laypersons info please

:confused i keep coming back and i know you got what i need but darn it i cannot figure out HOW TO USE THIS MACHINE! what are threads? posts? tags? and how do i go about finding the info i need. please PLEASE PLEASE i await your much sought after reply so i can get on with my questions here. thank you. i dont even know how i will find your answer once i submit this....

 

Have you read this forum guide yet? (Just click on the underlined words, it will open the guide in a new window.)

 

so a thread is a request and to answer it is to post? and a tag is a sort of headliner. i am still sort of confused but the thing i am searching for is how to make my pc run faster, smoother, etc. it seems to lag a lot. i recently purchased a registry cleaner and did not notice a single improvement - in fact it seemed even slower! i got a refund. i use avira and advanced system care free and 10bit security and seldom have any serious malware that i am aware of. what section do i search in for above solutions please? i am using xp and a 2003 dell tower. thanks for encouragement. k

 

You need to start in the software forum. They may refer you to the hardware forum, especially if your hardware is a bit lacking, but start in the software forum.

 

Wait, whats this "Check Mark" you speak of? I've never noticed this and can't find it now

 

Good point, Nedlamar.
Just checked my own threads. Nada, zip, nil.

 

I think it is each thread that you are currently subscribed to. There is a check mark on each thread I am, but it may depend how you are set up in your User CP.

 

Ahhh I see, so Tim's explination ....just... sucks :-D

Nice one Tim

:-D

 

Not really. The forum automatically subscribes you to any thread that you start.

 

i do not know what you mean by this - the forum automatically subscribes you to any thread that you start.....

 

i see, a troublemaker.

 

It's pretty simple. If you start a thread rather than just replying to it (as you started this one), the default setting for the forum software is to subscribe you to it. Which means you should receive an email notification (I think that's how it works...I immediately changed my default upon joining) when someone replies to it.

Have you been to the Welcome Center yet? There are several threads there that help explain forums in general and this one in particular. Lots of good information to be had!

 

what?

 

AND JUST THINK....... I THOUGHT I WAS CONFUSED BEFORE.rolleyes

 

thank you sgt. For not teasing me

 

It can be overwhelming at first, but it starts to make sense a bit at a time.

 

yes you are indeed.

 

Here this might help you a little better


From the Forum Homepage..Click on User CP.

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/2623/usercp.png



Clicking on User CP will allow you to view all the threads that you've been subscribed to (either threads you've started or replied to)


http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2297/subscribed.png



Clicking on View All will show you every thread you are subscribed to.


http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/585/viewall.png



See, these all the all the threads I am subscribed to.


http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/7231/showall.png

 

That is an awesome forum tutorial, dyamond. Thumbs up for that one!

 

You nailed it dyamond!

EVEN I could follow that!

 

WooHoo! Dyamond is/was subscribed to my fred :-D

Nice tutorial there

@KM4243... No one was teasing you, I assure you, if there's one place on the net that does not tease people about lack of understanding, it's this place.... I was teasing Tim because I like to buck authority :-D