Searching through the list of available newsgroups, I failed to find one name windows7. As I suppose that there are such newsgroups, I simply need to know how to find them. Oh! I just realized that I am writing this on my WinXP computer, and Win7 does not allow Outlook Express, which is how I get to this newsgroup. What should I be informed on Win7 newsgroups?
<rsl18@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:eoHHGgTlKHA.1540@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Searching through the list of available newsgroups, I failed to find one > name windows7. As I suppose that there are such newsgroups, I simply need > to know how to find them. > > Oh! I just realized that I am writing this on my WinXP computer, and Win7 > does not allow Outlook Express, which is how I get to this newsgroup. > > What should I be informed on Win7 newsgroups? If you want Win 7 advice, use Win 7 forums, `cos that`s where it`s at now. MS aren`t supporting 7 newsgroups. Google for `Win 7 forums`.
<rsl18@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:eoHHGgTlKHA.1540@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Searching through the list of available newsgroups, I failed to find > one name windows7. As I suppose that there are such newsgroups, I > simply need to know how to find them. > > Oh! I just realized that I am writing this on my WinXP computer, and > Win7 does not allow Outlook Express, which is how I get to this > newsgroup. > > What should I be informed on Win7 newsgroups? > Microsoft Answers Windows 7 Forums: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7 You can try this NNTP group, but be prepared to put up with a lot of trolls. Win7 Via NNTP: alt.windows7.org If you need a server to access it: AIOE.Org http://news.aioe.general -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA
Bruce Hagen wrote: > > <rsl18@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message > news:eoHHGgTlKHA.1540@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Searching through the list of available newsgroups, I failed to find >> one name windows7. As I suppose that there are such newsgroups, I >> simply need to know how to find them. >> >> Oh! I just realized that I am writing this on my WinXP computer, and >> Win7 does not allow Outlook Express, which is how I get to this >> newsgroup. >> >> What should I be informed on Win7 newsgroups? >> > > > > Microsoft Answers Windows 7 Forums: > http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7 > > You can try this NNTP group, but be prepared to put up with a lot of > trolls. > > Win7 Via NNTP: alt.windows7.org > > If you need a server to access it: > > AIOE.Org > http://news.aioe.general You mean alt.windows7.general and http://news.aioe.org, don't you? -- C
rsl18@sbcglobal.net wrote: > Searching through the list of available newsgroups, I failed to find > one name windows7. As I suppose that there are such newsgroups, I > simply need to know how to find them. > > Oh! I just realized that I am writing this on my WinXP computer, and > Win7 does not allow Outlook Express, which is how I get to this > newsgroup. > What should I be informed on Win7 newsgroups? There is one _non_-Microsoft-sanctioned newsgroup for Windows 7 called: alt.windows7.general I know of at least two free news servers that carry it: http://news.aioe.org/ Direct link: news://nntp.aioe.org/alt.windows7.general and http://www.eternal-september.org/ For a quick peak, there is one clunky Web interface to it so far: http://www.w7forums.com/alt-windows7-general-f28.html You may use any newsreader. I am aware that Windows 7 does not contain a program like Outlook Express out of the box. Well, it sort of does if you know the hack: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproui/thread/6251127f-e8c7-4abf-81ca-b321a4ccbf6d There are a number of free programs you can try: Windows Live Mail Thunderbird XNews Forte Free Agent v1.93 Links: http://download.live.com/wlmail http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2009/2009pl.php If you are looking for Microsoft-sanctioned Web forums for Windows 7 (yes, sadly Microsoft is abandoning Usenet), you may find them here: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/w7itpro
On 1/14/2010 10:51 AM, C wrote: > > You mean alt.windows7.general and http://news.aioe.org, don't you? > I'm sure they gave the inaccurate info. on purpose to drive people to the forums and away from the newsgroups.
"C" <nospamming@please.com.invalid> wrote in message news:hini2b$ch7$1@speranza.aioe.org... > Bruce Hagen wrote: >> >> <rsl18@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message >> news:eoHHGgTlKHA.1540@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> Searching through the list of available newsgroups, I failed to find >>> one name windows7. As I suppose that there are such newsgroups, I >>> simply need to know how to find them. >>> >>> Oh! I just realized that I am writing this on my WinXP computer, and >>> Win7 does not allow Outlook Express, which is how I get to this >>> newsgroup. >>> >>> What should I be informed on Win7 newsgroups? >>> >> >> >> >> Microsoft Answers Windows 7 Forums: >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7 >> >> You can try this NNTP group, but be prepared to put up with a lot of >> trolls. >> >> Win7 Via NNTP: alt.windows7.org >> >> If you need a server to access it: >> >> AIOE.Org >> http://news.aioe.general > > You mean alt.windows7.general and http://news.aioe.org, don't you? > > -- > C Yes. Typo. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA
"milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote in message news:%23$JZJrTlKHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > On 1/14/2010 10:51 AM, C wrote: >> >> You mean alt.windows7.general and http://news.aioe.org, don't you? >> > > I'm sure they gave the inaccurate info. on purpose to drive people to > the forums and away from the newsgroups. Who is "they"? I am not an employee of MS and dislike the forums myself. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA
Pick one or two: http://groups.google.com/group/micr...sxp.general&q=win7+OR+"windows+7"+++newsgroup rsl18@sbcglobal.net wrote: > Searching through the list of available newsgroups, I failed to find one > name windows7. As I suppose that there are such newsgroups, I simply need > to know how to find them. > > Oh! I just realized that I am writing this on my WinXP computer, and Win7 > does not allow Outlook Express, which is how I get to this newsgroup. > > What should I be informed on Win7 newsgroups?
