THANKS! It's totally unbelievable.
I started Turbotax and the blank activation screen came up.
After 2 hours the activation screen populated itself but appeared to not accept the input. However as you suggested I typed in the activation code. The code box remained blank and the activation box was not active. But 2 hours later the code appeared in the box and the activation box litup. I pressed Activate and nothing happened. An hour later I pressed it again and Turbotax activated itself correctly!!!
So now all is well. That is until I buy and try to activate Turbotax 2021....stay tuned.
