Dr DuBose, The issues above are fixed in the 2008.5 upgrade.
There is a free upgrade, and also an upgrade to the RealTracks set 1.
Separately, there are 44 new RealTracks for Band-in-a-Box

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If you have Band-in-a-Box 2008 for Windows already, you can either;

1. Get the free upgrade to 2008.5 from the support page http://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htm#259
This has the upgrade with 30 new features, but not the new RealTracks.
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2. "PLUS PAK with 2008->2008.5 upgrade and all 44 new RealTracks for $59" ....Get the upgrade and the 44 new Real Tracks Instruments (RealSets 2-9) for $59 here
Go this page http://www.pgmusic.com/bandbox.htm and then click on the button called "$59 PLUS Pak" that is at the far right of the screen, middle way down the page.
(Note: the PlusPak requires version 2008 or higher)

Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.