Hi Larry,
Cross posting and multi posting are the same yet different. In both cases,
your post appears in more than one group. However, the biggest difference is
that when you cross post, a reply to your post in any of the groups is
automatically added to your posts in the other group(s). That way, you can
follow the replies to your post from any of the groups that you have entered
it into. A reply to a multi posted thread only appears in the group in which
it was posted. To crosspost, click on 'Advanced Options' at the bottom of the
text input dialogue. You then need to enter the newsgroup name(s) into the
dialogue box. To find out the name that needs to be inserted, hover over the
groups in the left hand column (you may need to give this focus first). The
tool tip that appears is the name that needs to be inserted. For example,
this group is 'microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup' and
'Windows Vista General Discussion' is
'microsoft.public.windows.vista.general'. Each name should be separated by a
comma.
Dwarf
"Larry S." wrote:
Quote:
> Can you explain what you mean?
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> Larry S
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
> Quote:
> > Learn how to cross post, as apposed to multi post
> >
> > "Larry S." <LarryS@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:18145471-4D54-49D3-B54F-1746726234FB@xxxxxx Quote:
> > >I have two computers running Vista Home Premium. When Service Pack 1 came
> > > out, my desktop, which is a clone I built myself, downloaded and installed
> > > Service Pack 1 without any problem, but my Dell Inspiron E1705 laptop
> > > seems
> > > oblivious to Service Pack 1's existence. Although automatic update is on
> > > both computers with similar settings (full automatic update), and the
> > > laptop
> > > has downloaded a number of updates since then and keeps telling me the
> > > computer is up to date, I can't help wondering why Service Pack 1 hasn't
> > > downloaded and installed, and whether I should install it manually or just
> > > assume the computer has a good reason to not install it and leave it
> > > alone.
> > > Any input on this would be appreciated. Thanks.
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> > > Larry S
> >
> >
> >