In message , Mayayana
writes:
"VanguardLH" wrote

| OP did not show both long (original) and shortened versions of the
| redirection URL. Google does not have a preview option for users to see
| to where a redirection URL points *before* going there. So I used a URL
| lengthener service.

Thank you. I didn't know such things existed. I

Nor did I.

usually just ignore these halfwit posts with obscured
links and no explanation. If someone doesn't have

You mean like this (-:? http://www.khanya.org.za/peeves.htm

the time to actually ask their question then why
spend time trying to figure it out? I didn't even know
whether he was talking about the webpage or the
topic on the webpage.

And people make opposite assumptions; VLH assumed he meant the webpage,
I assumed he meant the topic (going from the thread title).

| https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...virtual-agent/

For me that goes to one of those Microsoft pages where
they block me completely for not allowing script. So then
[]
Q. How much is 2 + 2?

A. Thank you so much for asking your question.
Are you still having this problem? I'll be delighted
to help you. Please restate the problem twice and
include your Windows version along with all error
logs.

Priceless! I think that's going in my quotes file ... (-:

(Though you missed "your question is important to us".)

...Come to think of it, maybe all those MS experts
on their forums were just bots all along. That would
explain the inability of anyone to communicate
with them.

(-:


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