I thank you for all the assistance you have given. I decided to make a post on the GeForce forums and am having people look deep into the issue. The problem has definitively began to lean towards my computer, and more importantly, potential damage from that power surge. So I will leave this post as concluded, as I believe you did everything in your power to test for the game and having had inconclusive answers, I will say with decent confidence that it is nothing to do with the game or any programs having been messing with it.

Thanks again for all your help and have a great day