Sorry. I'm new here and I don't get the reason or rhyme behind such a thread when most of the answers can be bloody Googled! Psheesh!
the first goal of this thread when it was created was to avoid the creation of new AND redundant threads; i suppose it's the lesser of 2 evils. better to have 1 "questions here" thread than a couple pages worth of redundant threads.
and secondly, there ARE questions that tend to be too specific for Mr. Google to answer conveniently. after all, this thread was created to be of help to new members.
i cannot stress enough that before this thread was created, question threads created by new members were crucified with the "USE GOOGLE, YOU NOOB!" card.
i suppose this thread somehow keeps some of the peace around here.