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Level 3
posted Jan 23, 2026 8:49:57 AM

Multiple Activations 2025 Tax Year

I'm getting the activation request each time I open or update the program.  I am not sure which action actually triggers this as I wasn't paying attention.

 

Not sure if there is current information on this issue and sorry for the post if there is a solution that I have not been able to find.  I did run across various potential fixes that seem to be met with approval/disapproval by users and not to eager executing them and finding they didn't work.  Especially if the 5 license limit is impacted by unsuccessful attempts.  

 

I've never experienced this before and I have used Turbo tax going back to at least 2006.  

 

Any info would be much appreciated.

dp

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Level 15
Jan 23, 2026 8:53:35 AM

Make sure your computer is the same way when you originally installed it. Like with no flash drives plugged in or plugged in if one was. Even a printer plugged in or not. It asked me to activate again so I just closed the program and took out a flash drive that was plugged in and tried again. It worked.


One user had his tax file on another drive and said….. I moved the tax file to C:\Users\myname\Documents\Turbotax and no longer get the activation.


FAQ Asks for Activation at every launch
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-topics/help/turbotax-2019-requests-license-activation-at-every-launch/00/960924