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Gib R. Ish
Flightless Bird
You can subscribe to a NNTP news server like eternal-september and get the
same groups. But, hardly anyone will be using the groups...they've become
pretty dead, as you can see.
You'll be seeing the same thing no matter what server you use.
"akm" <akmgoog@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:96d8290d-3d61-4f56-a5b4-d199954e5853@k1g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
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, 5
8 am, "Steve Mc" <stevemc...@dnaglobal.net> wrote:
> "Bruce Hagen" <B...@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
>
> news:hv9820$l8$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
>
>
>
>
> > They are no more.
>
> > Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Communities
> >http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx
>
> > Newsgroups removed as of June 1, 2010
> >http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2010/06/05/closin-the-nntp.aspx
>
> > 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.
>
> > Eternal September
> >http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/eternal-september.html
>
> > The replacement forums.
>
> > Microsoft Answers - First Time Users
> >http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
> > --
> > Bruce Hagen
> > MS-MVP [Mail]
> > Imperial Beach, CA
>
> > "Steve Mc" <stevemc...@dnaglobal.net> wrote in message
> >news:eWVSb7ODLHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >>I apologize if this is not the right newsgroup, but,
>
> >> 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.
>
> >> Here's the link.
>
> >>http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg...
>
> Thank you.
>
> Already got some answers on the new forum.
>
> --
>
> Steve Mc
>
> DNA to SBC to respond- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
same groups. But, hardly anyone will be using the groups...they've become
pretty dead, as you can see.
You'll be seeing the same thing no matter what server you use.
"akm" <akmgoog@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:96d8290d-3d61-4f56-a5b4-d199954e5853@k1g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
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, 5
8 am, "Steve Mc" <stevemc...@dnaglobal.net> wrote:> "Bruce Hagen" <B...@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
>
> news:hv9820$l8$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
>
>
>
>
> > They are no more.
>
> > Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Communities
> >http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx
>
> > Newsgroups removed as of June 1, 2010
> >http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2010/06/05/closin-the-nntp.aspx
>
> > 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.
>
> > Eternal September
> >http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/eternal-september.html
>
> > The replacement forums.
>
> > Microsoft Answers - First Time Users
> >http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
> > --
> > Bruce Hagen
> > MS-MVP [Mail]
> > Imperial Beach, CA
>
> > "Steve Mc" <stevemc...@dnaglobal.net> wrote in message
> >news:eWVSb7ODLHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >>I apologize if this is not the right newsgroup, but,
>
> >> 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.
>
> >> Here's the link.
>
> >>http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg...
>
> Thank you.
>
> Already got some answers on the new forum.
>
> --
>
> Steve Mc
>
> DNA to SBC to respond- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -