Getting the recurring "activation code required".
Intuit apparently thinks that instead of fixing an obviously seriously flawed programming defect on their part, that we all should uninstall our anti-virus software and firewalls and install or uninstall USB drives or OneDrive or other such hokum. Never have I seen such a poor excuse for programming. Basing authentication of a PC's physical or logical configuration factors that obviously can be very fluid is one of the dumbest things I've seen in my 30 years in IT. If Intuit was looking for a way to convince their loyal customer base to switch to the competition, this is certainly a good way to do it.
I'm not disabling or uninstalling BitDefender or Malware Bytes, I'm not disabling my firewall (which by the way, I confirmed granted full permissions to TurboTax 2025). Nothing on my PC has changed when TurboTax pops this "activation screen", that is EXCEPT TurboTax !!!. It gets an update and it thinks it has to be activated again. Some programmers need to be fired, both for a poor implementation and for even thinking that they could craft a "signature" of the device the software was installed on by mapping to things that change like USB connected devices/drives. almost 20 years of using TurboTax to do my taxes, down the drain.
