When I record two or more tracks and hit Stop and get ready for the playback, one of the record lights always stays on and I have to manually turn it off.  It's not a big deal, but I am curious why does one record light stay on?
Thanks.
DS

When you say "record lights" do you mean the record buttons (aka record arm)?  When you record you usually click a record arm button on each track that you want to record. Then you hit record and play away. When you stop the transport the tracks that are armed should stay armed until you click them again to un-arm them.
 
I am unsure if I understood your question though.

In earlier programs, lighted buttons would appear at the bottom of the screen for each function you have enabled; Mute, Solo and Record. Clicking these buttons would turn off all of those functions in all of the tracks you have them enabled.
A  few years ago, Cakewalk dispensed with these buttons, or I don't know how to enable them. The newest Cakewalk DAW I own is X3, and you can enable a toolbar called Mix Module which has these buttons and more.
So, if the Mix Module is enabled and you have multiple tracks muted, soloed or armed, clicking those buttons will turn off those functions in all the tracks.
Which DAW are you using? Right-click in the tool bars area and see what options you have.

I think I figured it out. The last thing I do before recording two or more tracks is to arm the last track. When all recording is done I can use the mouse at the transport controls up top....stop, pause, play, record, etc. and everything works fine. But when I hit ENTER it highlights the last thing I turned on, whether it was to arm the track for recording, the mute button on another track, the solo button on another track, etc.
 
I've just been in the bad habit of hitting "Enter" for return, when I see on SONAR that as soon as you stop the recorder that the transport automatically returns to the beginning.
 
Not sure why it works like that, but that's what I see happening. No big deal, just interesting and curious.
Don