I just upgraded from XP Home to XP Pro. With XP Home I was able to use
Outlook Express to read newsgroups. Now I no longer receive any new posts.
I contacted my ISP and they told me that their news server was running fine,
and they verified the name of the news server (OE still had the correct
name). I unsubscribed, rebooted, and resubscribed with no results. I use
Norton Internet Security 2007, in case it matters. Any suggestions?
--


Pete

Please post this to the OE newsgroup.

Click Here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Pete" <Pete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D5118EB2-54C1-4095-A187-6EF607C2D859@microsoft.com...
>I just upgraded from XP Home to XP Pro. With XP Home I was able to use
> Outlook Express to read newsgroups. Now I no longer receive any new posts.
> I contacted my ISP and they told me that their news server was running fine,
> and they verified the name of the news server (OE still had the correct
> name). I unsubscribed, rebooted, and resubscribed with no results. I use
> Norton Internet Security 2007, in case it matters. Any suggestions?
> --
>
>
> Pete
>

Please post this to the OE newsgroup.

Click Here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Pete" <Pete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D5118EB2-54C1-4095-A187-6EF607C2D859@microsoft.com...
>I just upgraded from XP Home to XP Pro. With XP Home I was able to use
> Outlook Express to read newsgroups. Now I no longer receive any new posts.
> I contacted my ISP and they told me that their news server was running fine,
> and they verified the name of the news server (OE still had the correct
> name). I unsubscribed, rebooted, and resubscribed with no results. I use
> Norton Internet Security 2007, in case it matters. Any suggestions?
> --
>
>
> Pete
>

Pete wrote:

> I just upgraded from XP Home to XP Pro. With XP Home I was able to use
> Outlook Express to read newsgroups. Now I no longer receive any new
> posts.

This can happen with any news server and client if the news spool on the
server was reset. Deleting the account from OE and re-adding it fixes it
in most cases. A longer term fix would be to use a more robust news
client, such as XNews (http://xnews.newsguy.com/), which lets you reset
it's newsrc without having to delete and recreate the account...

You might try an Outlook Express related newsgroup instead, such as
news:microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

Pete wrote:

> I just upgraded from XP Home to XP Pro. With XP Home I was able to use
> Outlook Express to read newsgroups. Now I no longer receive any new
> posts.

This can happen with any news server and client if the news spool on the
server was reset. Deleting the account from OE and re-adding it fixes it
in most cases. A longer term fix would be to use a more robust news
client, such as XNews (http://xnews.newsguy.com/), which lets you reset
it's newsrc without having to delete and recreate the account...

You might try an Outlook Express related newsgroup instead, such as
news:microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

Please don't backwards quote.
http://ursine.ca/Top_Posting

Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote:

>
> Please post this to the OE newsgroup.
>
> Click Here:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general

Invalid link. News URLs are news:news.group and don't allow the
specification of a news server. The correct URL for what you're going for
is nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general or
news:microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general.

See RFC 1738 for the current standard for URLs.
http://rfc.net/rfc1738.html

Please don't backwards quote.
http://ursine.ca/Top_Posting

Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote:

>
> Please post this to the OE newsgroup.
>
> Click Here:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general

Invalid link. News URLs are news:news.group and don't allow the
specification of a news server. The correct URL for what you're going for
is nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general or
news:microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general.

See RFC 1738 for the current standard for URLs.
http://rfc.net/rfc1738.html

And if you use the MS newsserver?

e.g., news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsxp.general
--
OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...outlookexpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Pete wrote:
> I just upgraded from XP Home to XP Pro. With XP Home I was able to use
> Outlook Express to read newsgroups. Now I no longer receive any new
> posts.
> I contacted my ISP and they told me that their news server was running
> fine,
> and they verified the name of the news server (OE still had the correct
> name). I unsubscribed, rebooted, and resubscribed with no results. I use
> Norton Internet Security 2007, in case it matters. Any suggestions?

And if you use the MS newsserver?

e.g., news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsxp.general
--
OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...outlookexpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Pete wrote:
> I just upgraded from XP Home to XP Pro. With XP Home I was able to use
> Outlook Express to read newsgroups. Now I no longer receive any new
> posts.
> I contacted my ISP and they told me that their news server was running
> fine,
> and they verified the name of the news server (OE still had the correct
> name). I unsubscribed, rebooted, and resubscribed with no results. I use
> Norton Internet Security 2007, in case it matters. Any suggestions?

>Deleting the account from OE and re-adding it

That did not work, but it was worth a try. I think I'll try another
newsreader, like the one you mentioned.

Everyone wondered why I did not post in an OE newsgroup. Well, my
newsreader does not work (hence why I am here), so I used the only resource I
knew, the Microsoft webpage for Microsoft newsgroups. I did not see any
newsgroups for OE, but I probably did not look hard enough.
--


Pete

>Deleting the account from OE and re-adding it

That did not work, but it was worth a try. I think I'll try another
newsreader, like the one you mentioned.

Everyone wondered why I did not post in an OE newsgroup. Well, my
newsreader does not work (hence why I am here), so I used the only resource I
knew, the Microsoft webpage for Microsoft newsgroups. I did not see any
newsgroups for OE, but I probably did not look hard enough.
--


Pete

Inline.

P. Johnson wrote:
> Please don't backwards quote.
> http://ursine.ca/Top_Posting

There are no top/bottom posting rules in MS newsgroups.

> Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote:
>> Please post this to the OE newsgroup.
>>
>> Click Here:
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general
>
> Invalid link.

It most certainly is a valid link to the OE General newsgroup accessed using
the MS newsserver news://msnews.microsoft.com.

> News URLs are news:news.group and don't allow the
> specification of a news server. The correct URL for what you're going for
> is nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general or
> news:microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general.
>
> See RFC 1738 for the current standard for URLs.
> http://rfc.net/rfc1738.html

<yawn> As OP's issues appear to be caused by the newsserver he's using, he
should test accessing newsgroups using the MS newsserver. (The link
news:microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general might not work if OP's default
newsserver doesn't carry it.)
--
~PA Bear

Inline.

P. Johnson wrote:
> Please don't backwards quote.
> http://ursine.ca/Top_Posting

There are no top/bottom posting rules in MS newsgroups.

> Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote:
>> Please post this to the OE newsgroup.
>>
>> Click Here:
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general
>
> Invalid link.

It most certainly is a valid link to the OE General newsgroup accessed using
the MS newsserver news://msnews.microsoft.com.

> News URLs are news:news.group and don't allow the
> specification of a news server. The correct URL for what you're going for
> is nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general or
> news:microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general.
>
> See RFC 1738 for the current standard for URLs.
> http://rfc.net/rfc1738.html

<yawn> As OP's issues appear to be caused by the newsserver he's using, he
should test accessing newsgroups using the MS newsserver. (The link
news:microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general might not work if OP's default
newsserver doesn't carry it.)
--
~PA Bear