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Here's Proper techniques to overcome QuickBooks Error H505

QuickBooks Error H505 occurs when you access the company file not present on your system. Error H505 is an H series error that displays an error message on the screen. Read the article here to learn more. You can also contact the QuickBooks Professional Team at 800-583-0572 in times of help.

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Here's Proper techniques to overcome QuickBooks Error H505

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  1. Welcome To Accounting Helpline

  2. [Comprehensive Troubleshooting Guide] to Fix QuickBooks Error H505 Undoubtedly, QuickBooks has established itself as the world’s leading accounting software. Being used by hundreds and thousands of businesses across the globe, QuickBooks makes the management of accounting and financing activities much better. Developed by Intuit, QuickBooks software is not only affordable to all but also reliable and versatile. However, despite being so advanced and beneficial to use, QuickBooks is vulnerable to errors and technical glitches, just like other accounting applications. In this post, we are going to talk about QuickBooks error H505, which falls under the category of multi-user errors and usually takes place when a user tries to connect to the company file, stored on the server at a different location, directly from any workstation. There can be numerous reasons causing such a multi-user error that we intend to discuss with you alongside the solutions through this post. A user might see the following error message with the error prompt: “This company file is on another computer, and QuickBooks needs some help connecting.” Want to get rid of QuickBooks error H505 without wasting your precious time on implementing tiresome troubleshooting procedures? If yes, feel free to speak to our technical support team at the toll-free number 800-583-0572.

  3. What can be the reasons behind the existence of QuickBooks error code H505? • QuickBooks error code H505 usually gets triggered when the user set more than one system as the server to host the company file in multi-user mode. However, there can be other reasons as well, like the ones we have mentioned below: • The Windows Firewall Defender is not letting QuickBooks Desktop connect to the internet connection. What should you do to rectify QuickBooks error H505? Solution 1) Manually correct the multi-user hosting settings in QuickBooks Desktop • Open QuickBooks Desktop on the workstation you see the multi-user error. • Select the File menu located at the uppermost menu bar. • In the drop-down list of options, hover over the Utilities option. • From the side menu, select the Stop Hosting Multi-User Access option if it is there. If the Host Multi-User Access option is there, ignore it. • Open QuickBooks Desktop on the server computer which hosts the company file.

  4. Select the File menu located at the top menu bar. • In the drop-down list of options, hover over the Utilities option. • From the side menu, select the Host Multi-User Access option if it is there. If the Stop Hosting Multi-User Access option is there, ignore it. Solution 2) Adjust the security settings of Firewall Defender for QuickBooks Desktop • Press the Windows key to open the Start menu. • Type “Windows Firewall” into the search bar and open Windows Firewall Defender. • From the left panel, select the Advanced Settings option. • Right-click Inbound Rules and then select the New Rule option. • Select the Port option and then click on the Next button. • Choose the TCP option and then enter the port number in the Specific local ports space according to the QuickBooks Desktop version year you are using. • Click on the Next button. • Select the Allow the Connection option and then click on the Next button. • If prompted, mark all the profiles and then click on the Next button. • Make a new rule and name with the name QBPorts(year). • After creating inbound rules for QuickBooks Desktop, click on the Finish button. Now, you are required to outbound rules by repeating the steps mentioned above. Implement all the steps in the same manner, except choose Outbound Rules instead of Inbound Rules.

  5. Conclusion: If you cannot rectify QuickBooks error H505 even after going through both the troubleshooting solutions mentioned in the above post, then there are high chances that the server fails to connect to the workstation because of some network connectivity issues. Therefore, our suggestion for you is to run the QuickBooks File Doctor tool from QuickBooks Tool Hub on the server computer and check if this fixes the error or not. You can also ask for additional troubleshooting guidance fixing the multi-user error from our QuickBooks support team at the toll-free number 800-583-0572.

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