cheers eric but now encryption isn't working
thanks Eric i've found out what the problem was, there was two Security Assist folders one in root and one in admin and both where being called.
I now have a problem with encryption and sha1. the register page will put an encrypted password in the database field (this is also user level managed) but the login doesn't acknowledge the pasword, I have repeatidly created login pages using the sample video files in tutorials/support but for the life of me I can't get the password to redirect to another page it keeps failing.
Mike