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I joined because I needed desperate help as I had succesfully deleted the administrator account on my XP box leaving only a guest account. I stuck around because Neowin was the only site to produce a solution and then I discovered the SD&A forum. It took me a while to realize that BPN is where I would grow and even longer to discover that we had a front page where I could be most useful :p

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Hi guys, Im a newbie. Nice to join this forum.

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I used to be on IRC a lot when I decided to "test" XP a couple of months before it was released. I HATED the themes from the start and few people in one of my favorite channels mentioned Neowin for XP news and the customization forums. It took me a few months to actually register and a couple of YEARS to actually post.

I was a big time lurker - and I seem to have reverted back to being one again lately. :/

I found Neowin years ago through a random Google search for GOOD technology news.

I know Neowin is not professional (by definition). But it is a true, to the point, website that gives up-to-the-date news on technology without trying to be better than everyone else.

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