TT2025 requests activation each time it is started.

EdInJapan — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:31:44 GMT

All of this happens when I am on a single Windows 11, using an administrator account.
Each time I start TurboTax2025, I get the screen asking me to activate it. Of course I did that the first time. Then I had the same screen the second time I started TT, and I went ahead and activated again, figuring that TT would figure out that it is the same computer and revert to the original activated license. But when I started it a 3rd time, it said that I had used up 2 of 5 installs, and wanted me to activate yet again, so I exited rather than using up another activation.
I had a similar situation last year with TT2024.

<<<I have seen several posts in the community with several similar issues. Since this continues over multiple years, I would implore Intuit to please spend some time fixing the activation system so that all get the advertised product functionality--installations for a single user on 5 different computers.>>>

The only workaround I could find was NOT to start TT from the Windows menu.
In other words, When you first activate the software, just start a tax return (it doesn't need to be one you will use to file) and immediately save that file. From then on, only open TT by double clicking that file (or a shortcut) or an actual return file (or shortcut) that you are working on.

Re: TT2025 requests activation each time it is started.

Mary2e — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:56:34 GMT

After I made the similar post, it stopped happening. Thank you.

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TT2025 requests activation each time it is started.

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