Changing the preferences in the "Integrated Applications" does NOT do anything to stop them from prompting you to log in!!!!
I work at a firm that provides QBs services for tons of companies using 2016 - 2021 versions of Desktop.
I am not the holder of the Licenses, and would never sign in as the administration of the company's account.
Sometimes we set up companies just to get financials for the tax return and may never use it again.
So why would that created company need me to log in?
This is why, Intuit is stopping all sales of licenses in December 2021. So if you don't have a DT license after December you will not be able to get one. They are going to an annual fee schedule; like the Microsoft 365 model. And they are supposed to move support back on shore....yeah right. And they keep pushing the QBO hard. The QBO is less productive for me. The user interface is cumbersome and when you try to change the settings, it reverts back to the default, especially when reconciling.
Desktop is really not designed for Accounting Firms; rather suited for individual small businesses.
So signing in is not an option for me as an employee of the Firm. The people who are making these decisions are probably not using the software on a daily basis. And I see from the posts, they don't care if you don't want to sign in every time, or they would have fixed the issue. Signing into 20 different companies in one day is madness.
