update not so smooth for me

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by decca87

thanks but it did clearly say also in the instructions to rename the config.new.php to config.php

It says this on the first page of the upgrade instructions:

These instructions are for 3.5.0 and higher. If you are upgrading from vBulletin 3.0.x to 3.5.0, you will also need to recreate your includes/config.php file based on the new version of includes/config.php.new. Please see this page in the installation section on how to edit the config file. This step is not necessary for individual upgrades within the 3.0.x or 3.5.x series.
If you are upgrading from vBulletin 3.5.x to vBulletin 3.6.x or newer you do not need to edit the config.php file.

However, the best thing to do is compare the new config to the old config to see if they added anything. I believe they added something between 3.7 and 3.8. It won't break anything if you don't add it though.