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New Member
posted Jan 10, 2020 2:54:57 PM

I am still running Windows 7, have not upgraded to Windows 10 yet. Will TurboTax 2019 run on my computer?

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Expert Alumni
Jan 10, 2020 4:03:57 PM

Yes, TurboTax 2019 will install on Windows 7, but we highly recommend that you upgrade to Windows 10 as soon as possible.

 

Please read this article  on TurboTax support for Windows 7.

New Member
Jan 22, 2020 5:07:52 PM

select windows 7 button does nothing from cd or online version.  how do i get it onto windows 7

Expert Alumni
Jan 22, 2020 5:14:19 PM

Although you may be able to install TurboTax on Windows 7, it may not run properly. 

 

You should be able to use TurboTax Online, however. 

 

Click the link for Minimum Systems Requirements for TurboTax

Level 1
Feb 4, 2020 11:06:39 AM

I tried install TTax 19 on Win 7, 3 weeks ago.

Ugliest blue screen crash I have seen in years!  

It took me at least 60 hours of crash recovery; restore crashed, only cmd prompt boots after lower level recovery, etc. hard core recovery. The key to getting it back was unistalling the carcass of Turbotax 2019 from a dos prompt. Then days long and many restarts using chkdsk /f /r 

I've got a win 10 desktop but I really prefer doing taxes on my win 7 laptop. This is a real pisser!

Level 1
Feb 4, 2020 11:07:42 AM

2019 crashed my Win 7 laptop in spectacular fashion. It took me weeks to recover.

Expert Alumni
Feb 4, 2020 11:25:31 AM

They are recommending Windows 10. Windows 7 support is ending.

 

You can find out more here.