[Cap'n Steve]

I'm still not sure why they're not saving properly, and I'm not sure what you mean about it being specially coded, so here's a quick workaround to prevent guests from adding quotes.

in includes/functions_quoteit.php, find

PHP Code:

$quoteitpermissions = convert_bits_to_array($permissions['quoteitpermissions'], $vbulletin->bf_ugp_quoteitpermissions); 


and below that, add

PHP Code:

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'] == 1) {
    $quoteitpermissions['canaddquotes'] = 0;
}