Index: user.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/user/user.module,v
retrieving revision 1.703
diff -u -r1.703 user.module
--- user.module	28 Oct 2006 15:13:41 -0000	1.703
+++ user.module	5 Nov 2006 11:06:13 -0000
@@ -577,8 +577,8 @@
 
           // Perform database queries to gather online user lists.
           $anonymous_count = sess_count($time_period);
-          $authenticated_count = sess_count($time_period, false);
           $authenticated_users = db_query('SELECT uid, name, access FROM {users} WHERE access >= %d AND uid != 0 ORDER BY access DESC', time() - $time_period);
+          $authenticated_count = db_num_rows($authenticated_users);
 
 
           // Format the output with proper grammar.