For full setup build 6.4.002 or later releases
Thanks for you interested in QwikQuote
– the leading sales Quoting Software and invoice software
in the business market since 1991, helping hundreds of thousands of big and small
company growth.
QwikQuote makes it quick and easy to communicate product information
and create customized sales quotes with 3 neat and handy steps. QwikQuote can also
generate Acrobat
compatible PDF files for e-mailing to your customers without additional software
as simple as 1 mouse click.
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.
The following steps are for you to
getting startup quickly to setup your sales Quoting Software and invoice software
system..
In most of cases, those simple steps work fine during the sales software and invoice
software setup process.
However, if you are not familiar with those operations, try to refer to the more
detailed steps later in this document.
Note: Those simple steps of installations are
suppose you are trying to set a Quoting Software and invoice software system not in
a
more restricted environment such as Vista or Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2, 3rd
party anti-virus programs with UAC on, etc …
In the system with stronger UAC (user access controls) you need to refer
the later sections in this document.
To install a copy of our sales quote
software and invoice software
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.
For example, the live help for configure single user read as:
Note: If you do not have a QwikQuote License
Serial Number, you are free to run this Quoting Software and invoice software
as in Trial or Demo mode for 30 days with all functions and features enabled by
checking the
checkbox.
Note: The above steps works fine with computers
running from Win 98 to Vista and Windows 7 Enterprise editions.
However, for different Vista editions, care must be made to built-in
Administrator.
See the following sections in this doc for built-in Administrator in
Windows Vista and
Windows 7.
Note: To make sure you are in fact logon as
built-in
Administrator to install
and configure your sales Quoting Software and invoice software setup
check with the logon user name as screenshot below:
If you see other name other than
Administrator
you are in fact not logon as
built-in Administrator, but logon as a member of Administrator
Group.
With more and more stronger user access
control security considerations added continuously to the Windows environment
wherein you are going to install and run QwikQuote the sales Quoting Software and
invoice software tools,
especially in the following cases
1. Windows Vista, Windows 7, and future Windows releases to come
2. Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 and future Windows Server releases
3. Computers with 3rd party anti-virus software and UAC on that has access control to resources of the computer
You cannot expect a normal program
such as our Quoting Software and invoice software to just install and run as the early
days.
Some access requirements to install and run Quoting Software and invoice software
are understandable in those environments.
In the Windows environments such as
Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000 and XP, you can just download, install, and run QwikQuote
to form up your sales Quoting Software and invoice software solution system without
any extra requirement.
However, in the stronger user access
control security environments such as the ones mentioned above, basically speaking,
QwikQuote needs 2 conditions for a successful installation and properly run to your
Quoting Software and invoice software setup.
Note:
The following sections specially talking about Windows Vista are basically applicable
to Windows 7.
This is because Windows 7 is improvement based on Windows Vista.
However, things improved quite a bit in Windows 7, that makes QwikQuote installation
and configuration tasks to form
up your sales Quoting Software and invoice software system on Windows 7 are generally
easier than on Windows Visa.
Refer to the details in section <14. Install & Run QwikQuote on Windows
7>
In the more strict security Windows
environments
the rights of built-in Administrator
is different with the rights of an Administrators Group
User.
The built-in
Administrator has all rights
over the computer,
but an Administrators Group User does not
have the same right as the built-in Administrator.
In the Windows versions that has more
restrictions on different users
such as Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition, Windows Server
2008 R2 …
the built-in Administrator is needed to
properly (smoothly) install QwikQuote or to run as built-in
Administrator.
This is because QwikQuote need to setup printer devices and modify system registry
during the installation process
so that you can run QwikQuote normally in your Quoting Software and invoice software
solution system.
Note: The
built-in Administrator is needed to properly
(smoothly) install QwikQuote in those environments.
Or in Vista SP2 and Windows 7, the popup menu of right-mouse-click at the setup.exe
and choose the
“Run as Administrator” menu command also able to setup the Quoting Software
and invoice software correctly.
Note: The first user you enter when installing
Windows Vista and
Windows 7 is not the built-in Administrator.
It is only an Administrators Group User.
See below for the Vista built-in Administrator.
As a member of Administrators Group User
you will be raised the right to the built-in Administrator
when
you are asking if you want to run the setup program and you need to answer Yes so
that
your sales Quoting Software and invoice software can be installed and registered components
correctly.
It is not a problem to know the
built-in Administrator in the system
other than before Windows Vista and Windows 7
However, there is a little extra work to figure out the built-in Administrator in Vista and Windows 7
especially with Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium editions
and I with Windows 7 Home Basic and Windows 7 Home Premium editions,
in case you have to dig out built-in Administrator
to install the Quoting Software and invoice software package.
See the details below.
