# Can anyone recommend a good computer tech help message board? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 29, 2001, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-good-computer-tech-help-message-board/84470 "2001-09-29T07:13:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mann\_Slaughter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Mann\_Slaughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mann_Slaughter)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-good-computer-tech-help-message-board/84470/1 "2001-09-29T07:13:48Z")
I used to frequent [3dfiles.com](http://3dfiles.com) for rapid replies to all of my questions about computer problems, but they seem to have removed their bulletin board. Do any of the “teeming millions” here know of a replacement forum for good, fast, and free tech help? ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-good-computer-tech-help-message-board/84470/2 "2001-09-29T08:52:03Z")
[helponthe.net](http://helponthe.net) works well. ---
**Author:** ![Xixox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/13edae/32.png) [@Xixox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xixox)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-good-computer-tech-help-message-board/84470/3 "2001-09-29T09:02:44Z")
[http://www.annoyances.org/](http://www.annoyances.org/) Has lotsa good info on fixing Windows platforms. There are a few good forums to spout your problems & tons of archived info. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-good-computer-tech-help-message-board/84470/4 "2001-09-29T10:22:46Z")
This is more of an IMHO than a GQ, so I’ll move it. bibliophage moderator GQ ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-good-computer-tech-help-message-board/84470/5 "2001-09-29T10:35:34Z")
Your sig is > [@](#): > > ## Mann Slaughter “Let’s DO this!” > > He has the capacity to veer with every wind, or, > stubbornly, to insert himself into some fantastically > elaborated and irrational social institution only to > perish with it. [For Man is a] fickle, erratic, danger- > ous creature [whose] restless mind would try all > paths, all horrors, all betrayals… believe all things > and believe nothing… kill for shadowy ideas more > ferociously than other creatures kill for food, then, > in a generation or less, forget what bloody dream > had so oppressed him. > -Loren Eiseley That’s just too long. To prevent wasting of bandwidth, we limit sigs to about four lines of text. Please shorten yours. bibliophage moderator GQ ---
**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-good-computer-tech-help-message-board/84470/8 "2001-10-05T13:37:48Z")
Try [here](http://www.duxcw.com/dcforum/index.html) Pretty good turnaround time for answers. The guy who runs the board is Larry Byard. A bit of a curmudgen - doesn’t like weird screen names, won’t tolerate cussing, etc., but he knows his stuff.