Your host should be able to set that cron job to run and clear the table weekly, and most importantly for free.

That tells me you did not upload all the files from the "upload" folder.

On your host side;
1. Verify db name
2. Verify db user name and pw
3. Verify db user has all permissions

In core/includes/config.php...

what is your sites url?

This mod still works with vB 5.6.0

I'm curious to see what i lose when I upgrade.

Greetings from the great white north!