Quickbook 2008 and Windows Server 2003 Security Settings
I recently installed Quickbooks 2008 onto our Windows 2003 Server and it choked when I tried to send out invoices. This quickly became a major pain as Windows 2003 Server was locked down and I wasn’t able to change the Internet Security options to enable JavaScript to execute. I tried to manually change the Internet Security Options but it still kept throwing those errors. I ran a few utilities on various websites to test and see if JavaScript was enabled and it worked, but, each time I tried to do anything in Quickbooks it still kept giving me errors.
The Internet Security Settings were set to High and I couldn’t figure out how to change them. The normal Medium level security was not an option in the drop down box. I finally figured out how to solve this by:
Going into the Add/Remove a Component and un-checking “Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration”.
Once I did that I was able to change the Internet Security option from High to Medium. Yes, it doesn’t seem like that big a deal but when you’re trying to troubleshoot these kinds of things without technical support it can be a real pain.
Mark
Hey Peter,
Don’t you love digging and digging until you can figure out the problem?! Good job.
Mark
Hey Peter,
Don’t you love digging and digging until you can figure out the problem?! Good job.
Peter Chee
@Mark, My inner geek shines once in a while!
Peter Chee
@Mark, My inner geek shines once in a while!
Peter
That rocked. Thanks so much.
Peter
That rocked. Thanks so much.
Chris
Without Enhanced Security installed that leaves the server open to malicious websites, and links. GL with that, there should be a better answer then lowering security on a server.
Chris
Without Enhanced Security installed that leaves the server open to malicious websites, and links. GL with that, there should be a better answer then lowering security on a server.
Peter Chee
True, there should be a better solution than lower the security settings but this was the only thing that I could figure out to make it work.
Peter Chee
True, there should be a better solution than lower the security settings but this was the only thing that I could figure out to make it work.