An update for those having this issues (SOLVED) -- it was pretty easy actually. after spending 1/2 the day doing registry hacks I found all over the internet, I decided to not only set Honorbuddylauncher.exe as administrator (which I already had), but also, I made Honorbuddy.exe as default run as admin. This fixed the problem! just right click on both of those exe's, properties, compatibility, and check "run as administrator". from then on out you dont have to worry about it.
Strange! but fixed.