I'm using the Litus mod, which unfortunately has frequent updates and most of them require a new game. I'm tired of finally getting lords to like me then having to start from scratch (aside from exporting/importing my character) because the new features are too good to pass up. I made sure that the cheat options were enabled in the configuration when I tried to disable cheats. In fact, I only used the cheats to get my standings/honor/renown/etc.. up to where it was in my previous game then immediately tried to turn off cheats (without closing the game or changing the configuration). The cheat codes (like ctrl + x for xp, etc) stopped working just fine, but the options to cheat when talking to Lords, entering towns, and the debug notifications stuck around.