[brandi123]

Originally Posted by Chris-777

Last, regarding this "threat":



You don't run Invision anymore, so don't worry about it. Just keep your passwords changed regularly, don't share them, and keep your server clean and you shouldn't have any problems. If you're ever unsure about anything, just post up here and someone will no doubt chime in and help you out.

Edit: Bah, Christian and his ninja-like posting skills got in before my automerge!

my web desinger has my password but he has to to set my board up and make changes. what do you mean keep your sever clean?

thank you it is so nice to be getting some help.

Originally Posted by christianb

Are these threats that you've received personally, or some that you've read that others have received? Also, if you've received them, were they on any of your boards and if so, have you logged any of their IP addresses?

yes I have one guys IP address who is a known trouble maker on many boards. The threats where made on another board, a board that is known for bad guys and they started a thread talking about my board and that is where i read the threats. I wouldnt doubt them for one minute as they are idiots who are known to cause mischief. the one IP had 15 handles on my board so I blocked the Ip now I am getting proxies. so not sure how to recognise all the proxies as I dont want to block any innocent people from my board either. see some cities all have the same Ip addresses so a few bad folks can ruin it for many. I dont know what I can do with an IP anyways there is no way of finding out the persons name or telephone number? If I was able to let him know that I knew his real name that might stop him a little bit maybe. It is so easy to be jerks when they are hiding behind annoymous handles.

Originally Posted by Chris-777

The miserable user's hack will allow you to setup a usergroup called miserable users. If you look in the settings, you can do things like make the pages take longer to load, make them just get a white screen once in awhile, etc. Be VERY careful when you use it, because if you end up assigning the wrong group as "miserable", you can make your regular users really not want to visit your site.

Once you have your miserable-settings in place (read up on the thread/files on what everything does), you basically assign users to that usergroup and they become miserable. Forum permissions are VERY important here, because you're creating a whole new group.

Honestly for the time being, I'd leave the hack installed but come back to it in a couple of weeks when you're a little more comfortable with vBulletin, because it does take a decent bit of know-how to get running properly.

Next part.

The AE detector will just post a thread in a private forum telling you that two users have the same login. You can set admins/mods to be exempt from it, but it won't harm your account. It's just to let you know what's up. Here's a screenshot of it running on my forums:

http://www.sevenstring.org/chris/aedet.jpg

Why it's useful, is not only does it tell you who has multiple accounts, it can also help if you've banned someone and they do what most banned people do - just reregister. Keep in mind that sometimes people live with other people that visit your site, so after awhile you'll get used to knowing who shares a computer with another (valid) member of your board.

Next!

The license thing here is just something everyone has to verify one time and then you're golden. Like I said in another thread, some of the coders here have spent HUNDREDS of hours developing mods and add-ons for vBulletin for nothing more than a hearty Thank-You from people like you and I. Validating your license is one way of keeping people who run pirate versions of vBulletin from being able to take advantage of their hard work and get free mods for the software that they essentially are stealing from Jelsoft. Believe me, it's well worth it, because being able to post in the forums here is somewhat of a privelage and as a result of the validation stuff, the forums here are a lot more useful than an open-to-everyone type of place where you'd have 100 people logging in asking the same damn question 200 times in a row.

Basically the community here is awesome, and the fact that we jump through those hoops in the beginning helps a bit to keep it that way. Nobody thinks you're a scammer or anything like that, so don't worry about it.

I couldnt get the double user thing to download. and if I do download those things that doesnt mean I can work them. ha ha ha. oh my goodness I wish I had some one here! this may take another 20 posts! I recall the first time I was shown a board last fall and it was crazy now I can zip around most boards not to bad so hopefully this to will become easy too. Thanks for your patience.