Additional 12-18-2019 Update: I talked to a real person at TT Support in CA. He was very patient with me. He told me that once the software gets authenticated the first time, via the license code, the program has no further need to talk to the TT server for further authentication. His thoughts were that I may possibly have been sent a 'Demo' copy of the software that only allows a limited number of times the application can be opened. He is sending me a new CD directly from TT. It should be delivered in a few weeks. We will see if that resolves the issue. I can find nothing technically wrong at my end that could be causing this problem. As a point of reference, I purchased the original software package through Amazon.com.
