[Logician]

This depends on your settings like

• do you use coppa system
• do you require moderation for new users
• do you require email verification before registration etc.

eg. if you dont use coppa, not require moderation for new users, but require email check here is the part you should change:

in register.php:

} else {
// activate account
$DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET usergroupid=2 WHERE userid='$u'");

Change 2 there with the usergroupid of your newbie users..

If you have other settings check lines begining with:

$DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET usergroupid= ...

These are the lines vbulletin fixes your users usergroupid.. You can find the relevant line according to your settings and change the X there with new usergroupid.

(make sure to backup register.php before proceeding!)