Here's is a Method that will Help You Fixing QuickBooks Error H202

Being used by hundreds of mid-sized businesses and solopreneurs from all over the world, QuickBooks is recognized for making the management of income and expenses a much easy task. With the help of QuickBooks, users can effectively handle all of their accounting activities, such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliation, financial reporting as well as payroll. Even though QuickBooks is a brilliant accounting, the fact that using it is vulnerable to errors and bugs cannot be ignored. In this post, we are going to talk about QuickBooks error H202, which falls under the category of multi-user errors and usually occurs when a user tries to connect to the company file, located on the server at a different place, from any of the workstations. The error message of the error code displays, “This company file is on another computer, and QuickBooks needs some help connecting.” There can be several reasons behind the existence of error H202 that we will discuss with you along with the troubleshooting solutions further in this post.

Resolving QuickBooks error H202 can be pretty complicated. However, all it requires the right troubleshooting guidance that you can get instantly from our QuickBooks professionals at the toll-free number 1.800.579.0391.

 What are the reasons triggering QuickBooks error code H202?

Generally, QuickBooks error code H202 gets triggered when the QuickBooks Database Server Manager is not running on the computer that hosts the company file. However, there can be other reasons as well, like as follows:

• The Windows Firewall Defender is not letting QuickBooks Desktop connect to the internet connection on the host computer.

What are the best troubleshooting solutions to fix QuickBooks error H202?

Solution 1) Manually change the security settings of Firewall Defender for QuickBooks Desktop

1. Select the Windows Start menu, type “Windows Firewall” in the search box, and open Windows Firewall Defender.

2. Choose the Advanced Settings option from the left panel.

3. Right-click the Inbound Rules option and select the New Rule option.

4. Select Port and then hit the Next button.

5. Checkmark the TCP checkbox and then type the port number as per the version of QuickBooks Desktop in the Specific local ports: field.

6. Hit the Next button.

7. Select the Allow the Connection option and then hit the Next button.

8. If prompted, ensure to checkmark all profiles and then select Next.

9. Create a new rule and give it a name in the following format: “QBPorts(year).”

10. At last, click on the Finish button.

Solution 2) Run the QuickBooks Database Server Manager on the host computer

1. On the server computer, download QuickBooks Tool Hub of the most recent version (1.5.0.0).

2. Choose the setup file QuickBooksToolHub.exe you downloaded and follow the instructions you see on the computer’s screen.

3. Double-select the icon of QuickBooks Tool Hub to open the application.

4. Choose the Network Issues tab at the left panel of the screen.

5. In the Fix My Network section, select the QuickBooks Database Server Manager button.

6. Select the Browse button to choose the QuickBooks company file and then hit the Start Scan button.

7. Once the Database Server Manager is done scanning the company file, select the Close button.

Conclusion:

If you see QuickBooks error H202 even after going through the troubleshooting solutions mentioned above in the post, then there are high chances that the server is failing to connect to the workstation due to some network connectivity complications. Therefore, our suggestion for you is use the QuickBooks File Doctor tool from QuickBooks Tool Hub on the host computer and see whether this rectifies the error or not. You can also ask for additional troubleshooting assistance fixing the multi-user error from QuickBooks support team at the toll-free number 1.800.579.0391.