[url]http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default.aspx[/url]

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]

"Ricardo Polo" <ricardopolo200********.com> wrote in message
news:ev97SMDXKHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> and what's de official forum now??
>
>
> Ricardo Polo
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:ulL7CHDXKHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Once a forum is created and spread to other feeds, any post to a group
>> serves to perpetuate it. In short, it's difficult to shut it down and
>> easier to let it continue. However, if Microsoft never creates Win7
>> newsgroups, then there is nothing to continue. They've apparently decided
>> (and no, there was never any sort of announcement) to use moderated web
>> forums for all peer support.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
>> Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
>>
>> "JP" <wiseguyxxxx********.com> wrote in message
>> news:OJ4$%23DCXKHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> "milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23B4116AXKHA.4068@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>> Well, this has been covered several times in several threads. Simply,
>>>> no, there isn't and it doesn't look like MS plans to make any, they
>>>> want to do all their support on web forums now.
>>>
>>> Then what's the point for MS server (msnews.microsoft.com) carrying
>>> these groups?[/color]
>>[/color][/color]

Will B. Dunne wrote:[color=blue]
>
> "milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote in message
> news:%23B4116AXKHA.4068@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Annie Woughman wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> I hate to sound stupid, but are there any Windows 7 newsgroups yet?
>>> I couldn't find one.[/color]
>>
>> Well, this has been covered several times in several threads. Simply,
>> no, there isn't and it doesn't look like MS plans to make any, they
>> want to do all their support on web forums now.[/color]
>
>
> Do you know why that is? They must have a reason for doing it that way.
> These newsgroups are better because nothing is hidden or pulled, good or
> bad.[/color]

Nope, no idea why. Tho, if I were to take a guess, its because they
can't moderate these newsgroups like they can the forums to keep trolls
out.

"Annie Woughman" <anniewoughman********.com> wrote in message
news:e1XR10AXKHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>I hate to sound stupid, but are there any Windows 7 newsgroups yet? I
>couldn't find one.
>[/color]

Yes but not from MS.
alt.windows7.general

Not all news feeds are carrying it yet, but there is some great help there.
--
There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who
learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and
find out for themselves.
Will Rogers

milt wrote:[color=blue]
> Will B. Dunne wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> "milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23B4116AXKHA.4068@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> Annie Woughman wrote:
>>>> I hate to sound stupid, but are there any Windows 7 newsgroups yet?
>>>> I couldn't find one.
>>>
>>> Well, this has been covered several times in several threads. Simply,
>>> no, there isn't and it doesn't look like MS plans to make any, they
>>> want to do all their support on web forums now.[/color]
>>
>>
>> Do you know why that is? They must have a reason for doing it that
>> way. These newsgroups are better because nothing is hidden or pulled,
>> good or bad.[/color]
>
> Nope, no idea why. Tho, if I were to take a guess, its because they
> can't moderate these newsgroups like they can the forums to keep trolls
> out.[/color]

Not to keep the trolls out but to keep the *truth* out.

Alias

Alias wrote:[color=blue]
> milt wrote:[color=green]
>> Will B. Dunne wrote:[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> "milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23B4116AXKHA.4068@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> Annie Woughman wrote:
>>>>> I hate to sound stupid, but are there any Windows 7 newsgroups
>>>>> yet? I couldn't find one.
>>>>
>>>> Well, this has been covered several times in several threads.
>>>> Simply, no, there isn't and it doesn't look like MS plans to make
>>>> any, they want to do all their support on web forums now.
>>>
>>>
>>> Do you know why that is? They must have a reason for doing it that
>>> way. These newsgroups are better because nothing is hidden or pulled,
>>> good or bad.[/color]
>>
>> Nope, no idea why. Tho, if I were to take a guess, its because they
>> can't moderate these newsgroups like they can the forums to keep
>> trolls out.[/color]
>
> Not to keep the trolls out but to keep the *truth* out.[/color]

*LIAR*!!!

Alias wrote:[color=blue]
> Gordon wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> "Will B. Dunne" <anon@anon.net> wrote in message
>> news:ekxEU2EXKHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> Do you know why that is? They must have a reason for doing it that
>>> way. These newsgroups are better because nothing is hidden or pulled,
>>> good or bad.[/color]
>>
>> I suspect it's because of all the CRAP that's been posted in here by
>> various individuals on both sides of the OS fence....funnily enough
>> the XP groups didn't seem to suffer with the same flood of rubbish...[/color]
>
> Two reasons: people liked XP and Linux wasn't ready for prime time yet.
>
> Alias[/color]

Clue: people now like Vista & Windows 7 and linux still isn't ready for
prime time.
You're stupid!

