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>I think there is a valid place for URL links to help- pages in these posts.
>
> However, some of the time, it looks very like laziness that's going on,
> rather than to be concise.
>
> I don't see why, when replying a query, people can't just answer the
> question themselves.
>
> Perhaps it might make people feel more responsible for their advice than
> just posting a URL of another's work.
>
> Not criticizing another's original works, but one may not realize that
> advice was not relevant to a question, having not written it one's self.
>
> ==
>
> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
While I see what you're getting at within the context of the current thread,
I do not agree with you on this occasion. I find that there is a vast amount
of information available on how to trouble-shoot Windows problems and it is
simply not feasible to test every recipe quoted in some link, especially
when it is as authoritative and well-written as this one. Quite often the
quoted article is correct and allows the poster to fix his problem. I feel
that Gerry gave an excellent answer that was highly relevant. It is not is
fault that the article he quoted is superficial and I would not have
expected him to perform the same test as I did. It takes courage and
perseverance to deliberately wreck, then repair one's own machine!