Well, I decided to take a few minutes for the reinstall this AM, and all seems to be OK at this time. I have done a "bit-by-bit" compare of the two different downloads, but the file sizes are the same, so I am a bit confused about how the first install could have "modified", in such a way that most things seemed to work fine.
I will let you know if the issue reappears, I should have thought of this one. In general, "When in doubt, reboot", right?