bigpond_securityIt’s not an anti-virus or security software you hear about much, but if you do come across it you’ll discover it can’t be uninstalled without the original BigPond username and password it was installed under. If you have long since closed that particular account or forgotten the password, here’s how to get around that and remove it anyway:

  • Open regedit (Start menu -> run) or shortcut Windows Key + R
  • type in regedit and click okay
  • Navigate through the registry tree and find the key below:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREAuthentiumCurtainsv1.5]
    or, alternatively:
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeAuthentiumCurtainsv1.5]

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  • Find the values starting with LLC and rename them.
    For example,
    [email protected] change to [email protected]
    LLCID change to disabledLLCID
  • Restart Windows and then try the uninstall again and you won’t be asked for the password.

 

I needed to fix a small client network this week that had lost access to QuickBook’s on their server. A quick Google and this TechRepublic article gave me the port information I needed to get them back up and running again. I also discovered that Intuit have a “Network Diagnostic Tool” available to help diagnose QB networking issues. I tried it this week and it seems to work well enough – run it with admin rights and it can open the ports in the Windows Firewall for you.

Anyway, for future reference the firewall ports for QB 2009 to 2012 are:

QuickBooks 2009

  • Pro: ports 80, 8019, 56719, and 55333 through 55337
  • Premier: ports 80, 8019, 56719, and 55333 through 55337
  • Enterprise: ports 80, 8019, 56719, and 55333 through 55337

QuickBooks 2010

  • Pro: ports 80, 8019, 56720, and 55338 through 55342
  • Premier: ports 80, 8019, 56720, and 55338 through 55342
  • Enterprise: ports 80, 8019, 56720, and 55338 through 55342

QuickBooks 2011

  • Pro: ports 80, 8019, 56721, and 55343 through 55347
  • Premier: ports 80, 8019, 56720, and 55338 through 55342
  • Enterprise: ports 80, 8019, 56721, and 55343 through 55347

QuickBooks 2012

  • Pro: ports 80, 8019, 56722, and 55343 through 55352
  • Premier: ports 80, 8019, 56722, and 55348 through 55352
  • Enterprise: ports 80, 8019, 56722, and 55348 through 55352