Uploaded on Oct 10, 2022
If the connection between the server and the workstation gets interrupted or the hosting settings are not properly configured, you will get QuickBooks Error H303 while opening the company file. This problem can be rectified by running QuickBooks Database Server Manager and reconfiguring the hosting settings. More on the error can be found in the article linked here at 1.855.738.2784.
Must follow guide to resolve QuickBooks Error H303
EFFECTIVE AND RELIABLE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
FOR QUICKBOOKS ERROR H303
MULTIPLE QUICKBOOKS USERS CAN ACCESS THE SAME COMPANY FILE ON THEIR NETWORK
BY UTILIZING THE MULTI-USER MODE FEATURE. HOWEVER, SOME TECHNICAL ERRORS
OFTEN DISRUPT THIS SIMPLE TASK, AND ONE OF THOSE ERRORS IS THE QUICKBOOKS
ERROR H303, WHICH IS ALSO CATEGORIZED AS AN H SERIES ERROR.
LIKE OTHER ERRORS OF THE H SERIES, THIS TECHNICAL GLITCH ALSO GETS PROVOKED
MAINLY DUE TO IMPROPER MULTI-USER HOSTING CONFIGURATION.
EXCLUSIVE TECHNIQUES THAT CAN BE USED TO RECTIFY THIS INTRICATE ERROR HAVE
BEEN EXPLAINED IN THIS BLOG FOR YOU.
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H303 ERROR MESSAGE IN QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP: MAIN
REASONS
THE PROMINENT FACTORS THAT CAUSE THE H303 ERROR MESSAGE IN QUICKBOOKS
DESKTOP ARE EXPLAINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, THE MISCONFIGURED SETTINGS OF THE MULTI-USER MODE
FEATURE OFTEN TRIGGER QB ERROR H303.
2. DISRUPTIONS CAUSED BY IMPROPER WINDOWS FIREWALL SETTINGS AND AN
INACTIVE QBCFMONITORSERVICE ALSO PROVOKE THIS PROBLEM.
3. RECOMMENDED TO READ – FIX QUICKBOOKS ERROR 3371
HOW TO FULLY DECIMATE THE MULTI-USER MODE
ERROR H303 IN QUICKBOOKS?
THE MULTI-USER MODE ERROR H303 IN QUICKBOOKS CAN BE RELIABLY EXTERMINATED
THROUGH THE FOLLOWING TECHNIQUES:
TECHNIQUE 1: TACKLE THIS ERROR EASILY BY CORRECTLY
CONFIGURING THE MULTI-USER HOSTING SETTINGS ON THE
WORKSTATIONS AND THE SERVER COMPUTER
1. JUST OPEN UP THE QB DESKTOP ON ANY WORKSTATION ON YOUR NETWORK WHERE THIS
ERROR IS OCCURRING, AND THEN YOU NEED TO TAP THE ‘UTILITIES’ TAB LOCATED UNDER
THE ‘FILE’ MENU. THEREAFTER, YOU JUST HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THE CHECKBOX
ASSOCIATED WITH THE ‘STOP HOSTING MULTI-USER ACCESS’ OPTION IS MARKED.
2. THE MULTI-USE MODE FEATURE WILL IMMEDIATELY GET DISABLED ON THE WORKSTATION,
AND THEN YOU ARE REQUIRED TO REPEAT THE SAME PROCESS ON EVERY WORKSTATION
ON YOUR NETWORK WHERE YOU CAN DETECT THIS ERROR.
3. NOW, HOP TO THE SERVER COMPUTER ON THE NETWORK TO LAUNCH THE QB DESKTOP,
AND THEN YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CLICK ON THE ‘UTILITIES’ OPTION PROVIDED UNDER
THE ‘FILE’ MENU, AND THEREAFTER, YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY MARK THE CHECKBOX
PERTAINING TO THE ‘HOST MULTI-USER ACCESS’ OPTION SO THAT THE MULTI-USER MODE
FEATURE GETS FULLY ENABLED.
4. AS SOON AS THE HOSTING SETTINGS ARE CORRECTLY CONFIGURED ON THE SERVER AND
THE WORKSTATIONS, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE MULTI-USER MODE FEATURE TO
ACCESS THE REQUIRED COMPANY FILE.
TECHNIQUE 2: EXPUNGE THIS MULTI-USER MODE ISSUE BY
ENSURING THAT THE ESSENTIAL QB SERVICES ARE FUNCTIONING
ON THE SERVER COMPUTER
1. OPEN UP THE ‘RUN’ WINDOW ON THE SERVER COMPUTER BY TAPPING THE ‘WINDOWS+R’
KEYS, AND THEN YOU SHOULD TYPE ‘SERVICES.MSC’ IN THE SPACE AVAILABLE ON THE
‘RUN’ WINDOW, AND THEREAFTER, YOU CAN HIT THE ‘ENTER’ KEY TO GET THE LIST OF
VARIOUS SYSTEM SERVICES.
2. IN THIS LIST, YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR ‘QUICKBOOKSDBXX’,AND JUST AFTER DOUBLE-
CLICKING ON IT, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CHOOSE THE ‘AUTOMATIC’ OPTION FOR THE
‘STARTUP TYPE’ TAB.
3. ENSURE THAT THE ‘SERVICE STATUS’ IS SET AS ‘START’ IN THE ON-SCREEN WINDOW, AND
THEN FROM THE ‘RECOVERY’ TAB, YOU MUST CHOOSE THE ‘RESTART THE SERVICE’ OPTION
FOR THE ‘FIRST FAILURE’, ‘SECOND FAILURE’ AS WELL AS THE ‘SUBSEQUENT FAILURE’
MENUS.
4. THE CHANGES INITIATED IN THE PREVIOUS STEPS OF THIS TECHNIQUE CAN BE ENFORCED
BY TAPPING THE ‘APPLY’ AND ‘OK’ BUTTONS. AND THEN YOU ARE REQUIRED TO REPEAT THE
SAME STEPS FOR THE ‘QBCFMONITORSERVICE’.
5. ONCE ALL THE ESSENTIAL QB SERVICES ARE FULLY FUNCTIONAL ON THE SERVER
COMPUTER. YOU CAN SUCCESSFULLY UTILIZE THE MULTI-USER MODE TO ACCESS YOUR
RELEVANT COMPANY FILE.
PROPER USE OF THE STEP-WISE TECHNIQUES MENTIONED ABOVE CAN RECTIFY
QUICKBOOKS ERROR H303 EFFECTIVELY. FOR MORE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, DIAL
1.855.738.2784 TO CONTACT OUR QB EXPERTS TEAM.
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