[Plugin: Cimy User Extra Fields] Default Value & Permissions

So, I must be misunderstanding something, and have two problems with an extra field.

I have a field that I want to never be empty or blank, and have a default value of 4
When a user registers though, I dont want it shown to them – but I do want it to go to a default. Does CIMY not support this? i’m very frustrated. If there is another way to do this, I’d also be happy to do that.

Here’s what the settings in CIMY look like
Name RPGPRIV
Order 6 (not checked)
VALUE 4
LABEL Priv setting/0,1,2,3,4,5
Can be empty is unchecked
can only be modified by admin
Regular expression is /^0|1|2|3|4|5$/
I do not have user profile checked but it shows up in a user’s settings anyhow (….sigh)
No fieldset

Why can I not get a default value in this darn thing?

Second question/problem – if WP has it set to “change by admin only” could I bypass that in a custom php page because I actually want to give permision to alter it in different ways to different users. Any help is appriciated