Did a search of groups carried by my news server and could not find a
windows 7 group. Is there one?
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Gary
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Gary B. Berns wrote:[color=blue]
> Did a search of groups carried by my news server and could not find a
> windows 7 group. Is there one?
> -----------------------------------------------
> Gary
> .[/color]

Nope and thanks to Frank and the Nymshifter (currently posting as
"KevinSmallbone", there won't be any.

Alias

Online support for Windows 7 is now forum-based and is staffed with
Microsoft Support Engineers and other professionals. There are two forums:

TechNet for IT Professionals:
[url]http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro[/url]

Windows 7 Answers Forum:
[url]http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7[/url]

There are no Microsoft sponsored Windows 7 NNTP newsgroups.


Gary B. Berns wrote:[color=blue]
> Did a search of groups carried by my news server and could not find a
> windows 7 group. Is there one?
> -----------------------------------------------
> Gary
> .[/color]

Can you explain that? I thought these groups came from microsoft.

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:17:12 +0100, Alias
<iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Gary B. Berns wrote:[color=green]
>> Did a search of groups carried by my news server and could not find a
>> windows 7 group. Is there one?
>> -----------------------------------------------
>> Gary
>> .[/color]
>
>Nope and thanks to Frank and the Nymshifter (currently posting as
>"KevinSmallbone", there won't be any.
>
>Alias[/color]
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Gary
..

MSFT hasn't created any Win 7 groups on their news server.
They may not ever, as they seem to now prefer forums.

Other forums are:
[url]http://www.sevenforums.com[/url]
[url]http://forums.mydigitallife.info/forumdisplay.php?f=16[/url]
[url]http://www.w7forums.com/[/url]
[url]http://windows7forums.com/[/url]

..

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"Gary B. Berns" <gberns@tampabay.r*r.com> wrote in message
news:8ujje55j10vtc2m4t8ohdl0h6sdug6gkeu@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> Can you explain that? I thought these groups came from microsoft.
>
> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:17:12 +0100, Alias
> <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Gary B. Berns wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Did a search of groups carried by my news server and could not find a
>>> windows 7 group. Is there one?
>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>> Gary
>>> .[/color]
>>
>>Nope and thanks to Frank and the Nymshifter (currently posting as
>>"KevinSmallbone", there won't be any.
>>
>>Alias[/color]
> -----------------------------------------------
> Gary
> .[/color]

"Gary B. Berns" <gberns@tampabay.r*r.com> wrote in message
news:8ujje55j10vtc2m4t8ohdl0h6sdug6gkeu@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> Can you explain that? I thought these groups came from microsoft.
>[/color]

They do. I suspect however that MS got totally pissed off with all the crap
that has been posted in this group.....on both sides....

Gary B. Berns wrote:[color=blue]
> Did a search of groups carried by my news server and could not find a
> windows 7 group. Is there one?
> -----------------------------------------------
> Gary
> .[/color]
Nope, not likely there will be one either.

"Gordon" <gordonbparker******.com> wrote in message
news:eSZLWvMWKHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> "Gary B. Berns" <gberns@tampabay.r*r.com> wrote in message
> news:8ujje55j10vtc2m4t8ohdl0h6sdug6gkeu@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> Can you explain that? I thought these groups came from microsoft.
>>[/color]
>
> They do. I suspect however that MS got totally pissed off with all the
> crap that has been posted in this group.....on both sides....[/color]

Especially Err, by Gordon the NET COP. Err <sigh> Umm.

"Gary B. Berns" <gberns@tampabay.r*r.com> wrote in message news:sajje55kgchj19h2ev2ftjne56ttu7h96k@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> Did a search of groups carried by my news server and could not find a
> windows 7 group. Is there one?
> -----------------------------------------------
> Gary
> .[/color]

Giganews carries alt.windows7.general

If you want to continue to use nntp newsgroups there's:

alt.windows7.general

I have no idea how good it is.

It seems though, that Microsoft has knowingly failed to open an English
newsgroup for Windows 7 on its msnews.microsoft.com newsservers. But they
have opened quite an active couple of online "web" forums at:

[TechNet for IT Professionals]
[url]http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro[/url]

[Windows 7 Answers Forum]
[url]http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7[/url]

On top of that there are a number of non-Microsoft web forums:

[Windows 7 Forums]
windows7forums.com

[Windows Seven Forums]
[url]http://www.sevenforums.com[/url]

[Windows 7 & 8 Forums]
[url]http://windows7news.com/forum[/url]

[Windows7Forums]
[url]http://www.w7forums.com[/url]

[Windows Forums]
[url]http://windowsforums.org[/url]

[Windows 7 Forum]
[url]http://7x64.net[/url]

As well technically oriented websites such as [url]http://www.tomshardware.com[/url]
have Windows 7 sections in their more generalized forums.

Saucy






"Gary B. Berns" <gberns@tampabay.r*r.com> wrote in message
news:sajje55kgchj19h2ev2ftjne56ttu7h96k@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> Did a search of groups carried by my news server and could not find a
> windows 7 group. Is there one?
> -----------------------------------------------
> Gary
> .[/color]

Actually, Expression product series might be the first and I doubt the
reason was for all the crap.

Even I personally don't like web-based forums, but it could be easier for
casual users so they don't need to know how to set up a newsgroup account,
especially when they only want to read and not to participate.


"Gordon" <gordonbparker******.com> wrote in message
news:eSZLWvMWKHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> "Gary B. Berns" <gberns@tampabay.r*r.com> wrote in message
> news:8ujje55j10vtc2m4t8ohdl0h6sdug6gkeu@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> Can you explain that? I thought these groups came from microsoft.
>>[/color]
>
> They do. I suspect however that MS got totally pissed off with all the
> crap that has been posted in this group.....on both sides....[/color]

Yep and right in Gordon

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"Gordon" <gordonbparker******.com> wrote in message
news:eSZLWvMWKHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> "Gary B. Berns" <gberns@tampabay.r*r.com> wrote in message
> news:8ujje55j10vtc2m4t8ohdl0h6sdug6gkeu@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> Can you explain that? I thought these groups came from microsoft.
>>[/color]
>
> They do. I suspect however that MS got totally pissed off with all the crap that
> has been posted in this group.....on both sides....[/color]

"Gary B. Berns" <gberns@tampabay.r*r.com> wrote in message
news:sajje55kgchj19h2ev2ftjne56ttu7h96k@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> Did a search of groups carried by my news server and could not find a
> windows 7 group. Is there one?
> -----------------------------------------------
> Gary
> .
>[/color]

alt.windows7.general

If your news feed carries it. It's got a little traffic now.
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Saucy wrote:[color=blue]
> If you want to continue to use nntp newsgroups there's:
>
> alt.windows7.general
>
> I have no idea how good it is.[/color]

From what I've been hearing, that newsgroup doesn't actually exist.
Apparently someone said there was a newsgroup by that name but it
doesn't actually show up anywhere. Has anyone actually seen it?

"milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote in message
news:uWS6tNRWKHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Saucy wrote:[color=green]
>> If you want to continue to use nntp newsgroups there's:
>>
>> alt.windows7.general
>>
>> I have no idea how good it is.[/color]
>
> From what I've been hearing, that newsgroup doesn't actually exist.
> Apparently someone said there was a newsgroup by that name but it doesn't
> actually show up anywhere. Has anyone actually seen it?
>
>[/color]

I have been posting and reading it for a couple weeks now.
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