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introducing myself: a retired engineer with one goal, to understand my own computer better

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  1. Idris
    @idris.sorensen

    so annoyed rn hello! intrdoucing myself: a retired engineer, living in a small coastal town... im here mostly to understand my own computer better, and to stop feeling lost every time something on my computer breaks... im also happy to chat about anything off topic. looking forward to being part of this community... im the kinda person who reads teh manaul after breaking something, so pls be patient with me, i promise to post follow-ups when things get fixed.

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  2. Dev V.
    @dev.vance

    oh ive been there lol welcome! lmao If u wanna stop calling my nephew for help, start with a small project and learn as u go. Doing beats reading ten guieds.

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  4. Luca Holm
    @lucah273
    in reply to @tomasl497

    welcmoe! best tip for beignners: when you ask for help, include what u were doing, the exact error message and what u already tried... youll get faster, better answers.

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  5. Ruben
    @ruben.kowalski96

    oof hello and welcome! :) dont be afraid of basic questions... most of us started by breaking something and asking someone how to fix it.

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  6. Dario Jensen
    @patchsage

    have u checked your engineer settings? mine were reset after an update. ok this thread just saved my weekend worked for me anyway 馃し

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  8. Sami P.
    @bytebench

    honestly just reset teh settings and save yourself teh pain. following, having the same problem

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  9. Sami P.
    @bytebench

    exact same thing happened to my old thinkpad last month

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  10. Liv
    @livd122

    help!! spent 3 hours on retired and im still not done. any update on this? any ideas??

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  11. Tomas Lund
    @tomasl497

    welcome! A screenshot is worth a thousand words here... press Win + Shift + S on Windows to grab part of the screen.

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  12. Luca Holm
    @lucah273

    oh ive been there lol try turning off the extension first, fixed it for me good luck man!

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  13. Lars N.
    @threadtrace-1t1

    ehh respectfully disagree, i tried that and it made computer worse... this, so much this

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  15. Liv
    @livd122
    in reply to @bytebench

    lol same thing happened to me hi and welcome! take a look at the introductions of others too. youll probably find ppl with the same goal to learn with. lmk how it goes

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  16. Liv
    @livd122

    yeahhh welcome from another newbie-turned-regular. the search function here is great, but dont let that stop you from posting. old therads go stale.

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  17. Sami P.
    @bytebench

    ok this thread just saved my weekend. @livd122 what did u end up doing in the end im about to throw this thing out the window lol

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  18. Idris
    @idris.sorensen
    in reply to @livd122

    @livd122 WOWWW thanks for such a warm welcome! I've got my first project picked out already.

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