this is the setting in the php.ini file?

No, you can find it in the options in the admincp

now i know that before i should of not messed with the php.ini set time line thingy.
anyways that was only a test
mine is now set to 2700*45min* and its done the right way:D finaly

10 minutes. Since I have no games on my sites, nor are the pages so long that it takes 10 minutes to reading it, there is no reason to make it longer.

Unless your users write posts for 30-40 minutes and then +++++ when they lose their posts....not to mention arcade users. Not everyone is doing it to make them look bigger than they are.

Tell them to use that remember me checkbox, I've played in the arcade for hours with no adverse effects.

Been there, done that. For some reason it doesn't work for a lot of my members. That's why I had to increase to 30 minutes. I think that is where I am at now. I forget. On my small paid subscription board it is like 10 minutes.

Because they are lieing to you mostly, have remember me checked by default and 99% of that isssue should go away.