Had the same issue described above where Database server manager would not open GUI, though, for a the briefest of seconds, they icon would appear on the taskbar in the notification area then disappear. The service was running and setup correctly with the correct login credentials and as an administrator. Other symptoms noticed were that the QB Tool Hub would not behave as expected for the Networking issues section and some of the other tools, just for reference. Spoke to a representative from Intuit support for hours after we lost the ability to connect more that one computer at a time after using the built in upgrade to go from QB Enterprise 2023 to 2024. . After spending all of that time and getting help from the higher level technicians there we were finally told that they did not wish to provide any more support and that the problem was ours to figure out. That is what contacting support got us. By the way, the computer hosting the database did not change and the behavior was the same even with all of the other workstations off, so it was not an issue of an incorrect install on another machine, though that was also verified. This is with ALL security software including Windows Firewall off and, again, it was not a connection issue anyway because other workstations could still connect just one at a time not simultaneously as they did before the update. SO, if you are having the same issue and end up getting some kind of solution from QB support, PLEASE post it here, because Intuit has basically told us to pound sand and I am going to have to fresh load the operating system on this machine in the hopes of solving this issue caused by simply upgrading to the next edition of Enterprise.
