Are You Getting QuickBooks Error H505? Call Our Technicians for Support

Posted by riyanholder on February 5th, 2020

QuickBooks Error H505 is a very common issue which is faced by our many customers. But you don’t need to worry, we are here we will assist you. It generally occurs when you try to open the company file but it is not situated on your computer. The other reason can be QuickBooks file needs additional configuration. 

There are similar errors which can also occur like – H101, H202, H303, H505, and 6000. These all are related to hosting settings. 

The users of QuickBooks have reported that the error mostly occurs when they try multi-user environment. And it also makes the communication between the several connected devices that is more difficult when sharing the company file. 

QuickBooks Error H505 is faced by users of Windows XP, 7, 8, and Vista. 

Several Causes for QuickBooks Error H505

The Various elements can lead to QuickBooks Error H505:-

• QuickBooks is unable to enter the files on the network. The reason can be ND file is incorrect or damaged. 
• The different services of QuickBooks including QuickBooksDBXX and QBCFMonitor are not running properly. 
• The hosting of files has not been configured correctly. 
• The server of IP address is not found. 
• The firewall ports of QuickBooks are not configured properly. Because of the improper firewall settings the communication between QuickBooks and server is not taking place properly. 
• Problem with DNS settings can be there. 
• May be the server of your device does not have host mode turned on. 
• QuickBooks database server management services not linked with the QuickBooks accounting software.

Solutions to Fix Your QuickBooks Error H505 are listed below

Listed below are the steps through which you can fix your QuickBooks Error H505 instantly. In case you face any trouble you can dial our toll-free number. 

●        Open the system and then start with QuickBooks on the system which showed QuickBooks Error H505 as the first step. 

• Go to the File menu by navigating through the QuickBooks menu option.
• After selecting the File menu, click on the Utilities option.
• Now, search for option with the Host Multi User Access name. If you find the option unmarked choose it, else if selected already then leave it as it is. The presence of the option means that this setting is clear thus, no issue is being created in the computer particularly by multi user service. By doing this, you can switch to the next computer.
• Now if you get the option by name as Stop Hosting Multi User Access, select it. 
• Follow the above mentioned steps on every system or the work stations you received the QuickBooks Error H505 and resolve it.
• When you are done with all the systems with the above mentioned steps, open the server computer.
• Opening the server system, open QuickBooks and then go to the File menu.
• In the file menu go to the option for Utilities. Get the resolution of your QuickBooks Error H505. 
• In case, if you see an option with the name – Host Multi-User Access –select it. Rather than choosing the option with the name – Stop Hosting Multi-User Access.

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