote Server Location.
    If not, you need to manually find the QwikQuote Server Location
    select to “Configure this computer to run as Network Client Workstation”
    and then press     button to start QwikQuote Network Client configure process.
    This is the same as auto-configuration that will end up with the valid running network workstation settings
    ready for you to run your quoting software and invoice software solution tool on this computer.

  6. Re-Configure a Single User copy to run as QwikQuote Network Workstation

    In some cases you might need to Re-Configure a Single User copy to run as QwikQuote Network Workstation
    or upgrade a group of single users to form a network working environment.
    In this case, the start point for you is each computer you need to reconfigure had been configured to run as Single User
    such as the screenshot image showing below:
    As you can see from above screen shot that the configure section only has the Single User is enabled
    This is because you have a valid Single User Serial Number in the system
    Then you need to remover the Single User Serial Number so as to enable other choices
    to configure your quoting software and invoice software solution system,
    such as the screenshot displayed below:

    There are 2 key points to configure this computer to run as Network Client Workstation
    in your sales quoting software and invoice software solution system
    the 1st is to choose
    the 2nd is to enter or find QwikQuote Server Location


    Such as screenshot picture displayed below:
    Then you can press     button to start Network Client Workstation configuration process,
    - refer to previous sections for details of configuration process.

    Note: Since re-configure involves system registry and printer driver operations
    so that the built-in Administrator user Logon is strongly recommended.

 

Note: In the QwikQuote Setup Wizard dialog, the live help information is at the lower part of the screen.
When you put the mouse over an object on the screen, or you make a choice
the help information will inform you the situation and suggestion you might need to know
during the configuration of your sales quoting software and invoice software package.
For example, the live help for network client configuration read:

Note: If you do not have a QwikQuote License Serial Number,
you are free to run as in Trial or Demo mode for 30 days with all functions and features enabled
by checking the check box at: .

 

Note: The above steps works fine with computers running from Win 9X to Vista, Widows 7 and later released editions.
However, for different Vista and Windows 7 editions, care must be made to built-in Administrator user.
See the previous sections in this doc for built-in Administrator user in Vista, Widows 7 and later released editions

 

2.       Miscellaneous Notes

 

 

  1. Install a Windows Printer.
    To properly create PDF file, preview screen, and printer copy, QwikQuote needs to know what printer you want to use.
    This requires you to install a printer driver. You can use Printer manager to check your installed printer.
    Such as:

    You can press button to add a new printer if there is no one exist.
    Note: This is not to require a real printer machine.
    Only a popular print driver installed will be OK for QwikQuote to work properly
    in your quoting software and invoice software solutions system.

  2. Install Adobe PDF Reader
    QwikQuote needs Adobe PDF Reader so as to print out your Tech Sheets in PDF format in your quoting software
    and invoice software solution system. If the computer did not install any version of Adobe PDF Reader,
    you will see the following warning message

    Note: If you are not going to print PDF Tech Sheets in your quoting software and invoice software system,
    you can then ignore this warning message.
    Note: QwikQuote support Adobe PDF Reader version 4.0 to 10.0.
    If you have earlier versions than PDF Reader 4.0 contact QwikQuote tech support for help.

3.       Install & Run QwikQuote on Windows 7

 

To successfully install, configure, and run QwikQuote quoting software and invoice software on your Windows 7 computer,
either follows the above document in detailed steps
or if you are rather familiar with your computer and QwikQuote in general sense,
follow the following 3 key points:

  1. Logon as built-in Administrator to run the downloaded Setup.exe
    or using ‘Run as administrator’ by right-mouse click at the downloaded Setup.exe
  2. After QwikQuote installation completed successfully
    Logon as built-in Administrator to run QwikQuote the 1st time, or
    the 1st time run QwikQuote using ‘Run as administrator’ by right-mouse click at the QwikQuote shortcut icon on the desktop.
  3. Give QwikQuote main installation folder
    default at C:\Program Files\QQ6 for 32 bit Windows computers
    or C:\Program Files(x86)\QQ6 for 64 bit Windows computers
    the full control rights for all users who will run QwikQuote quoting software and invoice software on the computer
    (remember to include built-in Administrator user)

Then the other users can Logon and run your quoting software and invoice software setup normally.

