[paul]

I have to aggree with the moderators on this one.
As you will see from one of your above links i was involved with a noob and to be fair to
the bloke in question he new little about computers and i agree with you on one point some of the moderators are too quick to respond with a tongue lashing and then closing the thread. as happened to me and kirk who i was helping, but i soon sorted it all out after several pm's to jester and kirk.
but you must have noticed over xmas that a lot of newbies were posting really stupid questions which to be honest annoyed the hell out of me. and they expect answers at the click of a button and can't be arsed to do a proper search.
most of them have not got a brain cell between them. so i can understand the moderators views on this, though i still think some of there comments are childlike. but on the other hand if you take the time to ask in the correct manner and do everything you can to resolve your issue then they will go the extra mile to help you...

So basically it's upto the newbies to do a little more info hunting before asking for help
And for the moderators(not all of them) to learn to be more understanding as we were all newbies at one time. Remember First impressions count