Before someone beats you over the head with the "use the search button" standard reply....

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=38369

On forums its really advisable to ready the stickied information, since most of the important information will be contained there.

The above topic is stickied in the Tips and Tricks section.

More important then searching is browsing the Forum categories and then checking them out for basic information, paying close attention to the stickied topics.. Then if you don't see what you need searching for it via the keyword search will probably lead you to it.