*RANT* Turbo Tax activation + new HD = ARRRGG!

[JEDI]

ok, it's April 15th TAX DAY

i finished my taxes back in Feb, but i didnt mail it in since i owe $. well, since then i got a new hard drive, and installed all the basic stuff from scratch.

toay i'm going to mail my 1040, but i forgot to print a copy for myself. no problem till i saw i didnt have turbo tax loaded. (backup data files are on floppy so no problem there.)

i installed it, and it tells me i need to activate it. but it wont activate because i've already done it under my old hd. arrg..so choices are:

1) pop open the case, remove new hd, put in old hd as master, etc, etc
2) scan in 1040 (~10 sheets) using my free Staples scanner

i'm lazy and dont feel like rebooting, so i'm opting for scanning. i think the scanner is the *MOST* useful thing i got for free from staples.

anyway, thats my rant. lets see what happens on oct 1,2003 when supposely you no longer need activation for turbotax 2002.

 

[faZZter]

Supposedly since everyone was pissed about only being able to install it on one computer, they changed it with an update to remove that protection. So just install it, update it, then you should be able to restore the files and finish.

good luck.

 

[KeyserSoze]

Dude, I'm SOOO with you on this.

Read My Thread about this a few weeks ago.....





KeyserSoze

 

[T2T III]

Cough ... Cough ... Kazaa ... crack ... Cough ... Cough.

Seriously, I used Tax Cut this year and truly loved the product. Sorry, Turbo Tax, Tax Cut will be getting my money for future tax software.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I'm happy to say the Seattle Times business section had an article stating their earnings were way down because of negative publicity over their copy-protection scheme. Sometimes software evildoers are punished. Of course unlike some other company they don't have a monopoly on their product . . . .

 

[KeyserSoze]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
I'm happy to say the Seattle Times business section had an article stating their earnings were way down because of negative publicity over their copy-protection scheme. Sometimes software evildoers are punished. Of course unlike some other company they don't have a monopoly on their product . . . .

Beautiful. Thanks for putting a smile on my face. That whole morning when I had that fiasco, I was cursing them for making something like that so difficult for me.




KeyserSoze

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
I'm happy to say the Seattle Times business section had an article stating their earnings were way down because of negative publicity over their copy-protection scheme. Sometimes software evildoers are punished. Of course unlike some other company they don't have a monopoly on their product . . . .

Yes, but, a few years ago Microsoft tried to take over Intuit (Turbo Tax & Quicken.) However, their attempt to buy that company out was shot down.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: faZZter
Supposedly since everyone was pissed about only being able to install it on one computer, they changed it with an update to remove that protection. So just install it, update it, then you should be able to restore the files and finish.

good luck.

LINK?

 

[tk149]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
I'm happy to say the Seattle Times business section had an article stating their earnings were way down because of negative publicity over their copy-protection scheme. Sometimes software evildoers are punished. Of course unlike some other company they don't have a monopoly on their product . . . .

I switched from TT to Taxcut this year.

 

[isasir]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
I'm happy to say the Seattle Times business section had an article stating their earnings were way down because of negative publicity over their copy-protection scheme. Sometimes software evildoers are punished. Of course unlike some other company they don't have a monopoly on their product . . . .

Found it:

http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=btbriefs24&date=20030324&query=intuit

Intuit stock plummets after lowered earnings forecast

SAN FRANCISCO ? Shares in Intuit, the Silicon Valley maker of QuickBooks and TurboTax, fell more than 23 percent Friday after weak sales caused the software maker to reduce its full-year forecast.

The earnings letdown and harsh market reaction represented a big change of pace for a company that has thrived even as much of the valley suffered.

Over the past three months, Intuit has been fending off customer complaints about a new anti-piracy feature on its industry-leading TurboTax software.

 

[Hoober]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech
Cough ... Cough ... Kazaa ... crack ... Cough ... Cough.

Seriously, I used Tax Cut this year and truly loved the product. Sorry, Turbo Tax, Tax Cut will be getting my money for future tax software.

Same with me. I'm very glad I switched to Tax Cut this year.

 

[prontospyder]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Seriously, I used Tax Cut this year and truly loved the product. Sorry, Turbo Tax, Tax Cut will be getting my money for future tax software.

Same here. Tax Cut works great! And they mail out the rebate checks for the software/e-filing pretty quickly.

 

[Stark]

we switched to tax act. cheap and easy internet download. highly recommended.

 

[Apathetic]

That's why I used TaxCut this year and probably will permanantly switch to it. I've used TurboTax for the past 6 years. Never again.

Dave