Timeline for How does one become a top contributor and solves computer problems independenly?
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| Feb 12, 2013 at 18:30 | comment | added | Kruug |
@user22105 you may not know about netsh wlan show driver, but if you know about netsh, then you could type in netsh /? and get a whole documentation on what you can do with netsh.
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| Feb 10, 2013 at 8:34 | vote | accept | user22105 | ||
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| Feb 6, 2013 at 20:51 | comment | added | A.D. | RTFM, Google, Try-out, REPEAT :-) | |
| Feb 6, 2013 at 6:42 | comment | added | mikebabcock | If you're not good at answering a subset of questions, answer the ones you are good at instead. If you're not good enough to answer any subset, read random answers to find interesting commands and options to learn about the features you didn't know existed. In my experience, those who want to learn end up learning. | |
| Feb 5, 2013 at 19:42 | comment | added | Karan | @ScottChamberlain: I don't completely agree, but well, it's been there for almost 2 years now so guess we can just let it be. | |
| Feb 5, 2013 at 19:38 | comment | added | Scott Chamberlain | @Karan I would argue no, The question has a concise topic "how to start on tackling such problems?" and perhaps you could push for "extended discussion" but I would say that question does not solicit debate, arguments or polling. Don't get me wrong, I think the exact same thing about this question too, but this question also adds on the fact that he is more asking about superuser.com than problem-solving in general. | |
| Feb 5, 2013 at 19:34 | comment | added | Karan | @ScottChamberlain: All right, but still, doesn't the question as stated ("I am not seeking answers to my current problem, but rather where and how to start on tackling such problems") "solicit debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion"? | |
| Feb 5, 2013 at 16:28 | comment | added | Michael Blaustein | One learns by asking questions, like you are doing here. There will always be someone who knows more than you, and there will always be someone who knows less. Ask of the first group, and help the second. The second group will consider you a superuser if you help them once. | |
| Feb 5, 2013 at 15:28 | comment | added | Shinrai | Speaking as a 10K+ user...I'm completely self-trained. So, there goes that! | |
| Feb 5, 2013 at 7:59 | comment | added | Scott Chamberlain | @Karan I think the line "...become a super user who will be able to contribute answers to others in need?" is what pushes it over the edge to make it a meta question. The other question is how do I solve problems in general where this question is asking about how to get good at solving problems on this site. | |
| Feb 5, 2013 at 4:46 | comment | added | Karan | @TomWijsman: Interesting. Wonder why How do I troubleshoot when I have no clue where to start? wasn't moved to meta, just like this one was? | |
| Feb 5, 2013 at 1:05 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSuper_User/status/298598065022050304 | ||
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| Feb 4, 2013 at 21:39 | comment | added | Tamara Wijsman | Must read: blog.superuser.com/2011/04/07/solving-problems | |
| Feb 4, 2013 at 21:32 | answer | added | allquixotic | timeline score: 6 | |
| Feb 4, 2013 at 9:33 | answer | added | Hanno Fietz | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 4, 2013 at 2:25 | history | edited | user22105 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 3, 2013 at 23:31 | answer | added | Walter Mitty | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 21:35 | history | edited | cpast |
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| Feb 3, 2013 at 14:01 | comment | added | slhck Mod | I used to try answering every question I could possibly answer, for example by doing the research the OP had missed to do. Often—unfortunately?—answering questions just boils down to knowing how to use a web search. At some point you run into a dead end though, because simply researching things from online resources only gets you this far. You will have to try for yourself. | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 13:09 | answer | added | Oliver SalzburgMod | timeline score: 18 | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 9:07 | history | migrated | from superuser.com (revisions) | ||
| Feb 3, 2013 at 8:55 | comment | added | Zoredache | Go to school, get a Technology related degree. | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 7:45 | answer | added | Journeyman GeekMod | timeline score: 34 | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 7:31 | comment | added | Scott Chamberlain | You want the real answer on how superusers do their magic, it is by doing this | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 7:25 | answer | added | Scott Chamberlain | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 6:19 | answer | added | Marcus Chan | timeline score: 7 | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 6:17 | answer | added | Louis Waweru | timeline score: 12 | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 6:16 | comment | added | user22105 | @cpast the internet and superuser.com made it much more convenient to search for common computer problems. I guess I'm asking what if I have a problem that not many people have encountered (say its solution is not yet available on google). I could in theory make a thread on this site and hope someone else have an answer. But what if I want to be that person who can figure out the solution? what do I need to be able to solve that problem independently? | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 6:13 | comment | added | cpast | And there is no manual to Windows (or anything of similar complexity). There are official help pages that cover a lot of stuff, and help functions for some command line functions, but no full, complete manual. No one can fully understand everything in Windows, and no book could ever contain it. | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 6:11 | comment | added | cpast | What do you mean, "solve problems on your own"? When I think of that, I include searching for other people with the same problem as part of solving it myself (searching, as opposed to actually asking). Are you asking how to do that, or how anyone learns this in the first place? Because they have different answers. | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 6:10 | answer | added | wuodland | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 6:06 | comment | added | user22105 | @MarkAllen I understand, but experience will not lead you to type in netsh wlan show driver if you did not know it existed in the first place, I think I'm asking if there's some kind of a manual for windows that people can go to or how people become that proficient (as the writer of that article) in understanding Windows, its hardware to that capacity | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 6:05 | comment | added | Mark Allen | Mostly it's experience and curiosity. Play with your computer. | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 6:04 | answer | added | Brandon | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 3, 2013 at 6:00 | history | asked | user22105 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |