Whenever I reconcile my bank transactions with QB, all the subcontractor checks that come in show up as "check paid" on the back register. When I choose a vendor to assign it to, it automatically renames the "check paid" to that vendor, and I have to go in and delete that rule. How can I get it to stop renaming those pay checks?
You can't. This feature of QB 2009 is quite broken, and there really is no solution at this time. I encourage you to join the Quickbooks Inner Circle. In my estimation, this is the only forum to which Intuit seems to pay attention. You can join it here: http://quickbooks.satmetrix.com/quickbooks_innercircle/index.jsp...
You will find that this issue has been raised in the Idea Exchange of the Inner Circle. Please make your opinions known there, if you have not already.
