"+Bob+" wrote in message
news

MS has not created one. Consequently, this has become the default
group.


Err no it's not....

"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote in message
...


Ken, traditionally, the alt windows newsgroups have always seen way more
'noise' than you could ever imagine seeing in Vista general

Actually there's very little noise so far...

Leroy wrote:
.... "from conventional newsgroups to forums for better
support. "


Now there's a contradiction. Web-based forums have got to be about the
most inefficient, cumbersome way there is to communicate, other than
smoke signals.


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"Bill" wrote in message
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"gush@cox,net" wrote in message
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Hi

As my daughters said "You would like the movie Dumber & Dumber".
Think they might be right as I can see no Windows 7 news groups.

Can someone please show me the way?

Keep smiling

Uncle Gus
86 going on 16


Regrettably Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest ruined this newsgroup, so one can
understand the decision if not agree.

Yup. It was Alias.

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:47:46 -0500, "Mike Hall - MVP"
wrote:


"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:07:37 -0700, "gush@cox,net"
wrote:

Hi

As my daughters said "You would like the movie Dumber & Dumber".
Think they might be right as I can see no Windows 7 news groups.

Can someone please show me the way?


Unfortunately it's highly unlikely that there will be any Microsoft
Windows 7 newsgroups. Apparently Microsoft has decided that web-based
forums are better than newsgroups and they are putting their efforts
there. I'm personally sorry that's the case, but it's their decision,
not mine.

However there is at least one non-Microsoft Windows 7 newsgroup:
alt-windows7.general. Not all servers carry it (at least not yet), but
here's one free news server that does: aioe.org

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Ken, traditionally, the alt windows newsgroups have always seen way more
'noise' than you could ever imagine seeing in Vista general


Although what you say is true, I was simply answering his question. If
he wants to try alt-windows7.general, it's his choice as to whether
there's too much noise for him.

And I'll also mention that I participate in alt-windows7.general, and
at least so far, there's much less noise than in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Robbie:
After you install the NNTP bridge and get it working, how do you bring
the forums into Windows Live Mail? I tried creating a Newsgroup "Microsoft
Forums" but that didn't work.
--
Bob Allendoerfer


"Robbie" wrote in message
...
Hey Uncle Gus Microsoft isn't going to create a newsgroup...they have them
all on forums. they have a bridge that will bring them into Windows Mail.
then after you instal that you sign on to the forums using you Windows
live Id and go to settings and enable the bridge...the only thing I don't
like about it it has to be started each time you want to go into that
group.
Robbie

This is the forum and you have to sign in
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/

This is the forum and you have to sign in... below is the NNtp bridge
download link.

https://connect.microsoft.com/Downlo...&wa=wsignin1.0

"gush@cox,net" wrote in message
...
Hi

As my daughters said "You would like the movie Dumber & Dumber".
Think they might be right as I can see no Windows 7 news groups.

Can someone please show me the way?

Keep smiling

Uncle Gus
86 going on 16

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

Unfortunately it's highly unlikely that there will be any Microsoft
Windows 7 newsgroups. Apparently Microsoft has decided that web-based
forums are better than newsgroups and they are putting their efforts
there. I'm personally sorry that's the case, but it's their decision,
not mine.

I have no objections against a web forum - if it can be alternatively
accessed via NNTP (and a user authentication similar to the web frontend).

Wouldn't be that a nice "showcase" for the SQL division? A lightweight NNTP
implementation should not be so hard to implement...

Robert

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:46:52 +0100, Robert Kochem
wrote:

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

Unfortunately it's highly unlikely that there will be any Microsoft
Windows 7 newsgroups. Apparently Microsoft has decided that web-based
forums are better than newsgroups and they are putting their efforts
there. I'm personally sorry that's the case, but it's their decision,
not mine.

I have no objections against a web forum - if it can be alternatively
accessed via NNTP (and a user authentication similar to the web frontend).


I greatly prefer access via a newsreader, primarily since it's *much*
faster. On the other hand, like you, I don't object to there also
being web-based access, *if* the web-based access works well and *if*
the newsreader access works well. There does exist an nntp bridge,
providing newsreader access to the Windows 7 forums, but so far it
works very poorly. I use it, because it's my only choice short of
spending much more time in the web-based forums than I'm willing to,
but I'm hoping for and looking forward to the nntp bridge being fixed
well enough to work without major problems.


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Please Reply to the Newsgroup

"Gordon" wrote in message
...


MS has not created one. Consequently, this has become the default
group.




Err no it's not....


Says who?

People will vote with their feet...

--
Jon

"Gordon" wrote in message
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"+Bob+" wrote in message
news

MS has not created one. Consequently, this has become the default
group.


Err no it's not....

Err - What did you say? sigh Umm. Err.

Did I say Err? If not, Err.