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I am having a similar problem with TurboTax 2025.  I can download the program.  I can try to run it and it starts extracting files.  After that, the window comes up saying it wants to change things on my computer.  I hit yes/ok, and nothing happens after that.  

 one test for her to be a dependent under the qualifying child rules (see meets the other rules)  in 2025 is that she must be a full-time student (under 24 on 12/31/2025). Full-time means she must be enrolled full-time for any part of 5 months in 2025. The question is whether or not she was a full-time student during any month in her internship. If yes, she's your dependent for 2025. If she was not a full-time student during at least one month of her internship, she might qualify as a dependent under the qualifying relative rules.  the key rule here (the others are met)  is that her gross income must be less than $5,200 for 2025

To access your current or prior year online tax returns sign onto the TurboTax website with the User ID you used to create the account - https://myturbotax.intuit.com/ Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and on the section Your tax returns & documents.  Click on the Year and Click on Download/print return (PDF)   If you used the desktop CD/Download editions installed on your computer, the only copy of your tax data file and any PDF's will be on the computer where the return was created.  TurboTax does not store online any returns completed using the desktop editions.   Go to this IRS website for free transcripts of a federal tax return - https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript   For a fee of $30 you can get a complete federal tax return from the IRS by completing Form 4506 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

However:  "The IRS is expected to begin accepting and processing 2025 tax returns in late January 2026, likely around January 26–30. The official date will be announced by the IRS in early January 2026."  So "early" filing is still limited by the IRS itself. I believe that Turbo Tax will be ready for 99% of filers by that time.  And much of the delay is caused by the IRS not having the Forms completed by then.

 If you want to avoid the retirement saver credit so that you will not need to upgrade to Deluxe, you can say in MY INFO that you were a student in 2025 and you will be disqualified for that credit and you can stay in the Free Edition.  Or...if you would like to take advantage of that credit   Use this IRS site for other ways to file for free.  There are 8  free software versions available from the IRS Free File site   https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/   @njohnson766

I can't recall the ways to accomplish this but more than one exists.   The simplest seems to be getting a U.S. prepaid debit card registered with a U.S. address. I suppose you could use the address of a friend or relative if all else fails.  

See this TurboTax support FAQ for the details of the Refund Advance (Why was my refund advanced declined?) - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/offer-details-disclosures-refund-advance-program/L4ljXp6TI_US_en_US

@Mindgames wrote: But it still begs the question; if I can legitimately use windows 10, then Intuit should honor that time frame. There's no question here. Intuit owes you, or any other potential customer, nothing. They're free to develop for whatever platform they see fit. 

ANNND....2026 Tax preparation won't be available, in a barely usable form, until somewhere around December of 2026.  Even then, any new tax laws passed this year (for 2026 taxes ) may not show up until mid-late January of 2027.    So it's slightly premature to be asking about 2026 tax preparation, since 99% of us all are starting to think about, or work on 2025 taxes now.