>I am rebuilding a project that recently had SET TALK OFF in the config, now after placing the SET TALK OFF into the Startup-Code and dropping the config, it appears that Set Talk has a mind-of-its-own and comes ON at will - naturally disorienting the Screens.
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>How can I keep control of the TALK?

SET TALK is scoped to the datasession; you have to set it explicitly within each private datasession.