Fix Common QuickBooks Desktop Update Errors - Troubleshooting Steps

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QuickBooks is a high-tech accounting software
that is trusted by millions of small and
mid-sized business owners across the world.
However, despite being an innovative software, it
sometimes receives errors that freeze its
functioning. Update errors are among those errors
that may pop up anytime during downloading
updates or latest upgrades. These errors may
prevent QuickBooks from being upgraded and
installing new features.
If you are a QuickBooks user, you would know that
that the software releases new updates all year
round (QuickBooks Desktop 2018). The motive of
this updates is to automatically fix the errors
that trouble users. Considering this, QuickBooks
user might receive issues in downloading updates
that might not take place due to the software.
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What triggers QuickBooks Desktop Update Errors?

• It may be caused by a poor Internet Connection.
• Restrictive Settings of Personal Firewall or
  Internet security may also cause update errors.
• One computer with multiple instances of
  QuickBooks.

Ways to fix QuickBooks Desktop Update Errors
In this blog post, we are going to inform you of
some credible solutions for QuickBooks Desktop
2018 Update Errors. We hope that you will be able
to get rid of the update errors using the
troubleshooting errors given here. So, the three
categories to fix these errors are as mentioned
below
General Internet connective issue 
Many a time, unstable internet connection may
trigger some issues related to update errors. In
order to fix such issues prior updating your
QuickBooks, you must inspect your internet
connections signal. In case the signal is weak,
you shouldnt update as it may cause to updating
errors in your QuickBooks Desktop software.
Solution 1 Check the system date and time on the
computer.

• Check the clock at the bottom right corner of
  your screen.
• Now Do a right-click on it and choose
  adjust Date/Time.
• Tap on Change date and time.
• Select current date and time.
• Click OK.
• Reopen QuickBooks Desktop.
• Update QuickBooks Desktop.

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Solution 2  Check your Internet Connection
Settings.

• Check if your Internet connection is secure.
• Open a Web browser (such as internet explorer
  and Google chrome) and go to Chase banking.

• If you are not able to open the Chase banking
  page, you wont receive updates from QuickBooks.
  You can contact your Internet Service Provider
  (ISP) for support if this situation occurs.
• Open QuickBooks and continue follow the below
  given step if the website is visible to you.

• Go to Help and select Internet Connection
  Setup.
• Select use my computers Internet connection
  settings to set up a connection and click Next.
• Click Advanced Connection Settings, and
  then Advanced tab.
• Now Select the Restore Advanced Settings
  button.
• Click OK and then Done.
• Finally, Update QuickBooks Desktop.

Important Notes

• QuickBooks users, who use a dial-up connection
  should make sure that the minimum internet speed
  they receive shouldnt be less than 28.8 kilobits
  per second (Kb/s).

• QuickBooks clients, who use America Online
  (AOL), log on to their AOL account with the
  master login id, if possible, and should ensure
  that the Parental Controls settings are disabled.
  Users can refer to AOLs online support for more
  information.

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Internet Security and Firewall Application
Settings
Sometimes, default setting and limitations set by
the QuickBooks user for internet security
software and personal firewall might conflict
with each other and prevent the software updates
from being downloaded as they may take them as a
threat to the computer. Always recheck your
computer setting and verify that is not the case.
Verify your Internet security configuration and
personal firewall software settings. Make sure
that ports 80 and 443 are enabled, and access to
following files is provided with you
Set the specific firewall ports for your version
of QuickBooks Desktop

• AutoBackupExe.exe
• DBManagerExe.exe
• FileManagement.exe
• FileMovementExe.exe
• IntuitSyncManager.exe
• Dbmlsync.exe
• QBCFMonitorService.exe
• QBDBMgr.exe
• QBDBMgrN.exe
• QBGDSPlugin.exe
• QBLaunch.exe
• QBW32.exe
• QuickBooksMessaging.exe
• QBServerUtilityMgr.exe

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Important If you are using all these ports in
other processes, then port 56719, which is a
fallback port, be used for the QuickBooks
Database server.
Owing to the complexities and various firewall
programs, Intuit, the makers of QuickBooks,
cannot offer support for particular firewall
issues. In case you need further help in
configuring your firewall, contact with your
computer or network administrator, who sold to
you the firewall software or hardware, the
website of the manufacturer or software
developer, or a local expert.
More than one tools of QuickBooks on the same
computer
Update errors may appear If there are multiple
items of QuickBooks desktop for the similar
version and year and they are installed together
on one computer system. For instance, if you
have QuickBooks Desktop Premier Edition
2016 and QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
solution 2016 on your computer at the same time,
it would cause confusion and may create troubles
in installing QuickBooks updates. In a situation
like this, you can manually update the QuickBooks
accounting software.
Download and install a manual update
Please note that updating QuickBooks is different
from upgrading the software. Your QuickBooks
Desktop can be updated to the latest manually as
well as automatically. The easy way is to turn on
Automatic Update that enables QuickBooks to auto
download the latest updates, no matter the
program is running or not. In case you wish to
keep this feature off, you can go with updating
QuickBooks software manually, at least once a
month.
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Download and Install QuickBooks release updates
Updating QuickBooks to a new release at times
require you to make small changes in the
database. However, these minor changes will have
no unfavorable impact on the data file.
Here are three ways to update QuickBooks manually

• Download from the Internet.
• Update from within QB Desktop.
• Critical fixes.

We hope that you have detailed information of
update errors by the time you to the end of this
article. In case you still have a query or need
any assistance, you can contact us at 1 800 880
6389. You can speak to our QuickBooks  Support
Help experts who will provide you with quick and
precise solution of your issue.