Note: Do not try to set compatibility to XP or other mode to run QwikQuote.
There is no need to do that and that will create other problems in normal cases.
It should only be used after you confirm it is OK on you system.

Note: The following procedures are based on the new installation.
However, if you have tried old approach to install QwikQuote on your computer,
and you see this document after you get problem running QwikQuote on your computer
then things are getting more complex trying to bring it back to working condition
- depending on the status of your computer – there is hardly a general approach to address all possible cases.
In this case, try to contact support@qwikquote.com or fan_shiguo@hotmail.com
for a GoToMeeting session to check your computer status and help you to get your quoting software and invoice software system back to work.

Note: As with this release, the QQPDF driver only works with Administrator user rights.
For all other user privileges, it does not work properly
unless you explicitly give them the right to manipulate the printer drivers.
This is because QwikQuote needs create and remove QQPDF printer driver dynamically,
Vista and Win 7 default require Administrator rights to manipulate device drivers.
In practice usage, the 1st user when you install your Windows 7 operating system is an Administrator user
(A user in the Administrators Group – but not built-in Administrator user)
and that user can successfully raise the access rights to be the built-in Administrator user rights
this will make you install, configure, and run the quoting software and invoice software on Windows 7 easily.
The alternate approach is to use QwikQuote PDF Services that is available from QwikQuote release 6.5.005 or later versions.
Try to use this approach if you encounter problem with PDF creating in our sales quoting software and invoice software tool.

On the Windows 7 editions, the basic access rights control is the same as on Windows Vista with subtle differences.
The folder and program access right is a little stricter.
But the installation is made rather easier by raising interactive user more rights after approving
and the raising user rights is in general easier than in Vista for installation and configuration tasks.

 

The net result is that you will be easier to install and run our quoting software and invoice software package on Windows 7 than on Windows Vista.

 

Note: The above sections relating to bring out Vista Administrator user and Full Control Rights are all applicable with Windows 7.
For Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, and Home Premium editions that hided built-in Administrator user,
refer to the corresponding Vista sections how to bring the built-in Administrator user out as logon user.

 

·       Install and Run QwikQuote on Windows 7
Professional, Ultimate, Business, Enterprise Editions

 

On those Widows 7, as long as you are a member of Administrators Group User
(as default, the 1st user added when you install the Windows 7 is a member of Administrators Group User).
After you download and saved QwikQuote full setup executable file
you can directly to run it to install QwikQuote quoting software and invoice software solution package
– without force you to logon as built-in Administrator user
by using the ‘Run as administrator’ popup menu command that will popup when you right-mouse-click at it.
Or just double click at the downloaded Setup.exe file to start the install directly
and when UAC control asking approve to run the installation program you just agree to run
that will let Windows raise your rights to the built-in Administrator user to install the quoting software and invoice software properly.
This is the most used and recommended approach on Windows 7 and later released editions of Windows OS including Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
This is much easier if you are not familiar with the similar approach to bring out build-in Administrator user and logon with it
to install, configure, and run quoting software and invoice software on Windows 7 computers and later released Widows editions.

 

After you download and save the QwikQuote full setup executable file Setup.exe,
then the basic steps to successfully install and run the sales quoting software and invoice software solution package are:

 

  1. Either logon as built-in Administrator to run QwikQuote setup
    such as:

    Or to run it by using ‘Run as administrator’
    by right-right-mouse click at the Setup.exe file and choose ‘Run as administrator’ from popup menu command
    such as screen shot image showing below:


    Note: If you run QwikQuote setup with other logon user
    or not using ‘Run as administrator’ popup menu command
    some component will not be installed and registered correctly
    and you will get some error message saying some component cannot be load … …

    2.
  2. After installation process of the sales quoting software and invoice software completed by following the prompted guide steps,
    do the same approach as you do in the Windows Vista, you still need to give the full control rights to all QwikQuote users
    over the QwikQuote main installation folder - default at:
    C:\Program Files\QQ6 (on x86 computers)
    C:\Program Files (x86)\QQ6 (on x64 computers)
    Such as the screenshot below for user “SFan”
    so that the user will have rights to run your quoting software and invoice software properly:

    Otherwise, you may get the error when you try to run QwikQuote the 1st time after installation
    that will lead you to run the QwikQuote Setup Wizard.
    Such as screenshot image shown below:

    which clearly show that the logon has no rights to write to the following folder when running the quoting software and invoice software
    C:\Program Files (x86)\QQ6 – the main installation folder of the quoting software and invoice software package.

