Yep, that's what it was. I used the INSTALL.PHP tool and then aborted it when it asked about creating new forums... (already had that happen two years ago and it cost me 30 hours of effort).
So it DID overwrite my confi.inc.php file and left out ALL of the cutomized settings.
I just went though it line-by-line comparing it to my previous one, and VOLA!!! Everthing is now back in place...
Thanks for the tip... after spending 14 hours on the move yesterday, I was too rummy to figure out where these settings were kept...
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--BIll B