I talked to Intuit Support and explained the issue and they provided a link to download TT, which I did and after uninstalling the original version, I installed the "new" binary and I was able to submit the federal return the first time.
Looking at the sequence of steps during the install of the TT d/l from Intuit, it prompted for a activation code, where as the binary I bought on line from "Price Deal Online Software"/ "All DealUS.com" did not.
Appears it was pirated s/w
