Admin Password

Nov 30, 2007 11 Replies

We have a situation in our church where the person with Admin password has been fired but before he left, he has changed the Admin password which no one currently knows. How can we access the Quickbooks system without having to ask him?



Any help would be greatly appreciated.


If he indeed changed the password before he left then asking him is a moot point. Your best bet is to google "QuickBooks Passwords" and go from there. Since you are in a church there is always the man upstairs.

I'm sure you have a lawyer in your congregation. Get HIM to ask the former administrator. In so doing, the lawyer can make it clear that substantial risks exist toward the administrator's assets and liberty.

Is the cheap price the dozens of companies ask for PW recovery even worth an hour of lawyer's fee? NO. The lawyer will charge more.

QB passwords are among the least secure in the world.

I suspect the lawyer might write the letter pro-bono for his church. Of course, I could be wrong....

True, but you wouldn't get the satisfaction of seeing the culprit turned out with her children, tears freezing before they hit the ground, and the snow marked with the blood of their unshorn feet. You wouldn't get to hear the lamentations of the afflicted, and revel in the anguish. You would not be able to smile knowing that the prior administrator was doomed to wander the land, endlessly in search of succor that will never come.

This is a church, after all.

I don't even write proposals for churches anymore. They always ask for freebies no matter how wealthy the church. When I was a beginning contractor living on balogna sandwiches I never got any work from them. Now that I am a successful contractor why would I do anything for them. They are just people. I put cash in the collection plate on Sunday at the church I attend, and I make donations to real local charities where it will do the most good.

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Hello -

I recently had the same issue with the Admin password, thru an online forum for QuickBooks users I found a recommended software program, I paid $64 and it worked perfectly, it removed the password allowing access to QuickBooks to set a new one. It was worth every penny I was back into the program with minutes. Go to:

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They have password retrieval programs for all software but I only was interested in the one for QuickBooks. It downloaded fast and after I fumbled around briefly the program really is easy to use. Thru the program you open QB it finds the passwords for all users and asks you if you want to remove the selected, you say yes then when you open QuickBooks you get the screen with the password space blank you just go into the program without using a password and then can reset a new one.

Patty -

Thanks to you all for your input - much appreciated!

why don't you now donate that software to the church? You are through with it, I hope.

Click on forgot password at the login..you may guess the guys password verification hint. If not intuit has a password recovery tool you can download (you need the Lic info)

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