FYI, this unbelievable problem is now continuing with TurboTax (Deluxe) 2022. However, I was just now able to get mine to launch, after a full day of trying and cussing, without an activation request, by doing two of the things I more-or-less read earlier in this thread:
1) I turned off a running external drive which I have plugged into an e-SATA port on the back of my desktop, and
2) I right-clicked the TurboTax 2022 icon, then clicked 'Run as Administrator'.
It fired right up, dontchaknow?! So now it's time for a cold one!!
