no probs, if you can see a logout button, then you can use this code :
Response.Write "You are logged in as " & ChkString(strDBNTUserName, "display")
and for the PMs :
if pmcount > 0 then Response.Write " (<font color=""" & strActiveLinkColor & """><b>" & pmcount & " New</b></font>)"
Does that help ? Seeing thru the code to see the HTML is sometimes the thing that takes time to learn, but you can do it 