KurtKyle_M  - You said that  you would  "share some details as to why QuickBooks wants you to sign in your Intuit account" but then didn't do that. All you did was to provide details about how to set up and use an Intuit Account. Maybe you are new to this thread, but the theme here is that a great many users of QB Desktop do not use the connected Intuit Services you refer to and do not want to have to have an Intuit Account to which they must log on regularly. Pretty simple, and something that Intuit has been aware of for some time, but chooses not to allow. So, a good place to start would be to explain the real reason why Intuit is trying to force desktop users who do not use any Intuit Services to have an Intuit Account that they must log into periodically.