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Dec 5^th, 2006 at 10:33am

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When Giving Out Advice on tweaking and hardware issues......

When giving out advice on tweaks and or advice on things to perform on your system, please be aware that you better know what you are talking about.

Many of the tweaks and system processes for gaining performance are crucial adjustments and can
harm or destroy your machine if you do not know what you are doing or what you are advising to others! Please act responsibly!

We are noticing allot of people giving out very critical processes who don't have the experience or knowledge about what they are advising, they have only done the process. Just because it worked for you, does not mean that it will work for everybody. Shutting down things and or making adjustments to your registry, system processes, etc.., may open up a can a worms for you and your PC if they are not done precisely as instructed and by somebody with the credit to back it.

Also, please make sure the person telling you what to do is knowledgeable in what they are saying and can take you through the entire process as you may end up with a PC that will not boot up the next time you try to. There are some very informative things posted by some very reputable people who know what they are doing. Some of you are copying these processes and telling newer members to "just do this" without any knowledge of how, why or what will happen if not done correctly!

We are seeing a number of posts with people just telling others what to do and do not know the impact it may have on some-body's PC. Some of these machines may be used by a family and by doing some of these tweaks, you have just compromised the system and or done something that is now not irreparable. I myself have received 3 emails concerning this very thing.

Simviation will not be held liable for adjustments and or damage done to any machine because of advice and or processes made to one's machine.

We appreciate your willingness to help others, as that is what this site is based on. What we are saying is if you are giving out critical advice to perform one's machine, you better know what you are talking about.

Thank you for your cooperation.

« Last Edit: Jan 2^nd, 2008 at 11:43am by Fly2e »

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Reply #1 - Jan 2^nd, 2008 at 11:47am

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Apparently people are trying things that are posted in the forums to improve their sim experience. A few are having difficulties with good information for different reasons.

Further, there is the issue of someone reading something elsewhere, trying it and having it work for them and then assuming what they did to their system will work for everyone else and post it.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS ASSUMPTION.

I know everyone wants to share when they find something that works well for them however if you are NOT SURE what you are posting is something that will have a positive effect for anyone who may read and try it… consider not posting it.

And those that read such information proceed with caution because YOU ASSUME THE FULL RESPONSIBILITY for reading and following such advice in a public forum.

BE CAREFUL ABOUT POSTING TECHNICAL INFORMATION UNLESS YOU KNOW FOR A FACT WHAT YOU POST IS OK FOR EVERYONE TO TRY. And if you do post something, be specific about how it may affect others who could potentially change/damage a Windows install.

When a system is being tweaked YOU run the risk of stressing components which would otherwise have never shown to be defective or unable to handle the increased performance. There is NO DIFFERENCE between tweaking a system and running stress benchmark tests. Both can show defective or stressed component issues even if performed correctly. YOU also run the risk of making changes to your system which may be OK for MSFS but will cause serious problems when other software is run.

The site, its owners, staff or ANY of its forum members are no more responsible for the outcome of someone trying tweaks or advice than they are responsible if someone were to download a massive texture fix posted in the files area of this or any other site and have it completely obliterate a MSFS install or have it create other issues in the future.

Just as the USER assumes the responsibility for installing an add-on they also assume the responsibility for reading something in the forums and trying it.

IF YOU ARE NOT SURE OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND DO NOT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO RECOVER IN THE EVENT SOMETHING GOES WRONG... DONT DO IT, AND SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP !!

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