3.8.1 Missing tabs and modifying create.html

Hi All(first time mailer, please be gentle :-])

Ive upgraded a test box from 3.6.5 to 3.8.1 (running a
relatively old kernel for fedora core
-�2.6.26.8-57.fc8)�and have hit an odd problem with the
menu tabs for Preferences.�All other tabs appear
correctly.
/User/Prefs.html has

<& /Elements/Header, Title=>loc(“Preferences”) &>
<& /User/Elements/Tabs,
�� �current_tab => ‘User/Prefs.html’,
�� �Title=>loc(“Preferences”) &>

the tabs file exists yet is being ignored - this isnt a
local version of the Prefs file.
Take another eg Tools

<& /Elements/Header, Title => loc(“Tools”) &>
<& Elements/Tabs,
�� �current_tab => “Tools/index.html”,
�� �Title => loc(“Tools”) &>

and all is well

the only difference is the line after these

<& /Elements/ListMenu, items => $tabs &>

Prefs is different

<& /Elements/ListActions, actions => @results &>

but Im sure this is a red herring

Im logged in as an RT Administrator so Im fairly sure its
not a permissions thing and I can modify the path to cause
the system to barf if it cant find the tabs file. It just
seems to ignore it.

My second question is more of a development one regarding
Create.html, specifiaclly in Self Service.
In order to get the same name everytime through the self
service interface I want to modify the requestor field so
it doesnt allow change (e.g. is no longer an INPUT box).
This way the user is locked and always
$session{CurrentUser}->EmailAddress.

This is the snip of code Im trying to replace in
SelfService/Create.html

<&|/l&>Requestors: <& /Elements/EmailInput, Name => 'Requestors', Size => '20', Default => $session{CurrentUser}->EmailAddress &>

Closest I ve got is to turn both it and the cc field into
unchangable text, but I cant seem to get just the
requestor field.
Was hoping there was an easy way to do this, preferably
without having to drastically modify Create and
EmailInput.

Like I said any thoughts gratefully received

Regards

garry

Dr Garry Booth
IT Services
Loughborough University