Dunno what your specific problems are, but there are newsgroups dedicated to certain operating systems (i.e., Windows) and some applications; Mozilla.org maintains private groups for Thunderbird and Firefox, for example. Microsoft also maintains lots of newsgroups, which actually have people in them ("champions") who give good advice.
Have you looked through the comp.* hierarchy? There should be a ton of stuff there.
You might try posting here, us OT in the subject line. Also, you might want to limit a post to one or two questions. I doubt you'd get a very positive response if you had a laundry list of questions.
Also, perhaps first, try Googling for help. There are several sites that offer assistance.
There are lots of computer related forums such as:
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I know first hand that the folks at geekstogo will have you run diagnostics and send them the logs. In response they'll post scripts for you to run before re-running the diags and reposting the logs. You go back and forth until the problems are solved.
You basically get adopted by one person who works with you until your issues are solved.
They've helped me solve issues with more than one machine in the past.
Higgs Boson wrote in news:37aa1530-fc6e-48dc-970b- snipped-for-privacy@z26g2000prf.googlegroups.com:
You're not saying what problems you have. If they are windows and software related (not a broken HD), I'd suggest to clear out clearable stuff. Use ATF-Cleaner, and select what you need cleared. I use ALL, except cookies and passwords. Can easily clear GB amounts
I was struggling to recall the name and couldn't motivate myself to go and search, but yes, that one certainly used to be very good for PC/ Windows problems (but far less so for other hardware or OS combinations). Maybe it still has healthy levels of contributors...
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