wel... thanks for the feed back I did get, the abort shut down command actually did help somewhat cause now I don't get booted off in the middle of my game etc...but the root of the problem remains unsolve...

I saw that article about the windows 2000 thing that lists the exact same problem I am having, although I'm not really sure how to change the registry like it was tryin' to say so I just left it alone for fear of doing more harm then good...

If anyone finds out a way that I can deal with this please feel free to post it, I'm thinking of just buying a registry mechanic product or something like that, but if anyone can think of anything please feel free to reply. thanks.