In Windows Operating System other
than Vista and Windows 7,
or on computer that has no 3rd part protection software similar to Vista
UAC you can install and run QwikQuote
the professional business sales Quoting Software and invoice software properly with
an Administrator Group User.
If not, QwikQuote installation program will prompt you for
Administrator rights
and the usual understanding of an Administrator Group
User Logon will work.
This is because it has full control rights to the computer when installing
the Quoting Software and invoice software.
However, as mentioned above, in Windows
Vista, and Windows 7, and the later released Operating systems
such as Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008
R2 SP1, etc.
the 1st user you set is an Administrator Group
User, it is not the built-in Administrator.
And to the worst case, QwikQuote installation program is not able to tell you this
situation
during the installation process of the Quoting Software and invoice software package.
If you just Logon and try to install QwikQuote, you will see the following message:
This means you have no rights to write to the Windows system folder that is required
action
during the installation process of our Quoting Software and invoice software solution
package.
If you see the message similar as above,
you can try to use the right-mouse-click at the downloaded Setup.exe
and then choose the “Run as Administrator” as the screenshot image demonstrated
below
to install the downloaded Quoting Software and invoice software setup package.
Or please try the following approach to bring out the built-in
Administrator and then Logon as the built-in
Administrator
before continuing install the downloaded QwikQuote Quoting Software and invoice software
solution package.
The 2nd part is
to activate the Administrator logon with
Vista or Windows 7 running in Safe Mode.
After you complete those 2 parts of processes correctly, the very built-in Administrator user will show up
on the logon screen of the Vista and Windows 7 Home Basic and Home Premium editions.
You can then continue to logon as the built-in Administrator
user to install, configure, and run
QwikQuote to construct your sales Quoting Software and invoice software solution system.
The 1st part
of the process is to add the following Administrator
logon ID into the Windows system registry.
The real entry and the value to add is as the following:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList]
"Administrator"=dword:00000001
The result should be similar
in Windows registry as the following screenshot shows:
If you are not
familiar with Windows system registry editing operations
you can try to download a registry import file at:
http://www.qwikquote.com/DevTemp/VistaShowAdministatorLogon.reg
and save it to the Desktop for easy access as:
Then you can try to import it into Windows system registry by
double-click at it, and
when asking your permission to continue, you should press
button
Such as:
when asking you to confirm the registry change, you should press
button
Such as:
when you see the successive import message of the registry value, you should press
button
Such as:
If you are familiar with Windows
system registry editing operation
you can use RegEdit or other Registry Editors
to add the Administrator logon into the
system registry.
If the Run command is not shown up
in the Start menu,
you can play the trick of searching to find it by type in the
RegEdit in the search box
and press the Enter key to start the program
such as:
If you prefer to use Run command
Try to Right-Mouse click at any empty
place on the Start menu
to bring out the Property dialog
and check the
on the Customize dialog
Such as:
Then you can have Run command shows
up as:
Click at the Run command to bring
up the Run dialog and enter the RegEdit,
and then press
button to run the program
such as:
In both cases, when asking your permission to continue, you should press the
button
such as:
When the Registry Editor shows up,
you try to add the Administrator logon into
the system registry as:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList]
"Administrator"=dword:00000001
The result should be similar
in Windows registry as the following screenshot shows:
Note: Try to double check the
Administrator logon entry in the registry. Any mistake will be result
not working as supposed to be.
In that case the second part will not work and you are not able to logon as the
built-in Administrator user
to install, configure, and run your business sales Quoting Software and invoice software
properly.
When the 1st part of the process is completed successfully,
you are ready to shutdown the computer and do the 2nd part of
the process.
The 2nd part
of the process is to activate the built-in Administrator
user logon with Vista or Windows 7 running in
Safe Mode
Note:
If you are not familiar with DOS command line operations in this 2nd
part of the process
you can try to download a batch file from QwikQuote web site at
http://www.qwikquote.com/DevTemp/VistaShowAdministatorLogon.bat
You need to do this download before you run Vista in Safe Mode
and try to save it to a location easy for you to locate when logon in safe mode.
This is because when you in Safe Mode, you might not have internet connection.
Note:
We strongly suggest you to print out a hard copy this part for reference,
or if you have another computer, try to display this part reference.
This is because when run in Safe Mode, it will be easier when having it at
hand for reference,
especially if you are not familiar with Vista or Windows 7 running in the Safe Mode.
Note:
If you are not familiar with the contents
of this part of the process
we strongly suggest you read this part carefully before action
we strongly suggest you have an IT support person available for help.
In this 2nd part of the process,
you need to Shutdown
the computer and then re-start it to run in Safe
Mode.
Note:
We suggest you use Shutdown
your computer and then re-power on it instead of
re-start your computer
This will give you more time to judge the time before Windows trying to start normally
so that it will be a little bit easier for you to be able to press
F8 correctly.
