Manually Update TurboTax 2008 (Windows)
Updated: 12/21/2012
Article ID: GEN12524
If you're having trouble updating your TurboTax 2008 for Windows desktop software from inside TurboTax, you can manually download and install your federal update.
- Close TurboTax and all other programs except this browser window.
- Click the button below to download the update:
- Save the file (we recommend saving it to your Desktop).

- After the file finishes downloading, go to your Desktop and double-click the "vise grip" icon, which looks like this:

- Follow the on-screen instructions to install the update.
- Close TurboTax and all other programs except this browser window.
- Click the button below to download the update:
- Save the file (we recommend saving it to your Desktop).

If the button is dimmed, click it anyway and wait a few seconds, then click it again. - After the file finishes downloading, go to your Desktop and double-click the "vise grip" icon, which looks like this:

- Follow the on-screen instructions to install the update.