@ ds-- wrote:
same thing - 2019 asking for activation when new external disks are attached.
2020 asks for activation when the disks are removed....
what a mess turbotax! Even Microsoft abandoned tying their license to hardware long time ago..
It sounds like you installed 2019 TurboTax with no external device attached and that you installed 2020 TurboTax while an external device was attached.
In any case, it is unfortunate that TurboTax is not using a more refined method for system identification that is not subject to elective temporary devices that people commonly plug in and out.
