I guess I may he missing something here. Who will be the one to upload or post the profile image, the user or the moderators? Basically I am asking who is supplying the first image? As default image comes from CB template when no image is present, someone must upload a photo or image to override the default no photo image. If you wish the user to upload the image first, then you have to allow uploading and set the read only to no. If you are wanting the moderators to do the first image, then setting the upload to no and read only to yes should work. You might have the moderators group incorrectly set, this may be the reason they cannot make changes. I will test the settings tonight as I am at work now, and give you the results on how it worked.