Win 11 for Turbo Tax 2025

[landr421]

If we have to end up buying a new computer to get win 11 to do the taxes for 2025.

I wonder how manys years will we get by before having to get another computer.

I have used turbo for 40 + yrs .

I have 14 yrs worth of turbo tax on this computer.

I hate to move on.

Hope there is another solution and soon.

So stressed over having to buy another.

[VolvoGirl]

What did you do in 2023 to install the 2022 program?  I had to move from my desktop Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 on a new laptop.  That was only 2 years ago.  You must have needed to change computers a couple times for the last 14 years for TurboTax.   Luckily I could update my Win 10 notebook  to Windows 11 which went smooth.  So I should be set for TT 2025.    

[M-MTax]

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@VolvoGirl wrote:

What did you do in 2023 to install the 2022 program?  I had to move from my desktop Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 on a new laptop. 

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If you had to move to a Windows 10 laptop from a desktop running Windows 8 for 2023 TurboTax, it was probably because the desktop was 32-bit. If it were otherwise, you could have upgraded your Windows 8.1 desktop to Windows 10 for free (at the time).

For the 2023 tax year, TurboTax changed and was designed to run on 64-bit systems only; it would not run on 32-bit systems.

I believe most people these days are running 64-bit systems so that should not be an issue for 2025 tax year TurboTax. What we STILL don't know is whether TurboTax 2025 will install and update on Windows 10 machines (i.e., just because Intuit is purportedly withdrawing "support" doesn't necessarily mean the software won't function - it may simply mean Intuit won't provide technical support to Windows 10 users if they experience an issue).

[landr421]

Hi

I have a 14 yr old laptop XPS i7 it had Win 7 Pro

Believe 64 bit . Have 12 gig Ram & 1 Tb. Barely touched.

So I was able to upgrade to Win 10.

My issue may be in the processor or video holding me back on upgrading to Win 11. 

Just my guess

But can't do Win 11

I dont know what to do . I don't want to  move to on line taxes since no forms and such.

Hate to switch to any company.

I been using Turbo Tax 40 + yrs Cd verison till they took that away for 2024.

Wished I knew what there final decision will be.

But not much time to get something else.

[landr421]

Since Win 10 been out since 2015 and we were able to use win 7 or 8 up to 2022 or 2023 then forced to go to Win 10 Turbo Tax worked just fine all those yrs and now pushing us To change again crazy. 

[M-MTax]

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@landr421 wrote:

My issue may be in the processor or video holding me back on upgrading to Win 11. 

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It's TPM 2.0.

See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enable-tpm-2-0-on-your-pc-1fd5a332-360d-4f46-a1e7-ae6b0c...

[M-MTax]

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@landr421 wrote:

I dont know what to do . I don't want to  move to on line taxes since no forms and such.

Hate to switch to any company.

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There are only two; H&R Block and TaxAct. There is no guarantee either one of them will support Windows 11.

[baldietax]

@landr421a 14 year run for hardware is really stellar but simply it's time to upgrade - if you start researching and shopping for it now you have 6 months til Turbo is ready anyway, see if MS reverses course by October in the meantime (doubtful).  Then do your taxes as normal even if Turbo is the only thing running on the new machine and then you have time to work on migrating and getting comfortable with the new machine before ESU runs out, tho your Win10 machine won't stop working it will just become a security risk at some point. 

Note you may not be able to install all past versions of Turbo on your new machine.  Inuit introduced a license server in 2019 and only supports activation of current and past 3 versions so currently 2019 and 2020 will not work on a new machine, at some point in the next year presumably 2021 will drop off also.  If you still have the software for years prior to 2019 or able to download from your Intuit account, you may be able to activate them (I didn't try when I got my new machine last year).  All you can really do is ensure you have full PDFs with all forms and worksheets from prior years for your records.

[M-MTax]

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@baldietax wrote:

.......a 14 year run for hardware is really stellar but simply it's time to upgrade - if you start researching and shopping for it now you have 6 months til Turbo is ready anyway, see if MS reverses course by October in the meantime (doubtful). 

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I agree (sort of) and will simply reiterate that a 14 year-old computer is nothing short of ancient considering it's a laptop. I've had laptops that have died in about half of that time (not cheap ones either).

Frankly, my opinion is that the best course of action would be to do nothing until TurboTax 2025 is released and then just buy whichever version is desired and try to install and run the program on the Windows 10 laptop (also, see if it will update).

If it works, nothing more needs to be done. If not, look for a new machine (perhaps the Black Friday/Cyber Monday time frame) at that point. It really is kind of a no-brainer since @landr421 would have bought TurboTax anyway (and can always return it within 60 days if not satisfied).

[baldietax]

hope for the best but plan for the worst as the saying goes.  But this hope that TT 2025 will work on Win 10 is probably slim, or maybe there will be some hack folks will figure out, but they're being quite explicit on their help page - "You won’t be able to install or use TurboTax Desktop 2025 on Windows 10." if that means anything; and you'll be out on a limb without any support from Intuit (fwiw) so it's probably not a good plan for most people.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/download-products/end-support-windows-8-...

[M-MTax]

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@baldietax wrote:

....this hope that TT 2025 will work on Win 10 is probably slim....

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Understood, but it won't do any harm to give it a shot before buying a machine capable of running Windows 11. Users will likely know immediately whether or not they need to do that.

Also, and FWIW as it's a little bit off topic, you can upgrade almost any machine capable of running Windows 10 to Windows 11 with a registry hack AND it's essentially done for you with a simple download. Before I bought my Windows 11 machines, I was able to upgrade a pair of almost 13 year-old desktops to Windows 11 - desktops that came pre-installed with Windows 8.

[skramblr]

Win11 officially requires a TPM, but there is a work around. Basically you use a utility called Rufus to create an installation from USB and you have the option to remove the TPM requirement. This will let you install Win 11 on older hardware without TPM. It really pretty easy to do this. Just google it for online instructions and even step by step videos.

And about 14yr old hardware. I built my last PC in 2014 with fast processor/memory/etc. Over the years, it was updated with new faster SSDs and Faster Video card. It does gaming in 1080p and even some 1440p just fine. And if you are not a gamer, then why would you need the latest PC to browse the internet or run Word/Excel? You don't. Old hardware can run just fine for a lot of users.

[M-MTax]

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@skramblr wrote:

....Basically you use a utility called Rufus to create an installation from USB and you have the option to remove the TPM requirement. This will let you install Win 11 on older hardware....

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I bought a couple of new machines with Win 11 pre-installed but actually did use Rufus to upgrade a couple of really old machines from Win 10 to Win 11. The process went 100% smoothly and, frankly, was a no-brainer; absolutely zero issues after the upgrade.

However, we still aren't completely sure whether or not the 2025 TurboTax editions will download and install on Windows 10 (regardless of what Intuit is proffering). Thus, it might be a better approach to simply wait until the desktop products are released to see whether or not upgrading is even necessary. FWIW...

[skramblr]

Waiting to see if TT will install on Win10 is an option, if someone is willing to shell out the $30 for Win10 extended support. And eventually when that runs out, they'll still need to convert to Win11 (or risk Win10 with security vulnerabilities/exploits).   

[Mike9241]

@skramblr is W11 really significantly more secure than W10. I see security updates issued for it which means there are flaws. Also, unless you check certain options when installing, you have MS as your roommate. having said that sooner or later an upgrade will probably be required as more and more apps drop 10 support.