Problem With People Regestering

A friend of mine tried to register and he got this
> Board Message

Sorry, an error occurred. If you are unsure on how to use a feature, or don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help files for more information.
The error returned was:

Sorry, you are not permitted to use this board

 

doesnt that mean hes banned?
try using www.solidwebproxy.com and registerring through that

 

Im sure he got banned because he didnot know of this site till I told him today.

 

How do you get banned then?

 

lol,oops Im sure he did NOT get banned lol