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Terms of Service (TOS) and Rules, revised 14 Sep 2009

While registration to Ask Me Help Desk is free, we do require that you agree to the following Terms of Service ("TOS"), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. The last revised date is shown above, after the title.

Ask Me Help Desk is a service (the "Service"). The term "Ask Me Help Desk" (the "Site") includes the site as well as it's owners, administrators and moderators.

I. Posting Rules

Ask Me Help Desk insists that members abide by the rules and policies detailed below:
  1. Post only questions or answers to questions. Miscellaneous statements and general conversations belong in the Member Discussions board.
  2. Use the best English you are capable of. "Chat speak", all caps, lack of punctuation, etc. can be annoying, and will frequently result in the post being either unanswered or removed.
  3. Use a meaningful, specific title for your question.
  4. Do not disparage any member publicly on the forums. If you state that you disagree with the answer of another member, please explain why politely.
  5. Do not post any comments that are obscene, vulgar, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.
  6. Do not post content that is significantly equivalent to content found elsewhere on the internet if it can be linked to.
  7. Do not post copyrighted content unless you are the copyright owner.
  8. Do not misrepresent yourself.
  9. Do not use multiple usernames.
  10. Do not advertise or spam. You are welcome to include information and links in your signature to a reasonable extent, but do not refer or link to your products or services in the body of posts.
  11. Do not quote a previous post unless your post would be confusing otherwise.
  12. Do not solicit contacts outside of the public portion of this website.  That is, do not suggest that people contact you via email, private message or any other means outside of the public portion of this website.

Any communication or material you post or transmit to the Site is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. You assume full responsibility for anything you post or transmit, and you grant Ask Me Help Desk and its affiliates the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute any information or content you post or transmit for any purpose. This means you should presume that information and opinions you post on this website are public and permanant .

II. Representations, and Warranties and Responsibilities

  1. Members alone are responsible for the content they post.
  2. All posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author alone, and not Ask Me Help Desk.
  3. Ask Me Help Desk does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any content (advice, opinion, statement, or other information displayed, uploaded, or distributed through the Site) by any user, information provider or any other person or entity, so may not be held liable for any such Content.
  4. Information obtained on this site may or may not be accurate. You alone are responsible for any action or inaction you take in your life based on information obtained on this site.
  5. Members are offering their view and/or opinion only. In their giving of their view or opinion, they do not in any way imply or state a relationship of any kind. Neither AskMeHelpDesk nor it's Members may be held responsible for any consequence to any action or lack of action you take after reading any material posted to this site.
  6. While Ask Me Help Desk may monitor and control some content on the Site, it is not obligated to do so.

III. Miscellaneous

  1. Members are responsible to review these Terms of Service periodically, as they are updated from time to time without notice.
  2. All Members are volunteers. While there are some opportunities to receive monetary rewards for activity on the Site, these rewards are not given by Ask Me Help Desk. There is no offer of employment, partnership or any other business agreement with Ask Me Help Desk nor is there any promise of any such reward.
  3. Ask Me Help Desk reserves the right to remove, edit, move or close any question, as well as limit or prohibit a members activity, for any reason.

Your Member Profile: Personalizing how the site works for you

Here at Ask Me Help Desk, you can customize what you see and how things work

The basic features and functions are already set for you, however you can customize a variety of options to control what you see and how the site works for you based on your own preferences.

The features described in this section are accessible via your My Profile page (see the link at the top and bottom of any page). 

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All Members are volunteers. While there are some opportunities to receive monetary rewards for activity on the Site, these rewards are not given by Ask Me Help Desk. There is no offer of employment, partnership or any other business agreement with Ask Me Help Desk nor is there any promise of any such reward.

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