Can anyone post a regular FAQ?

A lot of people are posting questions that have been answered numerous times
such as re-installing WMP 11, Activation Issues and only seeing 3GB of RAM
in a 32 bit operating system.
Would it be possible for someone to create a list of frequently asked
questions and also encourage newcomers to search google or some other search
engine to try and solve their problem to see if their is already a recorded
solution to their problem.

I don't know how often this should be posted as a newcomer using Windows
Mail will likely subscribe to the newsgroup via Microsoft Communities and
only see the last 300 messages.

Any thoughts?

Dave

I am actually working one right now.
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"Dave" <> wrote in message
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>A lot of people are posting questions that have been answered numerous
>times such as re-installing WMP 11, Activation Issues and only seeing 3GB
>of RAM in a 32 bit operating system.
> Would it be possible for someone to create a list of frequently asked
> questions and also encourage newcomers to search google or some other
> search engine to try and solve their problem to see if their is already a
> recorded solution to their problem.
>
> I don't know how often this should be posted as a newcomer using Windows
> Mail will likely subscribe to the newsgroup via Microsoft Communities and
> only see the last 300 messages.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Dave

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
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>I am actually working one right now.
> --
> Andre



2 more to add to your FAQ - the 'I accidently deleted the Recycle Bin'
question and 'How to add items to the 'Sendto' menu'.

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Jon

"Dave" <> wrote:

> Would it be possible for someone to create a list of frequently
> asked questions and also encourage newcomers to search google or
> some other search engine to try and solve their problem to see if
> their is already a recorded solution to their problem.

Why? People who don't know how to search a newsgroup won't read the
FAQ.


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"XS11E" <> wrote in message
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> "Dave" <> wrote:
>
>> Would it be possible for someone to create a list of frequently
>> asked questions and also encourage newcomers to search google or
>> some other search engine to try and solve their problem to see if
>> their is already a recorded solution to their problem.
>
> Why? People who don't know how to search a newsgroup won't read the
> FAQ.

Well if they don't we can tell them that their answer is already in the FAQ
or link them to a google results page until they learn

There will be link to it on my Live Space, you can easily reference it.
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Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
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http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Dave" <> wrote in message
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> "XS11E" <> wrote in message
> news:Xns99D172A3932D2xs11eyahoocom@127.0.0.1...
>> "Dave" <> wrote:
>>
>>> Would it be possible for someone to create a list of frequently
>>> asked questions and also encourage newcomers to search google or
>>> some other search engine to try and solve their problem to see if
>>> their is already a recorded solution to their problem.
>>
>> Why? People who don't know how to search a newsgroup won't read the
>> FAQ.
>
> Well if they don't we can tell them that their answer is already in the
> FAQ or link them to a google results page until they learn

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:30:26 +0100, "Dave" <> wrote:

>
>"XS11E" <> wrote in message
>news:Xns99D172A3932D2xs11eyahoocom@127.0.0.1...
>> "Dave" <> wrote:
>>
>>> Would it be possible for someone to create a list of frequently
>>> asked questions and also encourage newcomers to search google or
>>> some other search engine to try and solve their problem to see if
>>> their is already a recorded solution to their problem.
>>
>> Why? People who don't know how to search a newsgroup won't read the
>> FAQ.
>
>Well if they don't we can tell them that their answer is already in the FAQ
>or link them to a google results page until they learn

FAQ's NEVER work they way they are intended no matter how well
written, current or well meaning they are. Will you guys ever LEARN
people don't like to be told what to do. They don't like to be told
they posted to the wrong group. They don't like to be told they didn't
do enough research. They don't like to be told they're dumb and for
sure they don't like to be told to go look at some FAQ.

People post to newsgroups like this BECAUSE they like the interaction.
Not canned answers.

Besides, there are already a bunch of them on the web:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote:

> There will be link to it on my Live Space, you can easily
> reference it.

Good luck with that....

Make sure there's instructions on how to search a newsgroup using
Google Groups and instructions on how we'll kill the first born of
anyone caught using the CDO to post.... ;-)


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"Adam Albright" <> wrote in message
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> Will you guys ever LEARN
> people don't like to be told what to do. They don't like to be told
> they posted to the wrong group. They don't like to be told they didn't
> do enough research. They don't like to be told they're dumb

Ever wonder why they don't like you?

Dave <> wrote:

> A lot of people are posting questions that have been answered numerous
> times such as re-installing WMP 11, Activation Issues and only seeing
3GB
> of RAM in a 32 bit operating system.
> Would it be possible for someone to create a list of frequently asked
> questions and also encourage newcomers to search google or some other
> search engine to try and solve their problem to see if their is
already a
> recorded solution to their problem.
>
> I don't know how often this should be posted as a newcomer using
Windows
> Mail will likely subscribe to the newsgroup via Microsoft Communities
and
> only see the last 300 messages.

At the risk of sounding harsh, I think this is where the "FAQ" in
question can be found:

http://support.microsoft.com/

Charlie42