This Place Changed Much?

[ChuckFickens]

So is this place still full of trolls, or is it worth giving time to answer questions from genuine people?

[anneasquith]

chris........deff updated pictures required.

[Hypognosis]

Seems like only a few months since I last saw (fawn, fawn) possibly the best (smarm, smarm), avatar on AB*. :-D

In reply to a comment above not aimed at any specific targets I would also just like to disavow 'vying' for anything in Tech section. I only contribute if a thread has gone unanswered and I think I have something relevant to say or I want to bump a thread so I can learn something. If I say something wrong or unhelpful then by all means address it at me and correct me. Just don't lump me in with the catch-all "some people just [disparaging remark]" because I might think I fit the 'bad advice' category.

[Hypognosis]

* Actually, there are a bunch of great avatars on here. So much so, it's impossible to choose.

[Buenchico]

Hypognosis:
Don't worry. It's easy to become an 'expert' in AB's Technology section. You simply have to pick the most appropriate looking answer from the following list:

1. Turn it off and turn it on again ;

2 Uninstall it, reboot and reinstall it ;

3. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware ;

4. Download the manual and actually read it ;

5. Reinstall the driver ;

6. Try a different browser ;

7. Right-click on it and do the bleedin' obvious.

With that list memorised you'll instantly become an 'expert'!

[Hypognosis]

LOL, that does, however, encapsulate a lot of the advice I've seen dished out and the OP says "thanks, that worked".

fwiw, I am guilty of being prejudiced against buying a Win8.x device - it was bad enough that much of my favourite entertainment software wasn't supported by Win7 - not even in compatability mode (demands specific pre-XP-era 32-bit dlls). Can't preach what I practice, therefore.

[Lie-in King]

Good to see you back Chuck, you've been missed :-)

[agchristie]

Hi chuck,hopefully the trolls are outnumbered lol

[wolf63]

Chris ~ can you label the new baby pictures. You have three boys and a Princess? Have they visited the vet yet to have their 'ops'?

[Peter Pedant]

Chris:

4. Download the manual and actually read it ;

I thought I was the only one to do that .... usually on the jarn but I thinnk Iam going into too much detail

[mccfluff]

oh crap. you're back.

[AB Editor]

:)

[Gromit]

Welcome back.

I doubt it has changed at all. You are much respected by most ABers, so I hope you stay.

[lady-janine]

hi chuck. nice to see you back. handsome as ever I see.

[askyourgran]

Nice to have you back Chuck I still have Chuck the Gnome in my garden Fickens his mate was decapitated by the gardener last year :{ I am genuine if not a little demented now, only the occasional troll trip traps nowaday.

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