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New FAQ Section

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:25 pm
by Ian
I know some of you are getting sick of answering the same questions over and over. Hopefully once the FAQ section gets full of good explanations, we can just cut and paste links instead of typing the same thing over and over and over....

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:25 pm
by draca
It seems that even you are tired of repeating yourself. :)

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:27 pm
by night2dayz
Hey! IAn

lol :lol: ! People are not smart as you think! I am seeing that you keep repeating your post (similar messages) many times already. So, you are the person who started and they just the followers. J/K



Cheer
T

:o

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:27 pm
by Ian
YEah but now I can just post a link rather than typing it all out again.

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 1969 11:38 pm
by FuriousGeorge
On another board i've seen an effective solution where the FAQ thread is always locked as the first thread displayed on each relevant section.

This stops a lot of question threads from even appearing in the first place, and is generally faster for the poster asking as well.

Just a suggestion.

New FAQ in the FAQ forum - enabling DMA in WinXP w/ pictures

PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 11:40 pm
by dodecahedron
i just posted a new FAQ in the FAQ forum, instructions on how to enable DMA in Windows XP. :D
How to enable DMA in Windows XP (with pictures)

any comments/suggestions/criticisms welcome... :wink:


eventually i would like to write up such FAQs for other Windows OSs:
95/98/ME/2K/NT?
anyone willing to supply me with JPG screenshots similar to the ones in the XP FAQ, please let me know by PM or email (please do not send pics yet, just contact me to let me know).

PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2002 8:33 am
by S_Colt45
Great stuff there dodecahedron the more the merrier :D
Mabe some stuff on installing and formatting hard drives and cd burners would be great too

Steve

PostPosted: Thu Jan 23, 2003 5:06 pm
by dodecahedron

PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 1:24 pm
by dodecahedron
news news news !!!

1. new FAQ up! :D

How to enable DMA in Windows 2000 (with pictures)

2. a new version of the XP FAQ

How to enable DMA in Windows XP (with pictures) (version 2)

very small changes compared with the original version
How to enable DMA in Windows XP (with pictures)
small addition at step 4, and replcement of jpeg images with png ones. smaller size and better image quality IMO.

anyone care to comment?

cfitz - your'e my man!
i'm expecting your commentary/criticism.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 2:29 pm
by cfitz
First of all, nice job and thanks. Your work on the FAQs is appreciated. Also, the png is a good replacement - both clearer and smaller.

My one suggestion for something to change would be to simply edit the original thread, replace it with the contents of the new thread, and then delete the new thread. I don't think we need two threads for this, and it would be nice to keep the latest information in the original thread so that any older posts that are linked to the original thread will be updated with the new information and better graphics as well.

Also, you might want to put a link at the end of the post to the "Problems enabling DMA in Windows XP" thread or incorporate the contents of that thread into the main "How to enable DMA in Windows XP (with pictures)" thread. (If you do decide to incorporate it, you will still have to leave "Problems enabling DMA in Windows XP" as a separate thread since many posts already reference it.)

By the way, in an effort to help out a little bit, I updated the "Problems enabling DMA in Windows XP" thread with Han's tip on deleting the named value from that funky registry key.

cfitz

PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 2:56 pm
by dodecahedron
cfitz wrote:My one suggestion for something to change would be to simply edit the original thread, replace it with the contents of the new thread, and then delete the new thread. I don't think we need two threads for this, and it would be nice to keep the latest information in the original thread so that any older posts that are linked to the original thread will be updated with the new information and better graphics as well.

both threads existing simulataneously - this is temporary, only while i'm awaiting on feedback, someone might want to compare (i hope you have). then of course i'm going to do exactly what you said.

cfitz wrote:Also, you might want to put a link at the end of the post to the "Problems enabling DMA in Windows XP" thread or incorporate the contents of that thread into the main "How to enable DMA in Windows XP (with pictures)" thread. (If you do decide to incorporate it, you will still have to leave "Problems enabling DMA in Windows XP" as a separate thread since many posts already reference it.)

good suggestion! :) i will.

cfitz wrote:By the way, in an effort to help out a little bit, I updated the "Problems enabling DMA in Windows XP" thread with Han's tip on deleting the named value from that funky registry key.

yes saw that, thanks.
i was going to do it myself...stealing my thunder again, huh? :wink:

PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 3:11 pm
by dodecahedron
dodecahedron wrote:
cfitz wrote:Also, you might want to put a link at the end of the post to the "Problems enabling DMA in Windows XP" thread or incorporate the contents of that thread into the main "How to enable DMA in Windows XP (with pictures)" thread. (If you do decide to incorporate it, you will still have to leave "Problems enabling DMA in Windows XP" as a separate thread since many posts already reference it.)

good suggestion! :) i will.

done! :P

PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 3:33 pm
by BuddhaTB
Excellent Job dodecahedron! :D

You'll be forever referred to as Mr. FAQ :wink:

PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 4:34 pm
by dodecahedron
BuddhaTB wrote:Excellent Job dodecahedron! :D

You'll be forever referred to as Mr. FAQ :wink:

:o :) :wink:
i've been called worse names than that... :wink:

PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 6:53 pm
by MediumRare
dodecahedron wrote:
BuddhaTB wrote:Excellent Job dodecahedron! :D

You'll be forever referred to as Mr. FAQ :wink:

:o :) :wink:
i've been called worse names than that... :wink:


I was just going to suggest that "Mr. FAQ" would be an appropriate title for you, but then noticed your "CD-RW Polygon" (at best a 2-dimensional approximation to a mulitdimensional object/personality). How long have you had that honour?

G

PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2003 10:02 am
by dodecahedron
MediumRare wrote:
dodecahedron wrote:
BuddhaTB wrote:Excellent Job dodecahedron! :D

You'll be forever referred to as Mr. FAQ :wink:

:o :) :wink:
i've been called worse names than that... :wink:


I was just going to suggest that "Mr. FAQ" would be an appropriate title for you, but then noticed your "CD-RW Polygon" (at best a 2-dimensional approximation to a mulitdimensional object/personality). How long have you had that honour?

G


WOW !!!

i hadn't noticed this until reading your post just now!!! :P :P :P :P :P :P
cool ! :D :D :D :D :D

in the topic Forum Ranks in the FAQ forum i made this comment:

dodecahedron wrote:LOL :lol: maybe i should ask to be a CD-RW Polygon :D :D :P


i was a joke really...but i'm pleased!

hey Socheat, when did this happen???

PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:18 am
by Bhairav
New FAQ up!
Optical Media FAQ, a rip from my guide at the [H]ardForums.