Re: Microsoft newsgroups blank ( no messages) ?

[akm]

Bumber, the old format seemed much easier to get to the point.
What is another alternative (other than http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx)
?



On Jun 18, 58 am, "Steve Mc" <stevemc...@dnaglobal.net> wrote:
> "Bruce Hagen" <B...@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> news:hv9820$l8$1@news.eternal-september.org...
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> > They are no more.
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> > Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Communities
> >http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx
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> > Newsgroups removed as of June 1, 2010
> >http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2010/06/05/closin-the-nntp.aspx
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> > You can still access the groups on some non-MS servers such as Eternal
> > September, but how long the quality of questions and replies lasts is
> > unknown.
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> > Eternal September
> >http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/eternal-september.html
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> > The replacement forums.
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> > Microsoft Answers - First Time Users
> >http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
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> >           Bruce Hagen
> >         MS-MVP  [Mail]
> >      Imperial Beach, CA
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> > "Steve Mc" <stevemc...@dnaglobal.net> wrote in message
> >news:eWVSb7ODLHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >>I apologize if this is not the right newsgroup, but,
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> >> My Microsoft Excel community newsgroup is blank ( no messages showing).. I
> >> never noticed it before, but on the menu bar, it indicated click here to
> >> install silverlight. I thought that was something new, so did it, but it
> >> didn't help. Newsgroup is still not shwoing any messages.
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> >> Here's the link.
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> >>http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg....
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> Thank you.
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> Already got some answers on the new forum.
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> Steve Mc
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