>But that's the thing. If you're on the UT no matter what kind of help you give you end-up on MS's black list

Well, probably not. But I don't know if anyone from MS has been evaluating the UT participation lately or not, but they should be. I originally got my MVP nomination (by Ken Levy) solely from my participation here on the UT, because I had only barely gone to the other forum sites at the time (2003).

~~Bonnie