Note: Depending on the computer settings,
the moment to press F8 is somewhat different.
If you are not able to do it right one time, just try to shut down the computer
and then try to press F8 earlier – by several
test and try, you should be able to get it.
When you correctly press
F8 before Windows trying
to start normally
the Advanced Boot Options will show up and you need to choose
Safe Mode
Such as the screenshot image shown below:
After
the computer is running in Safe Mode
If you are not familiar with DOS command
line operations,
you can try to run the batch file you download and saved above.
When you see a DOS command Windows showing the command completed successively
such as:
Then it is OK to shut down and restart
your computer again to have the built-in Administrator
user logon shows up
so that you can logon as the built-in Administrator
user to install your sales Quoting Software and invoice software tools.
After the computer is running in
Safe Mode
if you are familiar with DOS command line operations,
Open a DOS windows by type into Run dialog the CMD command
Such as:
Start > Run
to bring up Run dialog
and then input
CMD
In the DOS command window, enter
net user administrator /active:yes
Note: There are 2 space before /active:yes
otherwise, there will be error …
If everything goes OK, you should see the return message that says
The command completed successfully.
Such as:
Now it is OK to shut down and restart
your computer again to have the built-in Administrator
user logon shows up
so that you can logon as the built-in Administrator
user to install your sales Quoting Software and invoice software system.
In both cases, you can then shutdown the computer and re-start it normally.
This time you can see that the built-in Administrator
user Logon is shown up as:
Note: The built-in
Administrator user does not have password initially.
We strongly suggest you to set a Password for the built-in
Administrator user
before you try to install your business sales Quoting Software and invoice software
system.
Note: For other Windows Vista and Windows 7
OEM and special versions where there is no the built-in
Administrator user normally,
try to use corresponding approach as mentioned above so that you can bring out the
built-in Administrator user
so that you can logon as the built-in Administrator
user to install your sales Quoting Software and invoice software system..
Then you need to Logon as the built-in Administrator user to install, configure, and run
QwikQuote.
Just following installation prompt and installation process will complete successfully
to form up your neat and economical business sales Quoting Software and invoice software
solution system.
The following screenshot shows that
the computer is logged on as built-in Administrator
user:
For QwikQuote single user installation,
you only need 1 single user license from QwikQuote Sales Team
and install one copy of QwikQuote on the local computer. After install and configure,
it is OK for different users
of this computer to Logon and run QwikQuote this is because there is always no more
one person using
your sales Quoting Software and invoice software system simultaneously to process
your sales quotes.
The basic steps involved in the Single
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.
Single User Installation
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 QwikQuote 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.
Note: If you encounter the problem, try to
check the later part of this document for error reporting
to see if there is the same error and the resolution for the error reported.
If you encounter an error not being reported and resolved, try to make a screenshot
of the error message, and then send
an email to support@qwikquote.com or
fan_shiguo@hotmail.com for help along
with the error screenshot as attachment
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.
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.
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.
After a successfully install and configure
QwikQuote,
the key to run QwikQuote on Vista with
USC on for a standard user
or on computer that has 3rd part protection software similar to Vista
UAC
is the FULL control rights over QwikQuote
main installation folder Normally as default location at:
C:\Program Files\QQ6 for 32 bit Widows computers
C:\Program Files
(x86)\QQ6 for 64
bit Widows computers
You need to give all users
who are to run QwikQuote on the computer
have FULL Control rights over the QQ6 folder
on its property dialog.
Such as screenshot picture shown below:
In the network environment, QwikQuote Server Location is a shared location (Folder
or Directory) on any computer or server
you need to set the location (Folder or directory) as shared, and give all users
who will run QwikQuote to have FULL
Control of Sharing
rights over the location (Folder or directory) for them to run your Quoting Software
and invoice software.
Such as the screen picture showing below:
After giving all users who are going
to run QwikQuote on the computer, other users (including standard users)
can logon and run the Quoting Software and invoice software tools properly with UAC
set to ON.
We strongly suggest you to install
the 3rs party programs before install QwikQuote
if you plan to use them along with QwikQuote in your Quoting Software and invoice
software system.
For example, if you plan to use Sage
ACT as you contact manager along with QwikQuote
you should install your copy of ACT before install QwikQuote. This is to let QwikQuote
configure
your Quoting Software and invoice software system according to many different ACT
release versions.
If not so, you might see the following message as:
And when it happens, try to act according to the message says.
The same idea here holds true for
other contact manager program and CRM applications that is to integrated
with QwikQuote in your Quoting Software and invoice software solution system, such
as
for GoldMine, Outlook, Outlook BCM, Maximizer, TeleMagic, SalesLogix, QuickBooks,
etc…
If you encounter install problem,
the 1st action is to check and make sure you have latest Windows Installer
installed on the system.
