Are you having issues while registering your QuickBooks software? Believe me, you are only one of many QuickBooks users who are facing this issue. This is a pretty common issue and occurs mostly when QuickBooks has a Problem in Reading the Registration File named qbregistration.dat.
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What are Causes of qbregistration.dat Error in QuickBooks?
Some of the primary reasons are listed below-
- The qbregistration.dat file may have become corrupt/damaged
- Issues with UAC settings
- The MSXML component may have got corrupt/damaged
- Windows
firewall or antivirus is blocking QuickBooks
What is Procedure to Fix the qbregistration.dat Error
Here, we are providing multiple solutions to fix the qbregistration.dat error on your system
Total Time: 25 minutes
Put Off the User Account Control (UAC)
Here is the process to turn off the UAC in Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10
🔸 Press Windows+R together
🔸 The Run window will pop up.
🔸 Type Control Panel in the text box
🔸 Click OK.
🔸 Select User Accounts
🔸 Click on User Accounts (Classic View).
🔸 Click on the Change user account control settings tab
🔸 You will get a prompt from UAC.
🔸 Choose Yes
🔸 Move the slider.
🔸 Set it to Never Notify
🔸 Select OK.
🔸 It will turn the UAC off
🔸 Restart the computer
🔸 Check if the issue is still there
Download QuickBooks Tool Hub and Run the Quick Fix My Program Tool
We recommend you download the most recent version (1.5.0.0) of the QuickBooks Tool Hub.
Download & Install the QuickBooks Tool Hub
🔸 Close the QuickBooks application
🔸 Download the latest QuickBooks Tool Hub version
🔸 Save the file in a suitable folder on your computer
🔸 Click the ToolHub installation file you downloaded just now
🔸 Follow the on-screen procedure to install.
🔸 Wait till the installation gets completed
🔸 Double-click on the QuickBooks tool hub icon on the desktop and open it.
Run the Quick Fix My Program Tool
🔸 Open QuickBooks Tool Hub
🔸 Click on Installation Issues.
🔸 Choose QuickBooks 3371 Error Fix
🔸 Click OK.
🔸 Start QuickBooks Desktop
🔸 Open your data file.
Remove Corruption from MSXML File by Reactivating It
🔸 Download the “MSXML.MSI” file
🔸 Save it on your system
🔸 Press Windows+R together
🔸 The Run window will pop up.
🔸 Type “exe/fvaum %userprofile%\Desktop\msxml.msi”in the box and click OK.
🔸 The “dat” file needs to be created
🔸 Next, you will need to register the MSXML DLL file
🔸 Now, click on the Windows
🔸 Type CMD in space provided for search.
🔸 Right-click on Command
🔸 Select Run as Administrator
🔸 Type “CD\Windows\syswow64”
🔸 Press Enter
🔸 Then type “regsvr32MSXML3.dll” in the space provided
🔸 Press Enter
🔸 A prompt will appear confirming “DllRegisterServer in msxml3.dll is succeeded”.
🔸 Click Ok to continue
🔸 Type “regsvr32 MSXML.4dll” in the space provided
🔸 Press Enter
Please note: If you are unable to register “MSXML.4dll”, check if UAC is turned off. If not, follow the steps mentioned above to put it off. You can switch it on after completing the registration
🔸 Type “regsvr32 MSXML6.dll”
🔸 Press Enter
🔸 A prompt will appear confirming “DllRegisterServer in msxml4.dll is succeeded”.
🔸 Click Ok to continue
🔸 Restart QuickBooks.
🔸 Open the QuickBooks license file. Check if the QuickBooksregistration.dat error still exists
Also Read: Quickbooks Registration Error
While dealing with any software, we should always understand that almost all software is prone to errors. QuickBooks is no exception either. However, we have provided a few simple yet effective solutions in this blog. These will help you fix the QuickBooksregistration.dat error issue once and for all.
FAQs
What are the Error Messages a User may get after Registering his Data in QuickBooks Desktop?
You may see the following error messages. These are related to the subscription, registration and syncing of your data in QuickBooks Desktop-
🔹 “Error: The validation code is not correct or the service is temporarily not available when activating.”
🔹 “Message: You can’t use Online Banking because QuickBooks is not registered.”
🔹 “You must subscribe to the accountant’s copy file transfer service“
🔹 The Sync License Data Online tab is disabled/greyed out.
How to Activate QuickBooks after Migrating to a New System?
🔹 Please follow the steps provided below:
🔹 Launch QuickBooks.
🔹 Go to the help menu
🔹 Click on the Activate QuickBooks Desktop tab
🔹 Enter the product and license numbers to check the information.
You can obtain the product and license numbers from the installation CD or your online Intuit account. If you have purchased from any third party, contact them to retrieve your QuickBooks software.
