By registering and participating in the Club VAIO Forums discussions, you agree to the following Code of Conduct. If you do not agree, you must not participate in forum discussions at any time.
This is YOUR community. Most people have a common sense or feel for what is and what is not appropriate in our forums and you generally do a great job of policing yourselves. We do, however, need to have a few set policies for everyone to refer to when the need arises.
- No inappropriate user names. Inappropriate or offensive user names or aliases will be removed.
- Be respectful to all users at all times. Please use etiquette and politeness. Everyone should feel comfortable reading posts and participating in discussions.
- Please avoid spamming. Any member found to be intentionally spamming our community will be banned immediately.
- Additionally, flaming on the forum is not allowed. Most often, a "flame" is simply a statement that is taunting and thus arbitrarily inflammatory. However, this also includes those which are libellous, defamatory, indecent, harmful, harassing, intimidating, threatening, hateful, objectionable, sexually explicit, or offensive in a sexual, racial, cultural, or ethnic context.
- Posts containing personal views on or references to controversial subjects such as politics and religion are not allowed, unless the topic is of obvious business interest. Even then, members must use discretion and keep the discussion confined to the business-related issues.
- Adult Content / Violence / Illegal Activity: messages containing sexually oriented / violent / illegal dialogue, images, content, or links to these things will be deleted. Messages with links to or suggesting illegal activity will also be deleted. Posting or linking to any of these could result in a ban.
- If someone posts a topic you think is inappropriate or you feel is spam, please report it. In the lower right corner of every post you'll see a link entitled "report threaten post". Click the link and you can leave a note saying what you found to be wrong with the specific post. It will be reviewed by the Club VAIO administrator and he'll decide what needs to be done with it, if anything.
- Please strive to communicate with other users as effectively as possible:
- Please try to write your posts in English unless you are participating in a localized general chat forum, where you are permitted to use another language if it is in common use in that forum. We have many users from many different countries who visit our forum and English is the common language of these forums.
- Please do not write posts in uppercase letter only, as it looks as if you are screaming to the people reading your post.
- Please refrain from using "leet" speak or slang.
- Please do not shorten your words to acronyms or abbreviations. It is very difficult to read and understand.
- Remember that this is an international group, so be open and sensitive to cultural differences.
- This forum is being put up so we can be social and talk about one of our favourite things – VAIO! It is not intended to help anyone start up a new business. Any advertisements, solicitations or promotional materials of a commercial nature are prohibited.
- There are no stupid questions. You're not a stupid person simply because you don't know how to do something, or do not have the answer to a question. Everyone was a green user at one stage.
- When requesting help, please include as many details as you can. Include as much information as you know. Try to give information in the title of your post, instead of using a title like "It's broken", use a title that is specific, such as "Unable to get sound to play in Firefox". A clear title will attract more views to your thread, as it gives a clear indication of the content of the post to the people that are willing to help you. Ultimately this will allow you to get more and better quality help.
- Searching the Club VAIO Forum is a quick way to see if someone has had your issue and if it has been answered. In a forum as large and active as this one, there's a good chance your question has been answered before, and you can find the information you want quickly.
- It's always nice to let people that help you know that you appreciate their efforts. It's extra nice if you then share that information with another user that has the same question as you just had. If your question is resolved (which is hopefully always the case), it would be helpful for other users and the people helping you to label which procedure worked for you by quoting or clearly referring to it. Giving feedback as to what procedures worked not only makes the person helping you feel a sense of accomplishment but you will also be helping other users with the same issue find an answer.
- We reserve the right to monitor the forum and delete any postings that do not adhere to these rules, our standard site terms and conditions of Website Use, and our privacy statement. This includes postings that disrupt or interfere with our technical operations.
- Finally, we reserve the right to immediately delete any posting or ban any user at our discretion.
The forum should be a friendly place for everyone to post their questions without fear of hateful or mean replies. Please show a little courtesy, patience, and respect for the other Club VAIO members and guests when you post.
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