Thanks a lot...helped me a lot when I was struggling with WHM. The reason i didnt try this username/pass in url is coz it always fails on IE, I just assumed it wouldnt work.
You sir, Are a scholar and a Gentleman! Repped! I had read the part about disabling through javascript, but I thought, Javascript wont be able to access form elements...am an ultra noob who is curious. Thanks again!