I have sent an update for the plugin to the guyz .. dunno how long until it is availabl but a simple patch is all that is needed. I have modified both my Advanced plugin (available on my site) and the basic one so that 'forbidden' groups do not appear in the drop downs. Open {amember}/plugins/protect/ipb22/ipb22.inc.php Find the function get_groups() and replace the whole function with; Code: function get_groups() { $ipb22_table = $this->ipb22_get_table(); $x = ""; if( ! $this->config[ 'admin' ] ) { $x = "WHERE (g_access_cp = 0 OR g_access_cp IS NULL) AND g_id <> 2"; } $q = $this->query( $s = "SELECT g_id,g_title FROM {$ipb22_table}groups {$x} ", $ignore_error=1 ); $res = array(); while( list( $i, $s ) = mysql_fetch_row( $q ) ) { if( ! in_array( $i, (array) $this->config[ 'denied_levels' ] ) ) { $res[$i] = $s; } } }