System Prefs "LOCK" will NOT STAY LOCKED... stuff changes... Help, please?

I have been using OS X since it first was introduced, and have noticed this behavior in all of the versions that I have run, up until and including 10.4.10, now. It was not too much of a concern to me until now, and I would like to resolve this once and for all if possible.
PROBLEM:
System preferences does not stay locked after I lock it. Internet sharing keeps turning itself OFF, after I start the service, and then LOCK system preferences. I go back and check later, and SYS PREFS is unlocked. Sometimes internet sharing is still on, sometimes it is off. Some other times I will go back and check after locking, and it will still be locked, but internet sharing now OFF!!! After a re-start, it is the same as described above. Sometimes OK, sometimes not. I leave the mac on most of the time and rarely turn it off.
I use the mac as a gateway for two other PCs, in my small network. My wife is the only other human user on the network, with her wireless laptop. I use the other PC (it's mostly off the majority of the time) and the "gateway" Mac OS X 10.4.10. If my wife wants to use her PC and I am not at home when the phenomenon occurs, she does not have internet access, as she is a computer novice and does not use the Mac at ALL.
When I have noticed the occurrence in the past, it is annoying, but I just check and the turn things on and re-lock what the "gremlins" have been playing with. Now In addition to wanting to keep my wife happy, and surfing when she wants, I would really like the system to operate the way it is supposed to.
Has anyone else been experiencing this sort of thing over the years of OS X and found a (hopefully) simple solution?
Thanks in advance.....
R. Andom

..."I am at a loss for what to do as in reality this might really be a security issue."...
It might be, but it may not...
I suspect the fact that "Internet Sharing" stops running has nothing to do with "System Preferences" being unlocked - pref panes are apparently unlocked automatically by default when a user logs in to an "admin" account, especially after a reboot:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1790.html
Most people recommend not using an "admin" account as their main account for security reasons so demoting the account to "standard" might be one option, but otherwise, the "Require password"... option can be selected as described in the "Help" note.
As for the other aspect of the problem, I have never used "Internet Sharing" so I can't comment on what might be causing it to crash (if that is in fact what is happening). It might help to see if anything turns up in the logs...

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