Basic Etiquette for First-Time Posters

Basic Etiquette for First-Time Posters:

1. Please write in plain English, not SMS-speak.
2. Fill out your System Specs (under the Quick Links menu at the top of the page).
3. Provide us with as much up-front information about your problem as possible.
4. Give Reputation to people who help fix your problem (scale icon in the upper-right of the helpful post).
5. If you solve a problem yourself, please post the solution so others can benefit from it.

Welcome to the Seven Forums community!

This is the Signature of BCXtreme

And I think should be Posted for First Posters to Read and Acknowledge

Many Thanks,
Josh

To make filing in your system information easier, download Speccy.

Nahtimu said:

sorry, what is Speccy, what does filing in system information mean?

All the information about your system. If you click on My System Specs in the bottom left of any users post, you will see the details about their set up.

When asking for help with a problem, this makes it easier for others trying to help you to make better suggestions for a solution your issues.
As they can see what hardware you are running.
Rather then spend alot of time figuring it out, and then attempting to solve the problem, we can get started helping much more quickly.

Speccy is for those who are unsure what hardware their PC has, and will help you find this information.

Click your User name to go to your profile, then the system spec tab.
From there, you can edit (fill in) the specs you get from Speccy.

Nahtimu said:

Thanks Wishmaster, I wasn't aware of that... ah ok, I don't need Speccy; I just updated my system specs.. cool. Good idea!
(just the wording of carltr6 confused me)

Sorry about that. Most of the time I confuse myself.

Another hint to add to the previous excellent suggestions:

If someone recommends three things to try in order to solve your problem, try all three. (Unless the first one you try fixes the problem, obviously.) Don't post back and say "I tried "C" and it didn't work", as the likely response will be "What about "A" and "B"?"

It will save you time and aggravation in the long run if you are methodical in trying to fix your problem. It will also make other people much more likely to help you if they know that their suggestions are being taken seriously. Few people will be willing to make more recommendations if they feel that their previous ones were ignored. :)