<rsl18@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >Searching through the list of available newsgroups, I failed to find one >name windows7. As I suppose that there are such newsgroups, I simply need >to know how to find them. Microsoft hasn't created any in the microsoft.public.* hierarchy. They do have web forums. In Usenet, there is a alt.windows7.general newsgroups that is carried on many servers (including eternal-september.org, a free service). You might also investigate the comp.os.ms-windows hierarchies. >Oh! I just realized that I am writing this on my WinXP computer, and Win7 >does not allow Outlook Express, which is how I get to this newsgroup. Use Thunderbird (www.mozilla.org/thunderbird), or Agent (www.forteinc.com/agent) or any other newsreader of your choice. -- Tim Slattery Slattery_T@bls.gov http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
". . . if you know the hack:" I tried the link, the one ending in "f6d", and got an error code 404. I sure do like the functionality of OE, and would like to try the hack. Can you clarify the link/error 404 problem? "Daave" <daave@example.com> wrote in message news:%238yhfpTlKHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > rsl18@sbcglobal.net wrote: >> Searching through the list of available newsgroups, I failed to find one >> name windows7. As I suppose that there are such newsgroups, I >> simply need to know how to find them. >> >> Oh! I just realized that I am writing this on my WinXP computer, and >> Win7 does not allow Outlook Express, which is how I get to this >> newsgroup. >> What should I be informed on Win7 newsgroups? > > There is one _non_-Microsoft-sanctioned newsgroup for Windows 7 called: > > alt.windows7.general > > I know of at least two free news servers that carry it: > > http://news.aioe.org/ > > Direct link: > > news://nntp.aioe.org/alt.windows7.general > > and > > http://www.eternal-september.org/ > > For a quick peak, there is one clunky Web interface to it so far: > > http://www.w7forums.com/alt-windows7-general-f28.html > > You may use any newsreader. I am aware that Windows 7 does not contain a > program like Outlook Express out of the box. Well, it sort of does if you > know the hack: > > http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproui/thread/6251127f-e8c7-4abf-81ca-b321a4ccbf6d > > There are a number of free programs you can try: > > Windows Live Mail > Thunderbird > XNews > Forte Free Agent v1.93 > > Links: > > http://download.live.com/wlmail > > http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ > > http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2009/2009pl.php > > If you are looking for Microsoft-sanctioned Web forums for Windows 7 (yes, > sadly Microsoft is abandoning Usenet), you may find them here: > > http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7 > > http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/w7itpro > >
I am still in the process of looking for a newsgroup or forum appropriate for me. I found the "alt.windows7.org" to have far too much uncalled-for abusive spewing. Far too many of the posters do not moderate themselves. "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message news8$lvwTlKHA.5604@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > > "C" <nospamming@please.com.invalid> wrote in message > news:hini2b$ch7$1@speranza.aioe.org... >> Bruce Hagen wrote: >>> >>> <rsl18@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message >>> news:eoHHGgTlKHA.1540@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>> Searching through the list of available newsgroups, I failed to find >>>> one name windows7. As I suppose that there are such newsgroups, I >>>> simply need to know how to find them. >>>> >>>> Oh! I just realized that I am writing this on my WinXP computer, and >>>> Win7 does not allow Outlook Express, which is how I get to this >>>> newsgroup. >>>> >>>> What should I be informed on Win7 newsgroups? >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Microsoft Answers Windows 7 Forums: >>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7 >>> >>> You can try this NNTP group, but be prepared to put up with a lot of >>> trolls. >>> >>> Win7 Via NNTP: alt.windows7.org >>> >>> If you need a server to access it: >>> >>> AIOE.Org >>> http://news.aioe.general >> >> You mean alt.windows7.general and http://news.aioe.org, don't you? >> >> -- >> C > > > Yes. Typo. > -- > Bruce Hagen > MS-MVP [Mail] > Imperial Beach, CA > >
<snipped and rearranged> rsl18@sbcglobal.net wrote: > "Daave" <daave@example.com> wrote in message > news:%238yhfpTlKHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> rsl18@sbcglobal.net wrote: >>> Oh! I just realized that I am writing this on my WinXP computer, >>> and Win7 does not allow Outlook Express >> You may use any newsreader. I am aware that Windows 7 does not >> contain a program like Outlook Express out of the box. Well, it sort >> of does if you know the hack: >> >> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproui/thread/6251127f-e8c7-4abf-81ca-b321a4ccbf6d > ". . . if you know the hack:" I tried the link, the one ending in > "f6d", and got an error code 404. I sure do like the functionality > of OE, and would like to try the hack. Can you clarify the > link/error 404 problem? Weird. The link worked when I made the post! Here is the text cache from Google: http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cach...c7-4abf-81ca-b321a4ccbf6d&hl=en&gl=us&strip=1 Here's another page that addresses this "hack": http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/06/05/download-windows-mail-from-vista-for-use-in-windows-7/ But I wouldn't waste my time doing it (unless you are that much in love with the old Windows Mail). Better to use one program from the list I gave you originally: Windows Live Mail Thunderbird XNews Forte Free Agent v1.93 Links: http://download.live.com/wlmail http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2009/2009pl.php