Countermeasures For QuickBooks Administrator Permissions Needed Issue

Ross Anderson
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QuickBooks Point of Sale helps retail store owners record sales in real-time and manage their inventory according to customer demands. The software can help users increase their profits by giving accurate suggestions after analysing the customer’s shopping patterns. However, users sometimes find themselves in trouble when they run into a QuickBooks Administrator Permissions Needed message while opening the software. This blog will help you understand why this error occurs and the precise methods to deal with the issue.

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Reasons

You run into this error QuickBooks Administrator Permissions message when launching QuickBooks Point of Sale on a regular Windows account on your PC. The reasons QB POS functions are blocked and fail to launch on your PC are discussed below-

QuickBooks POS is facing problems running its processes and accessing files on your system due to a lack of admin rights.
QuickBooks POS processes fail to restart after they get stopped by security software restrictions or other hindrances.
Your Windows account doesn’t have the sufficient permissions required for QB POS to run or function smoothly.

Solutions

It becomes impossible to run QB POS without proper admin rights and permissions. You can use the following methods to assign admin rights to the program and resolve the issue-

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Solution 1- Run QuickBooks POS in Administrator mode

QuickBooks POS fails to launch or crashes after it opens if it cannot access its program files or run its background processes due to insufficient permissions. The software isn’t able to use the system resources and can also get blocked by the Windows Firewall. This all happens if the software doesn’t have the required permissions needed to access its files and run smoothly on your PC. You can rectify the problem by launching the software in Administrator mode, as shown in these steps-

Stop all QB-related processes from the taskbar and restart your computer.
Right-click the QuickBooks POS icon on the desktop and click Properties.
Go to the Compatibility tab in the next window and single-click the Run this program as Administrator checkbox.
Open QuickBooks POS again on your system.

If QB POS fails to launch in Admin mode, move to the next solution

Solution 2- Restart the QuickBooks Point of Sale DBSM

QuickBooks POS can also struggle to launch if its Database Server Manager is blocked by a security program on your PC or fails to run due to technical glitches. You must restart the Point of Sale’s DBSM to ensure the issues don’t appear again when you open the software. Use the following steps-

Press Windows+R simultaneously on your keyboard to open the Run Window.
Clear the search field and type ‘Services.msc’ as a command before pressing Enter.
Search for QBPOS Database Manager VXX in the list and right-click on it.
Select Properties and go to the Startup type option.
Tap Automatic and right-click Intuit Entitlement Service v8.
Click Properties and set the Startup type to Automatic.
Try launching QB POS again on your system.

Conclusion

This blog thoroughly explains why the QuickBooks Administrator Permissions Needed message appears while launching QB POS. The methods required to counter the issue are described in the blog, which you can use to avoid issues while starting QB POS.

Consult a QB expert at 1-855-888-3080 if the issue persists after applying the solutions.

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