I hate to sound stupid, but are there any Windows 7 newsgroups yet? I
couldn't find one.

Annie Woughman wrote:[color=blue]
> 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.

"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]

alt.windows7.general

The real question is whether your server carries this group. I use Aioe
(they have it) which is a free usenet server:
[url]http://www.aioe.org[/url]

no news groups YET.

web forums only
[url]http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7[/url]

[email]mikeyhsd@lamparty.net[/email]



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

"milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote in message
news:%23B4116AXKHA.4068@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> 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]

Then what's the point for MS server (msnews.microsoft.com) carrying
these groups?

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=blue]
> "milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote in message
> news:%23B4116AXKHA.4068@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>
>> 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]
>
> Then what's the point for MS server (msnews.microsoft.com) carrying these
> groups?[/color]

and what's de official forum now??


Ricardo Polo

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:ulL7CHDXKHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> 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=green]
>> "milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23B4116AXKHA.4068@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> 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]
>>
>> Then what's the point for MS server (msnews.microsoft.com) carrying these
>> groups?[/color]
>[/color]

Visit: [url]http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories/[/url]

Windows 7 - The Next Generation of Customer Support:
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/oct09/10-28CustomerServiceWin7.mspx[/url]



Annie Woughman wrote:[color=blue]
> I hate to sound stupid, but are there any Windows 7 newsgroups yet? I
> couldn't find one.
>
>[/color]

JP wrote:[color=blue]
> "milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote in message
> news:%23B4116AXKHA.4068@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>
>> 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]
>
> Then what's the point for MS server (msnews.microsoft.com) carrying
> these groups?[/color]

To state the obvious, there isn't one and that's why these groups will
probably go away at some point.

mikeyhsd wrote:[color=blue]
> 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?

"milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote in message
news:%23B4116AXKHA.4068@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Annie Woughman wrote:[color=green]
>> 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.

"Will B. Dunne" <anon@anon.net> wrote in message
news:ekxEU2EXKHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>[/color]
[color=blue]
> 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]


Well there's your reason. It's so they can 'hide' and 'pull' things, and be
the arbiters of what is good and what is bad.

--
Jon

"milt" <theatreguy_dunspam_@miltsweb.com> wrote in message
news:e679PAEXKHA.2388@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> mikeyhsd wrote:[color=green]
>> 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

"Will B. Dunne" <anon@anon.net> wrote in message
news:ekxEU2EXKHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> 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...

Gordon wrote:[color=blue]
>
> "Will B. Dunne" <anon@anon.net> wrote in message
> news:ekxEU2EXKHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>
>> 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