Get your taxes done using TurboTax

The Intuit Update service has been a nuisance for years.  As you install TurboTax, the installation process sets that program to autoload when you start Windows. The intent is to speed up the process of checking if there have been any updates to forms or software in TurboTax from the last time you started TurboTax.  It really does not seem to be a significant benefit considering that it never shuts down after checking and particularly that it is not shut down when you shutdown the main TurboTax program.

If you are careful, you can start "Computer Management" system application - see picture-

Then select Intuit Update Service and right click, then change the Startup to manual and Apply.
The click  Stop and finally exit the management screen.

Note that almost every time you reload TurboTax, the update service re-establishes as a pre-load.