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As I'm sure many of you that are in the PC support field like to use other information resources when you research a problem, I would also like to broaden my knowledgebase of discussion forums. The Windrivers forum is my primary source when I have a problem, but are there any other BIG TRAFFIC forums that you frequent in addition to this one? Let's hear 'em?
lots of my google searches land on answers in tek-tips.com forums. seems pretty high traffic. seems like it has lots of good specific error message q & a.
The two really big ones that I know of are <a href="http://www.dslreports.com/forums" target="_blank">www.dslreports.com/forums</a> - over 9000 posts a day
and
The Ars Technica Open Forums: <a href="http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=cfrm&s=50009562" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=cfrm&s=50009562</a>
Don't forget about Newsgroups. Microsoft newsgroup (even public) is good to have handy although my Windrivers peers are quicker and offer suggestions even if they don't have an "exact" answer. MS MVPs tend to leave a subject blank if not absolute-still a good thing to keep handy though, lot of good experienced esp. software(obviously MS software) people in the NGs.
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/directory/content.asp?ID=FH;EN-US;news&FR=0&SD=TECH&LN=EN-US&" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/directory/content.asp?ID=FH;EN-US;news&FR=0&SD=TECH&LN= EN-US&</a>
Other Forums? There are other forums???? :D LOL
Check my sig.
LOL Being a lowly high school student, I don't need much info... usually. I'm here because it's fun, y'all are real great, it's even great to be able to help someone out once in a while.
Other forums? Not a chance...
I'm regular to IXBT hardware forums ( <a href="http://forum.ixbt.com" target="_blank">http://forum.ixbt.com</a> ) .It is the biggest Russian tech support site - more than 400 visitors per every 7 minutes! Notice also number of topics/posts...
You can post Your question in English and get fast responce also in English - many of Russian-speaking techies (including me ;) ) knows English well enough. I've seen quite a few techies from Canada,Israel,Germany,USA,even Japan posting here (many of them are Russian-speaking,though).
If You didn't find solution on Windrivers (rare thing, I believe ;) ),I can translate and post Your question at those forums. ;)
Just a couple of Greek ones. Non PC-related.
WinDrivers is the best. The moderators/owners maintain the board perfectly and the readers/posters are 99.999% helpful, insightful, and mature.
I read the boards on ls1 and ls1tech.com, the Wall Street Journal, NWfusion.com, and a few others. Without slamming other boards, WinDrives is the best.