Quickbooks Error 15240

There are some notified known errors that we come across that are allied to the use (update feature) of Quickbooks. One such error is Quickbooks Error 15240.

QuickBooks Error 15240
QuickBooks Error 15240 (Troubleshooting Guide)

With the turn of every century, our race has become more technologically proficient.

How to fix QuickBooks Error 15240

In the modern world, we have made our lives simpler, organized, sophisticated, and definitely more enjoyable by taking advantage of the boon in the hi-tech world, especially when it comes to our computers and the various software that is easily available at an appointed time.

Our accolades to one such innovative software that is packaged and marketed by Intuit- is Quickbooks.

Quickbooks is accounting software that has been helping business owners to create invoices, spreadsheets, charts, and business plans. It furthermore aids in maintaining the ledger books, tracking and maintaining sales reports, and helps in collating the required business data in an easy-to-understand and use ( thanks to the various templates available ) make to order business reports. It is overall an easy-to-install and use affordable accounting software.

How does QuickBooks Error 15240 look like?

This usually occurs when you either try to update Quickbooks or download payroll updates.

The message that is displayed on the screen is:

  • QuickBooks error 15240 – HRESULT XXXXX the QuickBooks update did not complete successfully”
  • “QuickBooks error 15240 – HRESULT XXXXX the payroll update did not complete successfully”

Reasons of QuickBooks Error 15240

  • Security settings on the Internet Explorer
  • Misconfiguration of the Firewall settings
  • Incorrect or invalid date and time settings in the system
  • Using an outdated version of the software
  • Damaged windows  or corrupt registry files
  • Not running Quickbooks as an administrator

Symptoms of QuickBooks Error 15240

Challenges and unfavorable effects of Quickbooks Error 15240

  • Unable to download the payroll update
  • The system might crash frequently
  • Windows might work slow to mouse and or keyboard commands 
  • System freeze

Troubleshooting Steps for Quickbooks Error 15240

Troubleshooting of the error depends upon what is the root cause of the error. Easily Repair QuickBooks Error 15240 using below-provided troubleshooting steps:-

1. Ensure you are running Quickbooks as an administrator on your system

  • To do this, right-click on the Quickbooks icon on the desktop select the option ‘ Run as administrator. ‘

2. Reinstall Quickbooks 

  • Now for this, you would need to uninstall Quickbooks from your system
  • Once done, rename all the installation folders by downloading and running the Quickbooks Clean Install Tool
  • After completing this, go ahead and install it back.

3. Check the system date and time settings

  • For this Click on the system’s control panel
  • Open the date and time settings, make the necessary changes 
  • Click Apply and then OK

4. Double check the Internet Explorer settings

  • This is quite simple. Open Internet Explorer on your system, click on tools, and select the internet option.
  • Now open the advanced settings
  • Scroll down to the option SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0
  • Put a check on each of the boxes and then click Apply and OK to save the changes

5. Verify to ensure that the Security Software settings are correct

  • Configure the settings of your security software to ensure that they do not hinder the working of QuickBooks on your system.

6. Check the third party firewall

  • Grant access to both the qbw32.exe qbudate.exe files to go through the firewall.

QuickBooks error 15240 is known to have successfully been resolved with the above-suggested troubleshooting steps.

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