This should cover most of the common excuses...

1: people are lazy (the reason I got into scripting)

2: people think their problems are difficult (they couldn't figure it out themselves, after all)

3: they think their problems are unique and have never been asked and/or solved before

4: they are looking for someone to write, test, and deliver a script for them

5: the search link is relatively small and may be overlooked... I missed the today's active topics link for about a year.

6. they are way out of their league and have no idea what they are supposed to do... How many new Admins have ever written a batch file or are afraid of the registry? (pt 2, How many know Roy G Biv or know the difference between extended and expanded memory)
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