I've only just realized in the past few days that I should actually check the new threads and see if there is anything I can help with. I basically have only ever used the forums to search for solutions or things to tweak on my computers. So I'm kind of on the other side from most of the posters here.

As for starting new threads, I generally do it as a last resort. But I have started a few. I always feel dumb if a later search turns up a solution or if someone posts telling me a link to another thread that has a solution.