thanks for the info Falco250, I will reference anyone who has these problems to this thread.
But I'd like to throw out a warning to anyone who goes through with this.
Working with registry can be very dangerous, especially if you don't know what you are doing when it comes to working with computer files, if you don't do it right, you can cause irreversible damage to your system.
If you find that you MUST go through with this, take it slow and triple-check the registry file before you modify/delete it.
we can't take responsibility if something bad happens to your system. You have been warned.
Thanks again Falco, I've had to do this before, and help is always appreciated for those that are pulling their hair out trying to figure out why their game still isn't working right.