is there any way that the topic starter could mark a solved topic as solved?
it'd make it easier to see who needs help and who's problem is solved
just an idea This has been discussed many times in the PAST.

As I recall, we never got anywhere with it?I was just thinking that the other day, would be great

I rarely see the mod's doing it these days though anyway.It's been discussed several times in the past.
It's not very often done by staff because it's a lot of work for 11 people. Most of the posters, by statistics alone, won't be back or won't remember to mark their topics solved - if they do, it has to be double checked to make sure it is actually solved. Some topics also don't really have a POINT where you can say it's definitely solved or not. A forum modification could be installed to make this easier, but these can sometimes cause problems.
It's a good idea, but all the discussions in the past have come to the conclusion that it's not a workable idea.You also have the case where suggestions have seemingly resolved the issue and 2 weeks LATER the Topic is active again because the machine is even more wonked than it was originally...
Personally i don't see any advantage to it myself.
Chris tried this in the Virus and Malware section alone...ask him how much work it was...I remember now, the malware section was ONE place we tried it out.
By "we" I mean Chris, once when he'd just been made a moderator (before malware specialists, I BELIEVE) and again, later on, with the malware specialists helping.
By that, you can see that even with a team doing it in just one board, it wasn't workable.
patio's point is also valid - especially in the malware section, where some people tend to get infected over and over again.