Important System Requirements For Quickbooks 2016 Desktop

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The following are the requirements for QuickBooks 2016 Desktop are as follows:

System requirements for QuickBooks 2016

Hardware and operating system requirements

  • Disk space: 2.5 GB of disk space.
      • Minimum 2 GB RAM.
      • Having 25O MB for Microsoft .NET number runtime.
  • Processor: 2 GHZ (minimum).
  • RAM: 4 GB minimum (8GB required).
  • Windows: US version for US QuickBooks software and Canadian version for Canadian QuickBooks software.
  • Screen Resolution: 1024*768.
  • Optical drive: 4*CD-ROM drive is required for CD installations.
  • Internet access is also a must.
  • UK version is required.

Operating system

  • Window 10, 64-bit in all editions, Only QuickBooks 2016 R7 and Enterprises 16.0 R7 required.
  • Window 7, 64-bit in all editions, and Window 8.1 (64-bit) are required.
  • Natively installed Window Vista with 64-bit (all editions) required.
  • Window server 2008 R2, Window server 2008 having 64-bit is required.
  • Window server 2012, window small business server 2008.

Required similarity among Firewall/Antivirus Software

  • Avast
  • ESET
  • McAfee
  • Microsoft security essentials
  • Window Vista Firewall
  • Symantec
  • Kaspersky
  • AVG
  • Window server firewall (all editions)
  • Window 8 and 8.1

DATABASE SERVER:

Linux: Only installed with QBES database server ex: open suse 13.1, fed hat 6.8, and fedora 20. Note: Windows home server edition is not supported.