can the message
 

that pops up when you have a password protected forum be modified?

It's a phrase. Do a search in Phrases for something like "has required a password to access" and the phrase should come up. Then edit.

thanks ill give it a try

--------------- Added [DATE]1227469302[/DATE] at [TIME]1227469302[/TIME] ---------------

you need to copy the current text & add what you want to it to make it work, wish there was a way to manage it induvidually as i have 2 password protected forums with different passwords