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When you first "logged" in as the administrator on a newly created database did you use "webmaster" for the first registered user?
yes correct.
But then again, this is not a newly created database, I did make a full installation tu run the 5.5 version, but the db is not new, it has posts, categories, groups and everything...
now the webmaster doesn't appear to be a moderator becuase I deleted from the moderators tables via phpMyAdmin, but still it appears in the moderators column...
I have no idea...it is driving me nuts...
Luke01