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Submissions consisting of the following are considered incomplete and will be removed:
1. Title with empty body
2. Title with only a link in the body
3. Title with the title copied into the body
4. Title with lack of information in the body (See our post on how to describe a technical problem)
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Posts not containing a tech support issue will be removed. Off topic comments will be removed.
Please stick to the issue being addressed in the post. Use common sense.
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