How To Resolve QuickBooks Point of Sale Error 181016

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Solution for QuickBooks POS Error 181016

QuickBooks Point of Sale is the world’s most used retailer solution. It is all-in-one of the comprehensive solution introduced by Intuit for small and medium-sized businesses. As this software solution helps in running your store. It has exceptional features which help you with all the payments. Even though it is a user-friendly software, there are chances where a user might encounter some error like “QuickBooks Point of Sale error 181016”. In such a situation, the user can try the solution provided by Intuit or contact the QuickBooks Point of Sale Team.

Resolve QuickBooks Point of Sale Error 181016

Causes:

When a QuickBooks POS user tries to open a company file or after converting any data, they may receive the following error messages:

  • QuickBooks POS Message: 181016 “Problem Could not open the QuickBooks Point of Sale data: [company name].”This error can be caused by a non-unique company name that is present on your network but the firewall in your system is blocking the communication.
  • QuickBooks POS Message: 181016 “Problem Could not create a company: [Company Name]”.

The causes for this error are:

  • The user is logged into the system as an Administrator.
  • There might be some issue with the Point of Sale company data folder stored in the system.
  • A firewall in the system is acting as the obstacle as it is providing access to certain ports that the Point of sale database manager is trying to access.
  • TCP/IP in the system may be disabled or damaged.

Resolution:

To resolve QuickBooks Point of Sale, the user has to follow the steps given below:

Method I:

  • Start your system.
  • Make sure you are logged in as administrator.
  • To look for data problem: Go to File > Company data file > New (Rename this file as “test”).
  • If an error is not occurring in this Test company file which you have created in the previous step, then open the original company file:
  • Select the File option > Company Data > Click on open option.
  • To select an Alternate location, click on Browse.
  • Now the user will have to navigate through the C drive i.e. Users\Documents\Intuit\QuickBooks Point of Sale 8.0\Data\[your company name]\. Microsoft Vista users navigate toC:\Users\Public\Documents\Intuit\QuickBooks Point of Sale 8.0\Data\[your company name]\
  • From here select a file named qbpos.db > Click on Open.
  • Click OK > enter a new and unique name for the new file by selecting File > Company Data > Rename. To match the data in the original file, the user will have to first rename the data present in the original file.

Method II:

  • Go to QBPOS Troubleshoot Connection Tool to check whether the database manager is properly installed. If QuickBooks Point of Sale is installed in your system as a Server, that firewall is not blocking the access of the database and also check that TCP/IP protocol is enabled in your system.

Even after trying the solution mentioned above, if the user still needs some assistance then they can contact Intuit. They should connect to QuickBooks customer support.

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