1-31-2024: TurboTax update this date applied and was then able to e-file federal and state (California) returns with a Schedule C. So a two-day delay wasn't bad...
Second Turbotax disk from Amazon.com installed fine. So it was a defective disk on the first order. First time I have had a defective disk in about twenty years...
Thanks for your reply. I didn't realize that I could use the code that came with the disk version to alternatively download the software; that's good to know. H...