Configure Firewall for Quickbooks
Configure your 3rd Party AntiVirus/Firewall Programs
Note: Only perform this if configuring the Windows Firewall does not resolve the issue.
- Due to the vast number of firewall programs available and their ever changing versions, Intuit is unable to provide additional configuration steps. Refer to your software’s documentation or the software publisher’s web site for support.
- Intuit does not support or maintain steps on the various internet security programs on the market today. In most cases, you should be fine just adding the ports above to the Windows Firewall. If you still encounter errors opening a file over a network or multi-user problems, you may want to try adding the following executable/directories to your 3rd party virus program.
Add the following ports to your 3rd party Antivirus/Firewall:
Make sure TCP is selected and type in specific ports needed for your QuickBooks year version: (if you have multiple year versions of QuickBooks Desktop installed or will be using, you will need to add each year’s ports as well in this format: 8019, XXXXX, XXXXX, XXXXX, XXXXX).
- QuickBooks Desktop 2018: 8019, 56728, 55378-55382
- QuickBooks Desktop 2017: 8019, 56727, 55373-55377
- QuickBooks Desktop 2016: 8019, 56726, 55368-55372
- QuickBooks Desktop 2015: 8019, 56725, 55363-55367
Add the following executables to your 3rd party Antivirus/Firewall:
Note: If you see Program Files (x86), go there as that means you are on a 64-bit Operating system.
| Executable files | Location |
| AutoBackupExe.exe | C:\Program Files\Intuit\YOUR QUICKBOOKS YEAR |
| Dbmlsync.exe | C:\Program Files\Intuit\YOUR QUICKBOOKS YEAR |
| DBManagerExe.exe | C:\Program Files\Intuit\YOUR QUICKBOOKS YEAR |
| FileManagement.exe | C:\Program Files\Intuit\YOUR QUICKBOOKS YEAR |
| FileMovementExe.exe | C:\Program Files\Intuit\YOUR QUICKBOOKS YEAR |
| QuickBooksMessaging.exe | C:\Program Files\Intuit\YOUR QUICKBOOKS YEARc |
| QBW32.exe | C:\Program Files\Intuit\YOUR QUICKBOOKS YEAR |
| QBDBMgrN.exe | C:\Program Files\Intuit\YOUR QUICKBOOKS YEAR |
| QBGDSPlugin.exe | C:\Program Files\Intuit\YOUR QUICKBOOKS YEAR |
| QBServerUtilityMgr.exe | C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intuit\QuickBooks |
| QBCFMonitorService.exe | C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intuit\QuickBooks |
| QBLaunch.exe | C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intuit\QuickBooks |
| QBUpdate.exe | C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intuit\QuickBooks\QBUpdate |
| IntuitSyncManager.exe | C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intuit\Sync |
| OnlineBackup.exe | C:\Program Files\QuickBooks Online Backup |
SSD will not lose data if left unplugged
According to the article from PC World, SSD hard drives will not lose data if left unplugged for long periods of time. It seems that the original report on life span of SSDs was misquoted.
“The original presentation dates back to when Cox(the Seagate engineer who wrote the presentation) chaired a committee for JEDEC, the industry group that blesses memory specs. It was intended to help data center and enterprise customers understand what could happen to an SSD—but only after it had reached the end of its useful life span and was then stored at abnormal temperatures. It’s not intended to be applied to an SSD in the prime of its life in either an enterprise or a consumer setting.”
Chromebooks end-of-life
Google offers Chromebook OS updates for 5 years after the Chromebooks are manufactured, not 5 years from when you purchased them.
https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366?hl=en
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