I called QuickBooks Priority Circle tech support today, Jan 18, 2024 regarding not being able to disable Automatic Updates (radio buttons being grayed out). I updated last night from QB Enterprise 2022 to QB Enterprise 2023 R9_56, the latest rev. We usually run about 6 to 9 months behind current patches and new versions like QB 2024 so we can monitor the experience of others before deploying bug ridden updates and versions. We have learned the hard way over 20+ years not to install V1 of ANY software without testing first! The tech admitted Intuit purposefully disabled the feature "because too many users were experiencing data corruption and other issues because they never updated their software". Sounds like it may have been a choice by Intuit to help decrease CS calls. I was encouraged to send my feedback to the development team, which I did. If the software says "Enterprise" in the name, we expect it to behave like Enterprise software. We don't allow users to make ANY changes to their desktop systems without an Admin providing an Admin username and password.

So it appears we're stuck with the bush workarounds discussed here. If we come up with an elegant solution we'll post it here. Sorry for the bad news.