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Menno Hershberger

Flightless Bird
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsxp

I can see where I'm going to hate the forums. The first thing I saw at the
top of the page was "Bing". I guess there's no way of getting rid of that.
Then I studied the list of catgories. I didn't see "Other" on the list. If
you post in the newsgroup, everyone sees it, not just the ones who frequent
certain categories.
Someone posted a link to a Microsoft site that tells you why they're doing
it and how wonderful it will be.
Bull crap.

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--- Long live Fat32! ---
 
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Bob I

Flightless Bird
What "other" were you expecting to see. If you post in
WindowsXP.general, ONLY the people reading WindowsXP.general are going
to see it. Nobody else is going to see it!

Menno Hershberger wrote:

> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsxp
>
> I can see where I'm going to hate the forums. The first thing I saw at the
> top of the page was "Bing". I guess there's no way of getting rid of that.
> Then I studied the list of catgories. I didn't see "Other" on the list. If
> you post in the newsgroup, everyone sees it, not just the ones who frequent
> certain categories.
> Someone posted a link to a Microsoft site that tells you why they're doing
> it and how wonderful it will be.
> Bull crap.
>
 
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Lil' Abner

Flightless Bird
Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:-OGrSc5JNLHA.5624@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

I'm seeing a Bing Search bar at the top.
Down further, "Ask A Question"
Then....
Windows XP
Desktop and Personalization
Hardware and drivers
Performance and maintenance
Install, upgrade and activate
Programs
Music and sound
Pictures and video
Windows XP Security, privacy, and User Accounts
Networking, Mail, and Getting Online
Files, Folders, and Search
System Repair and Recovery
Internet Explorer
Windows Update
Gaming
TV and Movies on Windows

To me that means you have to pick a category before you can make a post,
Suppose I have a question that doesn't quite qualify for any of them. So
then I'll try to post it in one of them that I *think* someone in the
know is watching. In newsgroups, everyone sees them all.


> What "other" were you expecting to see. If you post in
> WindowsXP.general, ONLY the people reading WindowsXP.general are going
> to see it. Nobody else is going to see it!
>
> Menno Hershberger wrote:
>
>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsxp
>>
>> I can see where I'm going to hate the forums. The first thing I saw
>> at the top of the page was "Bing". I guess there's no way of getting
>> rid of that. Then I studied the list of catgories. I didn't see
>> "Other" on the list. If you post in the newsgroup, everyone sees it,
>> not just the ones who frequent certain categories.
>> Someone posted a link to a Microsoft site that tells you why they're
>> doing it and how wonderful it will be.
>> Bull crap.
>>
>
>



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--- Everybody has a right to my opinion. ---
 
B

Bob I

Flightless Bird
Lil' Abner wrote:
> Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:-OGrSc5JNLHA.5624@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
>
> I'm seeing a Bing Search bar at the top.
> Down further, "Ask A Question"
> Then....
> Windows XP
> Desktop and Personalization
> Hardware and drivers
> Performance and maintenance
> Install, upgrade and activate
> Programs
> Music and sound
> Pictures and video
> Windows XP Security, privacy, and User Accounts
> Networking, Mail, and Getting Online
> Files, Folders, and Search
> System Repair and Recovery
> Internet Explorer
> Windows Update
> Gaming
> TV and Movies on Windows
>
> To me that means you have to pick a category before you can make a post,
> Suppose I have a question that doesn't quite qualify for any of them. So
> then I'll try to post it in one of them that I *think* someone in the
> know is watching. In newsgroups, everyone sees them all.
>

Sigh, no everyone does NOT see them ALL. People only see the postings in
the SPECIFIC newsgroup they are monitoring.



>
>>What "other" were you expecting to see. If you post in
>>WindowsXP.general, ONLY the people reading WindowsXP.general are going
>>to see it. Nobody else is going to see it!
>>
 
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PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
Send your feedback to nntp@microsoft.com.