  3. The 1st time to run QwikQuote after completed the installation
    either logon as build-in Administrator user to run QwikQuote,
    or try to run QwikQuote using ‘Run as administrator’,
    such as screenshot below:

    This is because the 1st time to run QwikQuote will need to run QwikQuote Setup Wizard or configuration
    that needs the built-in Administrator user logon rights to install/remove devices and modify system registry
    that is required actions to set the computer to run our quoting software and invoice software normally.
    And there are a group of OCX components that are supposed to register themselves at the first runtime -
    the action needs the built-in Administrator user rights to working properly.

    If you are not logon as a member of Administrators Group user, suppose you logon as a Standard User,
    you will be asking to provide the Administrator credential to install QwikQuote quoting software and invoice software package.
    Such as the following screenshot picture:


    Note: In this case, as we said above, remember:
    1. Give all QwikQuote users the FULL Control rights to the QwikQuote installation folder
    2. Try to run QwikQuote the 1st time as the build-in Administrator user
    – this is it needs to run QwikQuote Setup Wizard that needs build-in Administrator user rights
    – and some OCX components need to register themselves at the 1st time run the quoting software and invoice software.

 

After install and configured properly,
then other users can logon and run QwikQuote the quoting software and invoice software normally and properly.

·       Install and Run QwikQuote on Windows 7
Starter, Home Basic and Home Premium Editions

 

On Windows Vista, it is a painful experience to install QwikQuote as you can see above.
However, this situation has been improved somewhat within Windows 7 and later released editions

 

On Window 7 Starter, Home Basic and Home Premium Editions, our quoting software and invoice software solution package install, configure
and run process is the same as with Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, Business, and Enterprise Editions.

 

This makes our quoting software and invoice software solution package install, configure, and run process
is significantly easier on Widows 7 computers than those of Vista computers.

 

·       Install and Run QwikQuote on Windows 7 x64 Computers

 

The QwikQuote quoting software and invoice software installation and configuration process is the same with Windows 7 x64 Computers.

The 3 key steps need to remember so that you can successfully install and configure our quoting software and invoice software package on
Windows 7 x64 Home Premium computers are the same at the beginning of this document.

 

You can either to logon and do the installation as built-in Administrator user or choose to ‘Run as administrator’
by right-mouse-click as the download and saved QwikQuote full setup executable file Setup.exe.
Such as:

Remember to give FULL Control rights to all users who are going to run QwikQuote on the computer
Even only yourself to use the computer, still try to give the FULL Control rights to
Administrator and your logon user name (most possibly the 1st user name you added when installing the Windows 7).

Otherwise, though our sales quoting software and invoice software tools is OK to work under the shadow of the Windows Virtual Store
However, when email attachment in Outlook and other applications that might not work with shadowing of Virtual Store.
As long as you have FULL Control rights to the real folder, there will be no shadowing on that folder
- this will help in general the properly working of your sales quoting software and invoice software solution system.

 

And after the installation process completed successfully, when the 1st time you try to run QwikQuote,
try to run it with ‘Run as administrator’ by right-mouse-click as the QwikQuote icon,
such as screenshot image showing below.


The rest of the behaviors are the same as with Windows x86 computers – refer to paragraphs above
for configure and run your sales quoting software and invoice software system.

