Oh my god you freakin genius.... This problem has plagued me for weeks! I tried disabling antivirus/wan config/opening from different files, but it still asked for activation.
I had two external hard drives connected by USB, each of which have turbotax files on them. I disconnected the external drives, opened TT19, and it worked fine without requesting activation.
What a stupid problem with a basic solution. THANK you! (I would have only solved it by accident)
