Hi Ben,
Is the issue is happen to every user that want to register into your site, or a user hitting this issue? Honestly, I'm still not sure how to replicate this issue.
Is it possible for you to provide us with the back end and FTP access to your site to check on this issue?
You can add the information needed by edit your first post in the Details section or you can just include your site's access once at
http://stackideas.com/dashboard/site rather than needing to keep adding them in your replies
Where is that "required user activation"?
->This setting is from:
1. Profile types>choose profile type>general>registration type :
https://www.screencast.com/t/33JVJnwu
At some point I saw a way to email you privately with pw and user name but don't see it now, otherwise I would have included it. If you want it, just give me the link to it...
-> You can provide us with your joomla access and FTP by edit your first post in the Details section or you can just include your site's access once at
http://stackideas.com/dashboard/site rather than needing to keep adding them in your replies
Where it only visible to our Stackideas staff