For this forum, it's not wise to stop visitors even viewing the forum. We get visitors who are programmers of all sorts, etc. Also, there's lots of people who "do" read the stickies & research their topic, find their answer & then disappear. It's normally dare I say it the "d****" (who register because their problem is not so easily recognised or is a new problem or,) they are just in need of personal support due to their technical ignorancy. I should have limited that last comment. But making the point that some people register & post from time to time to give valuable info. Whereas there's those who need personal help, & there's those who are simply "LAZY" to find previous answers to their problem which still apply.