Thank you Jo_Ann for your advice. After reviewing the link and making a copy, its still did not work for the windows, but i tried tinting a door and noticed that it worked the door, so i figured out that since i removed ALL the sashes to 0" on the windows to make them look more industrial, they were not responding when i tried to tint/color them, so now i went back and added a 1" sash to them, and they now are able to be colored as i desire,
much appreciated, and glad i can now go forward with my renderings