Go to the following Microsoft web site to get the correct Windows Installer
of you system and install it
http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=5A58B56F-60B6-4412-95B9-54D056D6F9F4&displaylang=en
In some cases, a computer installed
QwikQuote could not be un-installed correctly.
This happens to earlier versions of QwikQuote
that has its un-install not compatible with Windows installer mechanism.
In this case, you may see the following message while installing QwikQuote:
In case you encounter a computer that
is not able to run install normally that had run QwikQuote earlier releases,
there is one possible reason it the un-install program did not run properly.
Try:
Or you can use
C:\Program Files\InstallShield
Installation Information\{AB917337-3559-442F-A141-0660DFC869C8}\Setup.ilg
to start the search.
Note: You need to be very careful when working
directly against the System Registry database.
If you do not have this experience, it is a good idea to ask an expert for help.
It is a good idea to make a copy of registry data or make a system restoring point,
in case any un-expected result cause by in-correct change of registry data.
Another case that you might not able
to install the full installation is the left over files in the location as:
If you encounter problem not able to install, you need to check and remove the left
over folder as screenshot above.
In very rare case that the computer
has very strict access controls to run your sales Quoting Software and invoice software
solution
you need to set QwikQuote to run in XP compatible mode for standard user to run
QwikQuote properly.
You can set this on the \QQ6
folder properly dialog window,
such as:
Note: It is OK for XP, XP SP2 and XP SP3 in a roll.
In other case, if it is not able to give enough rights for other logon users to
run QwikQuote,
you might need to set your copy of QwikQuote to run as built-in Administrator user
such as screen shot displayed below:
Note: In both above cases, those are not normal
cases. Following the previous section instructions should result in normal QwikQuote
run.
As long as you get into this situation, you need to do more test to make sure QwikQuote
behaviors as you wanted.
Note: In many small business and home business
situations, you might be the only person to use your computer,
and you need to logon with another user name other than Administrator, it is safe
for you to play this trick
to get your Quoting Software and invoice software system up and run.
Note: For data and settings safety reason,
we strongly suggest you
to make a copy of backup of the whole QQ6 folder before you un-install QwikQuote.
Nowadays the disk space is not a major problem in most of computers
to make a full QQ6 folder backup copy is far simpler than trying to pick each files
for backup.
To un-install QwikQuote, we strongly
suggest you to go to Start -> Control Panel -> Add or Remove
Programs
Such as:
And then try to pick QwikQuote 6.3.009
and press
button to remove our Quoting Software and invoice software from the computer.
Note: Un-installing QwikQuote will only re-move
executable program and related supporting files.
You quote and settings data will never be removed from your computer.
If you need to re-install QwikQuote again, you will find them still there available
for you.
This is to protect your investment in your sales Quoting Software and invoice software
system.
In essence, QwikQuote run on Terminal
Sever is the same as run on local network environment.
The key different is there is only one copy of QwikQuote program installed on the
Terminal Server
and it is configured to run as network client workstation in you Quoting Software
and invoice software system.
In practice, this is sample – when the configure the QwikQuote Server Location is
completed and
asking you if you want to run QwikQuote on this computer and configure is to be
a network workstation
just answer Yes by press the yes button on the popup message dialog.
There is no client install and configuration workload when you run QwikQuote the
Quoting Software and invoice software
solution package on the Windows Terminal Server and Citrix Application Server environment
as well.
The basic installation procedure for
install QwikQuote on Terminal Server is the same as install it on local network
with the following 2 key differences as:
Note: There are 2 points that will make your
work a little bit easier in practice when you do setup, maintain, or move QwikQuote
Server location
of your sales Quoting Software and invoice software solution network setup system.
This is especially the case when you have a large QwikQuote user’s base.
And the following screenshot shows 2 remote users are using QwikQuote sales quoting
software and invoice software on the terminal server.
Note: If you use Citrix to implement more
controls over terminal server remote user’s environments
you can then apply Citrix stuff as long as the terminal server settings working
fine.
Note: To install QwikQuote sales Quoting Software
and invoice software on Citrix Application server can be done
by just follow the typical application install and publication process on Citrix
Application server.
This is because QwikQuote professional sales Quoting Software and invoice software
do not need any special handling on Citrix Application Server.
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:
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.
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:
After install and configured properly,
then other users can logon and run QwikQuote the Quoting Software and invoice software
normally and properly.
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.
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 quote
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.
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.
Generally speaking, QwikQuote quote
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 quote
software and invoice software tool.
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.
Also the following error reported
and solution to them from other QwikQuote users who use our Quoting Software and invoice
software
as horse power program in their daily sales quotes processing work might be helpful
to you. Try to reference them before continue:
Good luck and prospers business with QwikQuote your sales Quoting Software and invoice software solution system!