Menno Hershberger wrote:
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsxp
>
> I can see where I'm going to hate the forums. The first thing I saw at the
> top of the page was "Bing". I guess there's no way of getting rid of that.
> Then I studied the list of catgories. I didn't see "Other" on the list. If
> you post in the newsgroup, everyone sees it, not just the ones who
> frequent
> certain categories.
> Someone posted a link to a Microsoft site that tells you why they're doing
> it and how wonderful it will be.
> Bull crap.
 
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Lil' Abner

Flightless Bird
Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:efHHsyKNLHA.5776@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

>
>
>
> Lil' Abner wrote:
>> Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in
>> news:-OGrSc5JNLHA.5624@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
>>
>> I'm seeing a Bing Search bar at the top.
>> Down further, "Ask A Question"
>> Then....
>> Windows XP
>> Desktop and Personalization
>> Hardware and drivers
>> Performance and maintenance
>> Install, upgrade and activate
>> Programs
>> Music and sound
>> Pictures and video
>> Windows XP Security, privacy, and User Accounts
>> Networking, Mail, and Getting Online
>> Files, Folders, and Search
>> System Repair and Recovery
>> Internet Explorer
>> Windows Update
>> Gaming
>> TV and Movies on Windows
>>
>> To me that means you have to pick a category before you can make a
>> post, Suppose I have a question that doesn't quite qualify for any of
>> them. So then I'll try to post it in one of them that I *think*
>> someone in the know is watching. In newsgroups, everyone sees them
>> all.
>>
>
> Sigh, no everyone does NOT see them ALL. People only see the postings
> in the SPECIFIC newsgroup they are monitoring.

Sigh, ALL the categories listed above are in the XP FORUM (not
newsgroup).
In the windowsxp.general NEWSGROUP you just post. You don't have to pick
a category. Your subject line takes care of that.
In the XP FORUM, you have to pick a category before you can post. Not
everyone sees it unless they read ALL of the sub-categories.
I might as well be arguing with my wife.... :)


--
--- Everybody has a right to my opinion. ---
 
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Lil' Abner

Flightless Bird
Good idea. I just did!

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in
news:#I1vfOLNLHA.4288@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

> Send your feedback to nntp@microsoft.com.
>
> Menno Hershberger wrote:
>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsxp
>>
>> I can see where I'm going to hate the forums. The first thing I saw
>> at the top of the page was "Bing". I guess there's no way of getting
>> rid of that. Then I studied the list of catgories. I didn't see
>> "Other" on the list. If you post in the newsgroup, everyone sees it,
>> not just the ones who frequent
>> certain categories.
>> Someone posted a link to a Microsoft site that tells you why they're
>> doing it and how wonderful it will be.
>> Bull crap.
>



--
--- Everybody has a right to my opinion. ---
 
B

Bob I

Flightless Bird
Lil' Abner wrote:
> Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:efHHsyKNLHA.5776@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:
>
>
>>
>>
>>Lil' Abner wrote:
>>
>>>Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in
>>>news:-OGrSc5JNLHA.5624@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
>>>
>>>I'm seeing a Bing Search bar at the top.
>>>Down further, "Ask A Question"
>>>Then....
>>>Windows XP
>>> Desktop and Personalization
>>> Hardware and drivers
>>> Performance and maintenance
>>> Install, upgrade and activate
>>> Programs
>>> Music and sound
>>> Pictures and video
>>> Windows XP Security, privacy, and User Accounts
>>> Networking, Mail, and Getting Online
>>> Files, Folders, and Search
>>> System Repair and Recovery
>>> Internet Explorer
>>> Windows Update
>>> Gaming
>>> TV and Movies on Windows
>>>
>>>To me that means you have to pick a category before you can make a
>>>post, Suppose I have a question that doesn't quite qualify for any of
>>>them. So then I'll try to post it in one of them that I *think*
>>>someone in the know is watching. In newsgroups, everyone sees them
>>>all.
>>>
>>
>>Sigh, no everyone does NOT see them ALL. People only see the postings
>>in the SPECIFIC newsgroup they are monitoring.
>
>
> Sigh, ALL the categories listed above are in the XP FORUM (not
> newsgroup).
> In the windowsxp.general NEWSGROUP you just post. You don't have to pick
> a category. Your subject line takes care of that.
> In the XP FORUM, you have to pick a category before you can post. Not
> everyone sees it unless they read ALL of the sub-categories.
> I might as well be arguing with my wife.... :)
>

I take that to mean you are completely unaware of all the OTHER
WindowsXP newsgroups people post to! As to the wife, yep, yer still
wrong. <grin>
As to picking a category, just take a shot at it, they (moderators) will
move it to a "more correct" one if appropriate, and you may just get the
answer in the one you pick anyway.
 
