I eventually got it by trying to open the files from my external hard drive, formatting them on there, then moving them to the laptop and opening them. Somehow that worked... thanks anyway
Im trying to open a quickbooks file on my new windows 8 computer. Nobody has used this computer, its about 3 hours out of the box, Im the only user but for some reason I need to provide administrative access to open a quickbooks file. Or to do anything really. I am marked as the admin on users...