Thanks Ualaa and JackBurton, I don't seem to have those options. I can select the character slot and check or un-check "When I switch to this character" , but I do not see "One option is: Follow/JambaMaster.
Another is: JambaMaster." Is this because I deselected the Jamba option using the quick setup wizard? At any rate, I re-created the group (two characters) and did not select the auto follow option and that at least is taken care of for now.

Also, out of the blue auto-assist finally started to work. So that takes care of that question

Wish me luck!

-Grail