 

Note: As with this release, the QQPDF driver only works with Administrator user rights who using quoting software and invoice software.
For all other user privileges, it does not work properly unless you explicitly give them the right to manipulate the printer drivers
when try to create PDF file or print hard copy of quote with PDF spec sheet within sales quoting software and invoice software..
This is because QwikQuote needs create and remove QQPDF printer driver dynamically,
Vista and Win 7 and later Windows released editions that default to require Administrator rights to manipulate device drivers.
This a general Windows OS right issue not specifically with our quoting software and invoice software solution package.
In practice usage, the 1st user when you install your Windows 7 operating system is an Administrator user
(A user in the Administrators Group – but not built-in Administrator user) and that user already has Administrator user rights.
The alternate approach is to use QwikQuote PDF Services that is available from QwikQuote release 6.5.005 or later versions.
Try to use this approach if you encounter problem with PDF creating in our sales quoting software and invoice software tool.

·       Install and Run QwikQuote on Windows 7 x64 Home Premium Computers

 

The QwikQuote sales quoting software and invoice software installation and configuration process
on Windows 7 x64 Home Premium Edition is the same with Windows Vista Home Premium edition computers.
That is to say, you need to do all the ugly works to bring out the built-in Administrator user logon name,
and logon to the Windows as built-in Administrator user to install, configure, and run
our professional business sales quoting software and invoice software solution package.

 

The 3 key points need to remember so that you can successfully install and configure QwikQuote on
Windows 7 x64 Home Premium computers are:
1. Logon as built-in Administrator user to do install and configuration tasks.
2. Give all users who need to run QwikQuote the FULL Control rights to the \QQ6 folder.
3. The 1st time to run QwikQuote using ‘Run as administrator’.

 

After you properly installed and configured properly, a normal user can use the quoting software and invoice software normally and properly.

 

Note: In case you encounter glitches or difficulties,
please refer to the previous sections related to install and configure process on Windows Vista.
This is because all tricks to make the quoting software and invoice software package works
on Windows Vista editions are applicable to Windows 7 editions and later releases.

·       Note for Running QwikQuote on Windows 7 with Normal User Rights

 

Generally speaking, QwikQuote quoting software and invoice software is OK to run with normal user rights on Windows 7 computers.
However, some new behaviors on Windows 7 may affect your experiences on earlier Windows computers.
So, we suggest you to run QwikQuote with Administrator group user rights as long as possible
- this is the 1st user when you install your Windows 7 operating system so in most of cases, you normally in this suggested situation.
Refer to the screenshots shown beneath:

 

Please notice that when you run QwikQuote in normal user, you might see that your quote files have a lock sign on it
such as the screenshot displayed beneath:

The sales quotes saved in the quoting software and invoice software are actually not in the displayed folder below
C:\Program Files\QQ6\QUOTES\
Instead, it is really save in a shadowed location under the logon user’s name of the Virtual Store.
This is not a problem for our quoting software and invoice software, but will create trouble in other cases.

When you try to look at those quote files with Windows explorer at the default QwikQuote quote file location
you will find only files saved in the quoting software and invoice software without lock sign.
Such as the screenshot image displayed beneath:

 

To understand what happening with those quote files, see the following search results on your computer as screenshot shown below:

 

As you can see from the screenshot of the search result,
those remapped shadowing behaviors on Windows 7 have put your normal user quote files under its protected folders.

 

If you plan to run QwikQuote with Norma User rights on Windows 7 computers,
you need to be aware of this behavior, and handle them correctly when you need to operate quote files directly.
You need to give FULL Control Rights, in this case,
C:\Program Files\QQ6\QUOTES\
to all users who will run the quoting software and invoice software solution package so that the sales quotes files will saved
to the supposed location when running your sales quoting software and invoice software tool.
This behavior applies to other data, settings, and properties regarding proper run of your quoting software and invoice software solution.
Give FULL Control Rights to wherein you want write to all users who want to use your quoting software and invoice software tool.

 

 

4.           Reporting Installation Error

 

When you encounter error while install, configure, and run our quoting software and invoice software package for
either full setup or update build, try to take the screenshot of the error occurred and send an email
to support@qwikquote.com or fan_shiguo@hotmail.com for help alongside with the error screenshot as attachment.

 

Refer to the QwikQuote Installation Notes for reported errors in details.

 

Good luck and prospers business with QwikQuote your sales quoting software and invoice software solution system!