I believe only staff can lock us out of an objection. Nan ----------------- Nan- While that is generally true I think Lynne may have hit on the cause in other cases that I had forgotten to mention...that if one admin gets an objection on their board and acts on the objection by MOVING the post to another board (adminned by a different admin) the objection moves along with the moved message and may show as locked by the other admin. Staff generally goes in and deletes those objections that are still sitting on the moved messages. Joan **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)