First, let me say thank you to tboy2000 over at XDA! I was browsing a hints and tips post of his and found this lil edit! Works great! I think this should work with all 2.5 ROMs.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila\LSK_Send_Msg
Change from 1 to 0.
I believe this post has a lot of useful info for people running a leo based ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583638