Loraan,
Actually, you're describing my problem exactly. I am talking about WMA tags, but I don't understand the difference between how WMA implements or "wraps" ID3 tags and the standard ID3 tag info. And no one I've asked has been able to explain it to my satisfaction/understanding. I've tried searching through Microsoft's knowledgebase to no avail.
So whether it's a WMA or ID3 tag issue, consider this: I also have DB Poweramp Music Converter (I bought the DB Poweramp before I bought Media Jukebox8; Now, whenever I have a problem ripping a track using Media Center, I try DB Poweramp). Anyway, when I rip using DB Poweramp, the track numbers are properly saved in the tag.
We are both trying to solve the same problem. And I have bought Redchair's Notmad and REALLY like it. I would highly recommend it to you. They are great people, and are second only to the development staff here. Once you see what you can do with playlists using notmad, you will never give it up.
Regarding your problem with "the/The" in Abander, I've run into that one and have gotten around it more or less: You have to go into options and (forgive me; I don't have the application running on the system I am using here) I'm pretty sure it's under "Gerneral", you will see a list of words and letters it considers to be always lowercase. By default, "the" is in there. Remove it. This will fix the problem with "the" in track names, but I still have the same problem in Album Title.
Hope this helps, and thanks for answering.
By the way, how do you like your Zen?