Dear rkhardegree,  Interesting. I checked my task scheduler and did not find ProSeries updater working. I remember in 2020 and before being able to schedule updater for an appropriate time (late at night),  and in 2021 that option is not available. I think ProSeries called it an "enhancement" or something to that effect. For now, I just let that be the last thing I do at the end of my day, run the updater, install and hope that I can make it through the next day without issue. And of course Windows with its persnicky-idness.  The sheer joys of technology and its ever-evolving environs, keep us all stressed. I would think that after all this time Intuit would have made the program almost fool-proof. Maybe in 2026 for 2025 after we revert back to the prior tax structure, with Schedule A, Form 2106, dependency exemptions and all thus and that....... Being a senior dog or "cog" in the wheel of life can be difficult at times. Still, it beats paper forms, calculators, copy machines, Publication X, envelopes and mailing returns in,  and the hours, days and weeks.... Hang in, it will be better.  Scouts out......