When you disable them, it means they cannot be crafted and placed. The change will not affect already placed blocks me thinks. You will just have to ask players politely to remove the anchors they may have.
Yes, thank you. The log doesnt seem to show anything, so backup your saves at '%appdata%/.techniclauncher/tekkit/saves' and then remove the '.techniclauncher' folder. Run the launcher to redownload it, then login to Tekkit.