I'll try to reset admin password today although I doubt this is the problem since I don't even get an error with a bogus login... I think it's a cookie error somewhere and I have to figure out how to clear it.. LEO is a big part of the issue atm... how do I turn LEO off? Normally in the admin system I know how to do it but since I don't have access to that now is there a way to turn in off in phpmyadmin?

I found out something interesting:

it keeps adding weird characters into the 'foot1' they are 'ÂÂ' and then the copyright info


<?php
if (!defined('CPG_NUKE')) { exit; }
$MAIN_CFG = array(
'global' => array(
'sitename' => 'my site name',
'site_logo' => 'logo.gif',
'slogan' => 'Share Thoughts, Initiate Discussions',
'startdate' => 'May 15, 2006',
'adminmail' => 'my email',
'anonpost' => '0',
'Default_Theme' => 'fisubsilversh',
'foot1' => '© copyright info',
'foot2' => '<P>Best viewed in 1024x768 monitor resolution with ...

etc etc

it's fixed,.. had to reset admin pass in phpmyadmin

thanks everyone for the support and the suggestions

You are always welcome!