The URL still like that? Don't forget to revert the changes on line 85 of functions.php then...
To remove the star
open your profile.php, on line 93
PHP Code:
$userdisp = "<img src='templates/icons/star.gif'> ".$usersname."";
go ahead and comment that out
PHP Code:
// $userdisp = "<img src='templates/icons/star.gif'> ".$usersname."";