PS I figured this out after THREE MONTHS, over 100 hours, having the software on 2 computers, and having my data file "fixed" --- sitting on the phone staring at the computer for the third consecutive hour ---- the problem is they do not explain where or how to unmap your accounts -- it is in the form you DID use, but don't want to - BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE MAPPED TO NOW --- so it's step 3 in the process and the drop down menu WILL WORK on the 1099 MISC side, selecting OMIT there breaks the box 15 lock on the NEC side.

Literally more than 1 hundred hours of  my time.