On 28 Nov 2017, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote
in alt.windows7.general:

Do we think this guy (or gal) is a troll, guys and gals?

That much seems clear. Someone who was really looking for help wouldn't
be this intentionally uninformative and uncooperative. Also, anybody
who was truly as obtuse and confused as this person is trying to appear
wouldn't know how to post through aioe. They'd be using Google groups.