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software:quickbooks:autoupdate [2026/11/14 03:46] – rodolicosoftware:quickbooks:autoupdate [2026/11/14 03:53] (current) – rodolico
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 ====== QB Auto Update ====== ====== QB Auto Update ======
  
-For the last several years, Quickbooks regularly has problems turning off automatic upgrades. With single user systems installed on a workstation, this is not a problem. However, in a network environment (where each client must be upgraded at the same time), or on a Windows Terminal Server where the user may not have permission to restart the server, it is better for IT to perform this manually, on a schedule (monthly seems to be appropriate).+For the last several years, Quickbooks regularly has problems turning off automatic upgrades. With single user systems installed on a workstation, this is not a problem. However, in a network environment (where each client must be upgraded at the same time), or on a Windows Terminal Server where the user may not have permission to restart the server, it is better for IT to perform this manually, on a schedule (monthly seems to be appropriate). A discussion from several years ago is located [[https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/other-questions/quickbooks-desktop-automatic-update-no-option-greyed-out/00/462657|on the Intuit discussion site]] 
  
 If your QB install is in automatic update mode, and you can not turn it off (Help | Update Quickbooks Desktop), you can do this manually. If your QB install is in automatic update mode, and you can not turn it off (Help | Update Quickbooks Desktop), you can do this manually.
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   - Set Startup to Disabled   - Set Startup to Disabled
   - Save your work   - Save your work
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 +===== Other Solutions =====
 +For another solution, visit https://bigredconsulting.com/forced-quickbooks-patches/. In there, he disables the Quickbooks Download Folder. I'd assume you would disable it for anyone but a Systems Administrator. This solution has not been verified
  
 ===== Links ===== ===== Links =====
  
   * https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/other-questions/quickbooks-desktop-automatic-update-no-option-greyed-out/00/462657   * https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/other-questions/quickbooks-desktop-automatic-update-no-option-greyed-out/00/462657
 +  * https://bigredconsulting.com/forced-quickbooks-patches/
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