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Dec 11, 2018 5:16 AM UTC
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I do not want a password

My computer crashed and I had to reload program. Now I am being asked for a password.  I am the administrator and the only one who uses this program.  I do not want a password but cannot figure how to make it stop asking me for one.

I set one up when I initially reloaded to get the program to let me proceed.  I now wish to do away with the program password.

Raywhite28
Dec 11, 2018 5:16 AM UTC

92 replies

Sep 6, 2020 3:43 AM UTC

I know it can be frustrating when you're being asked repeatedly to change your password, mindi8.

 

We don't intend to decide for you when it comes to your account preferences. But the mandatory access setting was set to make sure that no one else can access your file but only you. 

 

Password security is an extra measure to keep your account protected and secured. Please check this out: Password security for QuickBooks Desktop. 

 

I'll take note of your feedback regarding the password security with the management team so they'd know your sentiments.

 

If you have any other concerns about password security in QuickBooks Desktop, I'm always here to answer them for you.

Aug 12, 2021 1:11 PM UTC

Maybe the best option is have the password never ever expire!

I have no need for a password but 1 password forever would work.

90 days is crazy.

Sucks when you have a customer here after hours and can't make the sale because "It's Been 90 Days!" now you are trying to come up with a new password you never used before or close to it.

Next they will want us to go all on-line.... oh my bad, they are already doing that.

Would suck to shut down your store because the internet is down.


This needs to be fixed ASAP.

 

Aug 26, 2021 8:27 PM UTC

If someone is in my home office to access my Quickbooks, then it is a physical security issue that I will solve myself in the traditional Texas way.  A password is not going to help with that.  I have a pretty secure system and there is nothing in my Quickbooks worth stealing to begin with.

 

You Intuit people never listen.  There are thousands of threads on these forums telling you exactly what we want and you just do the exact opposite almost every single time.  I just don't get it.  Why not just tell us you don't care what we want so we can stop wasting our time here.  I for one would respect the honesty.

 

All you have to do is make good software, you have 1 single job.  It is weird for a product to get worse over the years instead of better.  I guess the progress of technology is not a straight line upwards.  I have seen QB Desktop work great and then get steadily worse every year since about 2017 or 2018.  QB Online started off bad and also gets worse every year.  Why?  Did all the good software engineers from before retire?

 

 

Aug 9, 2022 6:32 PM UTC

This is pretty old but I guess I wanted to support all of the comments in here. I don't need passwords for company files, and I don't WANT TO. Even the desktop version has been completely damaged by the excessive control you want to put upon users, to the point of making it almost impossible to do anything without losing an insurmountable amount of time, making it useless because of its inefficiency.

Aug 9, 2022 6:44 PM UTC

 And who protects OUR data from YOU, Intuit? Especially with the desktop version, we don't need YOU to protect anything. This is absurd and makes your product horrible, and inefficient, and more costly. You ruined it.

Dec 18, 2023 3:30 PM UTC

The only explanation for QB requiring an internet-controlled password like this on a standalone desktop application is that they need to expose our company information to the internet so they can sell it. Otherwise, there is absolutely no reason for our desktop applications to be exposed to the internet at all. The reason for them to refuse to listen to us or to explain themselves would be that they don't want us to know they are selling our private information.