my account reset?

Some of you have built up so much history because you live, eat and breathe here 24/7. over a number of years.

Well, that is not really a bad thing, now is it?

In Noel's case, I have only known of a very few other users, who have done so very much good work in the PS forum, and I go back to the NNTP-only days with that one. Many thousands of new, or frustrated users, have received the help necessary, just from his input. Also, many of use "lost" many thousands of posts, with forum changes, so what you see in a profile, might only be the tip of an iceburg.

Many of us feel compelled to "give back" to the "community"(I know that is a very bad word to some, and openly apologize to them), because we've made good money with the software, and have received a load of help along the way from these very forums.

I cannot speak for Noel, but for me, it's like the pro-bono work that I do for advertising federations, art directors clubs and charities, that help my community. Now, it's a symbiotic relationship, as I usually learn a bunch FROM these forums, while trying to help "pay it forward." Also, some of us are now retired, or winding down our careers, but still want to stay current, and if we can help along the way, life is much better. Heck, I started as a serious hobbyist, then became a respected professional in several disciplines, and am now going back to being a serious hobbyist once again - pretty much full-circle. Plus, I still love solving problems, and this gives me the intellectual outlet to do just that.

No, for me, I say thanks to folk, like Noel.

As for the work that Adobe-Admin does with accounts, there are more success stories, than failures. I cannot say that each success has been 100%, or that the fixes have been permanent, but there are many of them, and this forum should be a good indicator of those. I will admit that the "rogue accounts"should NEVER crop up, but they do, and almost all of them get fixed, and in a pretty timely fashion too.

Hunt