Error 80040440 - Not protected w complex password | CLEARIFY

Correcting Error Code 80040440

An message exists in the log similar to this:

Primary Cause

Intuit enforced this password requirement as the fall of 2016 effectively changing how user security information is implemented for all QuickBooks users.

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Alternate Cause Using Pro/Premier

QuickBooks Pro and Premier can throw a "false positive" error, whereby you are sure you have created the proper password for the specific QQube user you created, but the QQube Log shows the same SDK error.

Resolution For Primary Cause

To fix this error you need to do two things: 

1. Login as Admin into QuickBooks WHERE the synch takes place between QuickBooks and QQube.   If you have a multi-user installation, then login to the server synch user and login as Admin into QuickBooks.
2. All users (including the Admin, and especially the auto-login QQube user) must have passwords that meet the Intuit complex password requirements. (At least seven characters, at least one number, and at least one uppercase letter).

Resolution For Alternate Cause in Pro/Premier

1. Login to QuickBooks using the specific QQube user you created.
2. QuickBooks will show a dialogue box asking you to change the password.
3. Create a new password using the complex password requirement, and save.
4. This will fix your issue for Pro/Premier