I am experiencing the exact same problem as CJinND. My file cannot be accessed because of the request to login to the intuit account. As a work around, if I turn off the computer's internet access and restart qbooks , the prompt does not appear and I am able to proceed to my company file. Any idea if there is a dedicated forum question about this behavior? It is really annoying to say the least. I don't so much care whether I use my file password or log in with an intuit user/pw, but I either way I need to access the company file and this feels a bit like ransomware.