Folks, why don't you switch to vBulletin ? It would take you maximum a day or so to import the actual database into a vBulletin forum, actually the best forum invented so far. Much nicer as design, functions, and the list could go on. This phpbb is pissing me off and you have big troubles with your database.

I have a 100% nulled and stable release of vBulletin 3.6.5 , it would be great.

[lifehacker]

We are currently working on the database issue. The problem is that with all the changes that have been made to our phpBB, migrating to vb would be extremly difficult.

it should be easy. in fact, you just need to move the database. vbulletin is extremely easy to be re-designed and there are TONS ! of usefull hacks on vbulletin.org

consider vBulletin please...

what abbout wbb?
much easyer as vbullitin and phpBB!

and not only TONNS... it has TONNS of HACKSIDES who work with! ^^

EDIT; and there are TONNS of database convert tools available

dude , vBulletin is the best forum software ever made

You mean the "unable to connect to db" messages / white page? I'd say that's more to do with PPCW's SQL server getting overloaded with connections than the forum software. Time for a new server maybe.

Or switch to lighttpd... much less resources used on the backend.

That said... vB is nice, phpbb search sucks (but I love phpbb for its openness ). Glad to see you installed a search mod which narrows things down a little, it was a nightmare looking for older releases using the default phpbb search!