Sonny,
You should start a new thread. This one is old (and resolved), and may or may not even be related to your problem.
I know you're frustrated, but latching onto an old thread just to say, "BTW, I'm having problems too -- and I'm jumping over to Reaper!" is not helpful to say the least. Reaper is like any other DAW in that it will require a commitment of time and patience (a few weeks minimum) to get to a point where you can do your mastering job.
Seems to me that time would be better spent here troubleshooting the problem in Sonar. Best case, we find a simple fix, and you're up and running in a day or two.
It's up to you. If you want to start a new thread, please provide some details on your problem, and don't forget to include your system specs (I strongly recommend creating a signature with those details. For examples, look at some of our sigs).