ADWOFF:
I haven't used the newstrip.cgi in the past 3 upgrades. Normally I hack the board while it's running publicly but there are certain hacks that you will need to edit the member's profile and registration profile slots. I'm sure you can change the allowable member profile fields pass the default number which was around 39...Possibly it's up to 61 now. Even that won't work in some cases.
So before I upgrade I list the hacks that I will need to edit the profile slots and do them prior to the upgrade. Once completed I then upload all of the edited files along with the upgrade UBB default files (your edited files will overwrite the default UBB files). When I'm satisfied only then I press the Upgrade button in CP. When I upgrade, I'm also upgrading the edit files simultaneously. This way I don't need to use newstrip (which hasn't worked for newer UBB versions anyway) and no errors occur.
By doing so you will also keep the members' custom settings such as font colors, avatars and others...
