Method to resolve Intuit Data Protect Backup Failed Issue
                     HAS YOUR INTUIT DATA PROTECT BACKUP 
FAILED? HERE’S HOW TO FIX IT!
THROUGH INTUIT DATA PROTECT SERVICE, ONE CAN BACK UP THE DATA AND FOLDERS 
OF THE ENTIRE COMPUTER SYSTEM OR JUST THE QUICKBOOKS APPLICATION. THE 
BACKUP OF SUCH FILES AND FOLDERS IS DONE ONCE A DAY AUTOMATICALLY. THIS STEP 
SAVES THE DATA FROM GETTING LOST OR DAMAGED. WHILE RUNNING THE INTUIT DATA 
PROTECT (IDP), ONE CAN ENCOUNTER AN ERROR WITH MESSAGES SUCH AS “INTUIT 
DATA PROTECT BACKUP FAILED: FIREWALL OR CONNECTION ISSUE”. THIS BACKUP 
ERROR CAN BE CAUSED BY THE FIREWALL SETTINGS OR IBUENGHOST.EXE, ETC. TO 
EXPLORE MORE SUCH REASONS AND THE METHODS OF TROUBLESHOOTING, READ THE 
FULL BLOG AND FOLLOW TO REMOVE THE ERROR.
IF YOU ARE FACING ISSUES WITH TROUBLESHOOTING OR IN UNDERSTANDING 
ANY POINT MENTIONED IN THE BLOG, CALL THE QUICKBOOKS HELPLINE AT 
1.855.738.2784 AND GET YOUR ISSUE RESOLVED INSTANTLY
WHY DID THE INTUIT DATA PROTECT BACKUP FAIL?
BEFORE LEARNING THE TROUBLESHOOTING, YOU NEED TO COMPREHEND THE 
REASONS FOR THE FAILURE IN THE BACKUP BY INTUIT DATA PROTECT. NOW, HERE’S 
THE LIST THAT RELEASES THE FAULTY AREAS CAUSING THE ERROR:
• IF YOUR SYSTEM HAS THE SECURITY SOFTWARE OR FIREWALL INSTALLED, THAT CAN 
BLOCK THE BACKUP.
• CACHE AND COOKIES IN THE BROWSER CAN ALSO BE ONE OF THE REASONS FOR 
THE EMERGENCE OF THE ERROR.
• THE SETTINGS IN THE INTERNET BROWSER ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR QUICKBOOKS, 
EVENTUALLY NOT ALLOWING INTUIT DATA PROTECT TO WORK SAFELY.
• THE ERROR IN THE IDP BACKUP CAN ALSO OCCUR IF IBUENGHOST.EXE IS RUNNING 
AS A WINDOWS USER.
THESE ARE THE REASONS THAT CAN OBSTRUCT THE SEAMLESS BACKUP OF DATA 
FILES CARRIED BY IDP.
HOW TO PROPEL THE SMOOTH FUNCTIONING OF 
INTUIT DATA PROTECT IN BACKUP?
TO REMOVE THE ERROR AND COMMENCE THE FLAWLESS BACKUP, YOU SHOULD TAKE 
THE SAVE-TIMING, CONVENIENT STEPS AS DIRECTED IN THE BLOG. YOU CAN RUN THE 
IDP DIAGNOSTIC TOOL, CONFIGURE FIREWALL SETTINGS, CLEAR CACHE AND COOKIES 
IN THE BROWSER, ETC. NOW, LET US PROVIDE YOU WITH THE SYSTEMATIC STEPS TO 
FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE RESOLUTION:

METHOD:  IMPLEMENT THE IDP DIAGNOSTIC TOOL
THE INTUIT DATA PROTECT DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IS USED IN FIXING SERVICE-RELATED 
ISSUES. IT ESSENTIALLY VERIFIES VARIOUS FOLDERS LIKE COMPUTER’S STORAGE, IDP, 
WINDOWS, ETC. FOLLOW THE GIVEN STEPS TO RUN THE IDP DIAGNOSTIC TOOL:
• GO TO THE WINDOWS SYSTEM TRAY, LOCATED AT THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF YOUR 
SCREEN, AND RIGHT-TAP THE INTUIT DATA PROTECT (GREEN PADLOCK) ICON.
•  HIT ABOUT INTUIT DATA PROTECT.
• OPEN THE INTUIT DATA PROTECT DIAGNOSTICS TOOL BY PRESSING THE CTRL+F2 KEYS 
ON YOUR KEYBOARD.
•  CLICK RUN DIAGNOSTICS.
IF THE TOOL DETECTS ANY FIREWALL OR THIRD-PARTY SECURITY SOFTWARE-RELATED 
ISSUE, RECONFIGURE THE HARDWARE/ SOFTWARE SETTINGS TO PERMIT THE 
ACCESSIBILITY OF IDP FILES, FOR WHICH YOU WILL NEED TO CHECK THE MANUFACTURER’S 
WEBSITE. AFTER THAT, YOU CAN ADD THE GIVEN FILES AS EXCEPTIONAL:
C:\PROGRAM FILES(X86)\COMMON FILES\INTUIT\DATA PROTECT\XXX, WHERE XXX CAN BE 
INTUITDATAPROTECT.EXE, IBUENGHOST.EXE, QBIDPSERVICES.EXE.
AFTER RUNNING THE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT YOU CAN 
SEAMLESSLY BACK UP THE QUICKBOOKS FILES. IF NOT SO, YOU CAN ALSO CONFIGURE 
OR ALTER THE WINDOW FIREWALL.
THIS BLOG HELPS ITS READERS UNDERSTAND- WHY 
INTUIT DATA PROTECT BACKUP FAILED. IT BRINGS FORTH ALL THE CAUSES AND 
THE STEPS TO FIX THE ERROR. IF THE BACKUP IS STILL NOT ACCOMPLISHED, THEN 
YOU CAN CONSULT THIS ISSUE WITH THE QUICKBOOKS HELPLINE TEAM; DIAL 
1.855.738.2784 TO KNOW MORE.