I apologize for the wait, life got crazy. Jeremy's solution worked! Thank you all so much for the help, and kudos to Jeremy!!!
Holding CTRL worked! Thanks a bunch!
Ok so to answer your questions, I have tried a reboot and I reset my preferences to default. Finale is ignoring my tempo alterations. I'm using version 26.3.1.520
I was able to fix the problem. I selected playback through MIDI instead of VST and played through the piece for a few measures. Then I switched back to VST and it worked fine again. It happened aga...
Tried that. No good. :(