Hi Ian, The re-occuring database bug that has been deleting threads has, it would appear, just deleted your user record :grrr: I don't even have your e-mail address (since that's in the user record). However, if you send me an e-mail: [email]michael@luacheia.com[/email] I can hopefully reset everything. In the meantime, I'm going to be able to re-create your user record but I'll have to set you up with a temporary password (which I'll tell you once I have your e-mail address). If anyone else reading this has Ian's e-mail address please [b]e-mail[/b] it to me or PM me. Please do [b]NOT[/b] post it here! I really am very sorry about this hassle. It's driving me up the wall but there really is pretty much nothing I can do - I've urged my host to do the MySQL upgrade but they're not interested :bub: Michael.