I understand why you want a password on the account.   That is not the issue.  The issue is the known glitch in the Quickbooks software that asks me for a password to continue when I was never prompted to create a password in the first place, and there is no way for me to change any password.  I am dead in the water at this point and will need to recreate my work to move forward.  The original commenter had the exact same problem as me 3 months ago, talked to tech support who couldn't solve the problem, and then had the issue escalated.  I just wonder if going through the time consuming process of talking to tech support will get me anywhere, or if I just do the work around of not putting an EIN in when I create the company.