How can I trace this myself? Is there a path you used to come to this conclusion? I am at the point where I am about to get an IT Specialist to help. All these troubleshooting and still no resolution. the program aborts at any given time. I have backed up QB more times in the past few weeks than I have in a year. 

I'm beyond frustrated going to need to weigh out the options of hiring someone versus getting new software.