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milt

Flightless Bird
On 8/5/2010 1:31 AM, Menno Hershberger wrote:
> Bull crap.
>

Yup, that describes the new MS forums!
 
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Clan D. Estin

Flightless Bird
They'll listen. Yeah, right.

"Lil' Abner" <blvstk@dogpatch.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9DCB7C9131811butter@wefb973cbe498...
> Good idea. I just did!
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:#I1vfOLNLHA.4288@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:
>
>> Send your feedback to nntp@microsoft.com.
>>
>> Menno Hershberger wrote:
>>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsxp
>>>
>>> I can see where I'm going to hate the forums. The first thing I saw
>>> at the top of the page was "Bing". I guess there's no way of getting
>>> rid of that. Then I studied the list of catgories. I didn't see
>>> "Other" on the list. If you post in the newsgroup, everyone sees it,
>>> not just the ones who frequent
>>> certain categories.
>>> Someone posted a link to a Microsoft site that tells you why they're
>>> doing it and how wonderful it will be.
>>> Bull crap.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> --- Everybody has a right to my opinion. ---
 
M

Menno Hershberger

Flightless Bird
Well, they must have read it far enough to see I wasn't praising them.

"Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to report issues or provide comments and
suggestions about the Evolution of Communities and the Migration to
Forums. We are sorry to see your unfavorable feedback regarding the
migration and will pass this information on to the project team involved.
Should any additional details be needed to address your feedback, we'll
be in direct contact with you via the email address provided.

More information about this project can be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx

Janice
NNTP to Forums Migration Support"

"Clan D. Estin" <cland@estin.invalid> wrote in news:i3hmd6$65j$1
@news.eternal-september.org:

> They'll listen. Yeah, right.
>
> "Lil' Abner" <blvstk@dogpatch.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9DCB7C9131811butter@wefb973cbe498...
>> Good idea. I just did!
>>
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:#I1vfOLNLHA.4288@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:
>>
>>> Send your feedback to nntp@microsoft.com.
>>>
>>> Menno Hershberger wrote:
>>>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsxp
>>>>
>>>> I can see where I'm going to hate the forums. The first thing I saw
>>>> at the top of the page was "Bing". I guess there's no way of getting
>>>> rid of that. Then I studied the list of catgories. I didn't see
>>>> "Other" on the list. If you post in the newsgroup, everyone sees it,
>>>> not just the ones who frequent
>>>> certain categories.
>>>> Someone posted a link to a Microsoft site that tells you why they're
>>>> doing it and how wonderful it will be.
>>>> Bull crap.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> --- Everybody has a right to my opinion. ---
>
>



--
--- Long live Fat32! ---
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
Smells like a canned response to me. (I can't imagine anyone sending
positive feedback to that alias.)

Menno Hershberger wrote:
> Well, they must have read it far enough to see I wasn't praising them.
>
> "Hello,
>
> Thank you for taking the time to report issues or provide comments and
> suggestions about the Evolution of Communities and the Migration to
> Forums. We are sorry to see your unfavorable feedback regarding the
> migration and will pass this information on to the project team involved.
> Should any additional details be needed to address your feedback, we'll
> be in direct contact with you via the email address provided.
>
> More information about this project can be found here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx
>
> Janice
> NNTP to Forums Migration Support"
>
> "Clan D. Estin" <cland@estin.invalid> wrote in news:i3hmd6$65j$1
> @news.eternal-september.org:
>
>> They'll listen. Yeah, right.
>>
>> "Lil' Abner" <blvstk@dogpatch.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9DCB7C9131811butter@wefb973cbe498...
>>> Good idea. I just did!
>>>
>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:#I1vfOLNLHA.4288@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:
>>>
>>>> Send your feedback to nntp@microsoft.com.
>>>>
>>>> Menno Hershberger wrote:
>>>>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsxp
>>>>>
>>>>> I can see where I'm going to hate the forums. The first thing I saw
>>>>> at the top of the page was "Bing". I guess there's no way of getting
>>>>> rid of that. Then I studied the list of catgories. I didn't see
>>>>> "Other" on the list. If you post in the newsgroup, everyone sees it,
>>>>> not just the ones who frequent
>>>>> certain categories.
>>>>> Someone posted a link to a Microsoft site that tells you why they're
>>>>> doing it and how wonderful it will be.
>>>>> Bull crap.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> --- Everybody has a right to my opinion. ---
 
