ok, disabled the hooks and got in to the admin cp. Forum is upgraded and clean. Now i need to remove all the old plug ins and get the new versions---- after I secure everything.

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Oh, thank you very much for your help and patience with the newb.

Glad to help. Thanks for letting me know. :)

Np, I'm guessing getting the newest versions of the plugins will over write any of the old versions data in the db. correct?

Make sure you read through the mod's thread and the instructions on the MOD -- just in case you did not. Usually reading through the thread will provide you the most insight, but remember v4.2.2 is fairly new and many boards have not upgraded to this version. Rreports of incompatibility of a particular modification may not be posted as of yet. :)