Solved! I had the same activation problem and the blue dot in the center of the screen. After several HOURS of trying every trick in the book, the last one was checking google for answers. Hopefully you folks sort by the latest date, as all the earlier suggestions in this question trail of tears did not help. The answer is to change your Display setting to 1366 x 768.
Yes, as simple as that and why Intuit did not tell users or make that solution the first answer is beyond me!! I need them to reimburse the purchase price for all the time that I have wasted! Never ever had a problem with installation and I have been using this since around 2004 if not earlier!!
