Index: trunk/kernel/startup.php
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diff -u -r449 -r534
--- trunk/kernel/startup.php	(.../startup.php)	(revision 449)
+++ trunk/kernel/startup.php	(.../startup.php)	(revision 534)
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 /* startup is complete, so now check the mail queue to see if there's anything that needs to be sent*/
 $objEmailQueue->SendMailQeue();
 
-          $ado=GetADODBConnection();
+          $ado=&GetADODBConnection();
           $rs = $ado->Execute("SELECT * FROM ".GetTablePrefix()."Modules WHERE LoadOrder = 0");
           
           $kernel_version = $rs->fields['Version'];