E

Eddie

Flightless Bird

> As to picking a category, just take a shot at it, they (moderators) will
> move it to a "more correct" one if appropriate, and you may just get the
> answer in the one you pick anyway.
>

I'd like to know who 'They' are? Did micro blow its nose and all of a
sudden some mystical magical MVP's appeared? Are they being paid?

Long live ng's.

Ed
 
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Bob I

Flightless Bird
It certainly "reads" like a form letter.

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> Smells like a canned response to me. (I can't imagine anyone sending
> positive feedback to that alias.)
>
> Menno Hershberger wrote:
>
>> Well, they must have read it far enough to see I wasn't praising them.
>>
>> "Hello,
>>
>> Thank you for taking the time to report issues or provide comments and
>> suggestions about the Evolution of Communities and the Migration to
>> Forums. We are sorry to see your unfavorable feedback regarding the
>> migration and will pass this information on to the project team involved.
>> Should any additional details be needed to address your feedback, we'll
>> be in direct contact with you via the email address provided.
>>
>> More information about this project can be found here:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx
>>
>> Janice
>> NNTP to Forums Migration Support"
>>
 
A

Ardent

Flightless Bird
On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:31:20 -0500, Menno Hershberger
<mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote:

>--- Long live Fat32! ---

Why stick to such an old file system when NTFS is a superior system?

--
Archer
 
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Bill in Co

Flightless Bird
Ardent wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:31:20 -0500, Menno Hershberger
> <mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote:
>
>> --- Long live Fat32! ---
>
> Why stick to such an old file system when NTFS is a superior system?

It depends on the use or application. (FAT/FAT32 works fine on flash
drives, and where the greatest compatibility across various OS's is desired
(or needed).
 
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Menno Hershberger

Flightless Bird
Ardent <iam@here.com.invalid> wrote in
news:qio266d80la196usfaiabj0iq8j3o2n5ji@4ax.com:

> On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:31:20 -0500, Menno Hershberger
><mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote:
>
>>--- Long live Fat32! ---
>
> Why stick to such an old file system when NTFS is a superior system?

I have a network of computers that are all my own and I like to transfer
files from ANY folders between computers without the hassle of having to
set permissions. NTFS is too damn secure for my taste.
I do have a couple of NTFS partitions I use for files over 4GB such as long
TV recordings and disk images.
Wasted disk space? So what. I have plenty of it.

--
--- Long live Fat32! ---
 
S

Sunny

Flightless Bird
"Menno Hershberger" <mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9DD3129D295B5butter@wefb973cbe498...
> Ardent <iam@here.com.invalid> wrote in
> news:qio266d80la196usfaiabj0iq8j3o2n5ji@4ax.com:
>
>> On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:31:20 -0500, Menno Hershberger
>><mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote:
>>
>>>--- Long live Fat32! ---
>>
>> Why stick to such an old file system when NTFS is a superior system?
>
> I have a network of computers that are all my own and I like to transfer
> files from ANY folders between computers without the hassle of having to
> set permissions. NTFS is too damn secure for my taste.
> I do have a couple of NTFS partitions I use for files over 4GB such as
> long
> TV recordings and disk images.
> Wasted disk space? So what. I have plenty of it.
>
> --
> --- Long live Fat32! ---

Same here :)
 
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