QuickBooks Point of Sale is currently working with numerous retail store owners, helping them grow their businesses and increase profits. But users sometimes have to encounter Unable To Start Intuit Update Service message while installing QB POS on their computers. If you also get troubled by this issue, read this blog to understand why this happens and the methods to eliminate it from your computer.
Get in touch with a QB support team at 1-855-856-0042 to troubleshoot the error quickly.
Reasons
You primarily run into this error message while setting up QuickBooks Point of Sale on your computer. The conditions responsible for the termination of POS installation and the occurrence of this error on your PC are mentioned below-
Your system requirements are too low to run QuickBooks POS efficiently.
Windows installer is blocked by the Firewall or occupied by another application on your computer.
Your Windows account does not have the rights to install a new application or use the system resources.
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Solutions
Your QB POS installation will repeatedly fail until you kick out this error from your PC. The techniques applicable to sort out the error and install QB POS successfully are mentioned below-
Solution 1- Provide admin access to your Windows account and check your system specifications
QB POS installation fails on a computer if your Windows account doesn’t have sufficient privileges to use the system resources or change the system configuration to install a new program. You can fix the issues by using a Windows Admin account, which grants it special access to all the system features and prevents any interruption by the Windows firewall. Here are the steps to provide admin rights to your Windows account-
Open the Windows Start menu from the taskbar and click the Settings (Gear) icon.
Go to the Accounts option in the control panel menu and choose your current Windows account in the available list.
Click the Change Account type option below it and choose Administrator.
Tap Ok to provide admin access to your current Windows account.
Restart your PC and try installing QuickBooks POS again.
If the error appears again and interrupts POS installation, move to the next solution.
Solution 2- Check your system specifications and compare them with QB POS requirements
As with all other software, QB POS also has some requirements to run smoothly on a PC and give efficient results. The installation will, or the software won’t start after installation if your system specifications are too low to run QB POS. You must check your system specifications using the following steps and compare them with the QB POS requirements-
Go to the Control Panel menu from the Start menu (Gear icon).
Click the System option and scroll down the menu to find About.
Your system specifications will appear on the screen.
You must compare your system specifications with the QB POS requirements given below and upgrade the hardware components if necessary-
Processor-2Ghz minimum for single-users and 2.8Ghz for multiple users.
RAM- Your system must have an average of 8GB or a minimum of 4GB RAM.
Disk Space- QB POS requires 1GB of space in your HDD, excluding the company files.
Screen Resolution- Your monitor display should be optimized for 1280x768 or higher.
Internet- Your network connection must provide 3Mbps average and 1.5Mbps minimum internet speed.
Conclusion
This blog thoroughly explains why an Unable To Start Intuit Update Service message appears during QB POS installation. We also mentioned a couple of methods to resolve the issue and expect that you use them to install QB POS successfully on your PC.
Speak to a QB expert at 1-855-856-0042 to resolve any remaining doubts about the issue.
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