"Frank" <fb@seb.ntt> wrote in message news:4af05f2c$1@news.x-privat.org...[color=blue]
>
> linux still isn't ready for prime time.[/color]

Actually not true. The latest edition of Ubuntu actually looks every bit as
good as Windows 7...

Gordon wrote:[color=blue]
>
> "Frank" <fb@seb.ntt> wrote in message news:4af05f2c$1@news.x-privat.org...[color=green]
>>
>> linux still isn't ready for prime time.[/color]
>
> Actually not true. The latest edition of Ubuntu actually looks every bit
> as good as Windows 7...
>
>
>[/color]

Frank, like the nymshifter, only knows the FUD he reads and believes.
Neither of them have installed or used Ubuntu.

Alias

Gordon wrote:[color=blue]
>
> "Frank" <fb@seb.ntt> wrote in message news:4af05f2c$1@news.x-privat.org...[color=green]
>>
>> linux still isn't ready for prime time.[/color]
>
> Actually not true. The latest edition of Ubuntu actually looks every bit
> as good as Windows 7...
>
>
>[/color]
"looks"...can be very deceiving!

Gordon wrote:[color=blue]
>
> "Frank" <fb@seb.ntt> wrote in message news:4af05f2c$1@news.x-privat.org...[color=green]
>>
>> linux still isn't ready for prime time.[/color]
>
> Actually not true. The latest edition of Ubuntu actually looks every bit
> as good as Windows 7...
>
>
>[/color]
I have a dual boot, windows 7 and ubuntu 9.10. Both are excellent.
OpenSuse has a slowness problem with browsers, they load slow and scroll
slow. It bites.

Alias wrote:[color=blue]
> Kevin SmallBone wrote:[color=green]
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:hcpod8$uc4$2@news.eternal-september.org...[color=darkred]
>>> Gordon wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Frank" <fb@seb.ntt> wrote in message
>>>> news:4af05f2c$1@news.x-privat.org...
>>>>>
>>>>> linux still isn't ready for prime time.
>>>>
>>>> Actually not true. The latest edition of Ubuntu actually looks every
>>>> bit as good as Windows 7...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Frank, like the nymshifter, only knows the FUD he reads and believes.
>>> Neither of them have installed or used Ubuntu.
>>>
>>> Alias[/color]
>>
>>
>> There you go, lying again. In black and white. You lied.
>>
>> I installed that ****TY Ubuntu and then discarded it as the garbage it
>> is. Oops.[/color]
>
> No, you didn't. Your posts make that obvious.
>
> Alias[color=green]
>>
>>
>>
>>[/color][/color]
Why are you here?

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:31:12 +1000, Camper wrote:
[color=blue]
> "milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote in message
> news:e679PAEXKHA.2388@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> mikeyhsd wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> no news groups YET.
>>> web forums only
>>> [url]http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7[/url]
>>>[/color]
>>
>> Yet? You honestly think there will be any?[/color]
>
> He is obviously a "glass half full" type while you are a "glass half empty"
> type.
>
> Camper[/color]

Time to empty the glass. Cheers!

--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

"milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> To state the obvious, there isn't one and that's why these groups will
> probably go away at some point.[/color]

That could be accelerated by MS just shutting down its news server.

"milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> Nope, no idea why. Tho, if I were to take a guess, its because they
> can't moderate these newsgroups like they can the forums to keep
> trolls out.[/color]

They could make it a moderated listserve group that is propogated to
news servers after moderation. I sure know I've participated in a few
moderated news groups in the past. It worked quite effectively to screen
out the nuts.

Thanks Rick.

But, where should I participate?

MS Answers or Technet Forums?

Ricardo Polo

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:exgu6SHXKHA.4360@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> [url]http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default.aspx[/url]
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
> Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
>
> "Ricardo Polo" <ricardopolo200********.com> wrote in message
> news:ev97SMDXKHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> and what's de official forum now??
>>
>>
>> Ricardo Polo
>>
>> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:ulL7CHDXKHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> Once a forum is created and spread to other feeds, any post to a group
>>> serves to perpetuate it. In short, it's difficult to shut it down and
>>> easier to let it continue. However, if Microsoft never creates Win7
>>> newsgroups, then there is nothing to continue. They've apparently
>>> decided (and no, there was never any sort of announcement) to use
>>> moderated web forums for all peer support.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best of Luck,
>>>
>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>> [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
>>> Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
>>>
>>> "JP" <wiseguyxxxx********.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OJ4$%23DCXKHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> "milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23B4116AXKHA.4068@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, this has been covered several times in several threads. Simply,
>>>>> no, there isn't and it doesn't look like MS plans to make any, they
>>>>> want to do all their support on web forums now.
>>>>
>>>> Then what's the point for MS server (msnews.microsoft.com) carrying
>>>> these groups?
>>>[/color][/color]
>[/color]