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Old August 30th, 2005, 01:28 AM
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to add to this as I am trying to save up some good stuff to get it all in one.

However, 1 new thing added today is the ability to specify your Operating System in your profile.

This is then publically shown in all of your posts under "Join Date:". You can see an example of this at the top right of my post.

This I hope will make it more easy for members to assist people more quickly without having to resort to the all too familiar post:

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What OS ?
This field is not a "required" field during registration yet because I do not want to overcomplicate the registration form at this time. It will however be reviewed in the future, as knowing a members operating system when attempting to solve an issue is ofcourse invaluable.
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Old August 30th, 2005, 01:51 AM
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Nice addition Mishy, should do some good for the forum. Just a thought, do you think maybe adding what kinda service pack the OS is using on it as an option as well?
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Old August 30th, 2005, 02:04 AM
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Old August 30th, 2005, 02:29 AM
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That is a very good idea. Are you considering Vercades' suggestion, because I think that would also be a good idea.
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Old August 30th, 2005, 08:26 AM
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Yep I will consider the SP thing - will see what I can do when I get home from work tonight. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Old August 31st, 2005, 12:33 AM
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Maybe it should be mandatory on registering... that would be easier? The amount of times I have looked at profiles to get the OS
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Old August 31st, 2005, 12:46 AM
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I can see a new OS starting as JEDI.

If age is anything to go by then i'm thinking that member do not put the correct info in
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Old September 5th, 2005, 03:04 PM
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Would it be possible to list more than one OS? I'm sure many members have dual (or more) booting machines and would like to list more than one OS.
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Old September 9th, 2005, 12:14 PM
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Pi, I didn't want to overcomplicate things and I couldn't think of a way to introduce the Service pack idea mentioned above here within the confines of vbulletin so that is was as simple for new registrants as possible.

I can think of a good way to do the dual boot solution however. It will however only mean 2 options for dualboots.
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Old September 9th, 2005, 12:23 PM
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I have added an "Additional OS" section in the profile record of each member so that they can specify a secondary OS.

This will not show up in posts because of 2 reasons. Firstly, the majority of posts will pertain to their primary OS. Secondly, because of the limited amount of space for displaying user details I didn't want to make things too crowded.

If someone says they're dualbooting both OSs can be in their profile which achieves the desired goal.
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Old September 9th, 2005, 01:13 PM
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Old September 9th, 2005, 06:24 PM
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Old September 29th, 2005, 09:26 PM
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Was the OS part removed with the upgrade yesterday? I don't see it any more.
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Old September 29th, 2005, 09:34 PM
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Old September 29th, 2005, 09:40 PM
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