CS4 saved .tif files cannot be read by other programs

I recently upgraded Photoshop from CS2 to CS4 (11.0.1).
If I use CS4 to save a large multi-layered Photoshop .psd file as .tif (Layer/Flatten image/Discard hidden layers), (File/Save as .tif, LZW, Interleaved, IBM PC) the resultant .tif file cannot be read by many other programs.
File viewers (Faststone, MS Paint, QT Picture Viewer, Windows Photo Gallery) either fail to display the images, display the images incorrectly, or display a black screen.
Neat Image fails to open the files due to incorrect bit depth.
(Faststone shows the bit depth as 40 bits).
PTLens fails to open the files with the dialog "Only RBG images are supported".
This has become a significant problem, since I routinely distribute images to others as .tif files.
Similar Photoshop CS2 saved .tif files open with all the above viewers/programs with no problems. (no longer have CS2 installed)
Any workaround???
Thanks

What color mode is the image?
RGB color
What bit depth?
8 bits/channel
Does the image include transparency?
no
Does the image have any alpha channels?
no
How large is the file on disk? (most apps won't read files over 2 Gig)
165MB

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