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07-17-2009
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| | Windows7 Newsgroup Is there an equivalent newsgroup for Windows7 -- Michael Chare |
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07-17-2009
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| | Re: Windows7 Newsgroup There are a number of Windows 7 Forums online: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...tegory/w7itpro http://www.windows7news.com/forum http://windows7forums.com http://www.w7forums.com http://www.sevenforums.com Saucy "Michael Chare" <MunderscoreNEWS@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:PfydnddIfdUSvfzXnZ2dnUVZ8tCdnZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: > Is there an equivalent newsgroup for Windows7 > > > -- > Michael Chare |
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07-18-2009
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| | Re: Windows7 Newsgroup "Rick Rogers" <rick@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Agreed, but it doesn't appear likely to happen, at least not yet. was moved to a Web-based forum last year by MS. It's still alive (just barely) on Usenet, due to the number of groups propagating it, but there is less activity as time goes by. Quote: >"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@xxxxxx> wrote in message >news:ONp8rG1BKHA.3800@xxxxxx Quote: >> >> Sadly, web-based forums simply won't cut it. They really need to get the >> Windows 7 newsgroups (well, more than the Italian one) up and running so >> we can start supporting users. (I've tried helping people via web-based >> forums, but it's far more trouble than it's worth; getting frustrated with >> the crudity of the medium seriously impairs my willingness to >> participate.) >> |
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07-18-2009
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| | Re: Windows7 Newsgroup Web forums are just so "top heavy". I prefer Usenet and I post and read in plain text. 'Hope Microsoft has the sense to create a set of Windows 7 Newsgroups. Saucy "Manny Weisbord" <mannyweisbord@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:6ap365tunl2mo962q6p53jnhggh47ftfmt@xxxxxx Quote: > "Rick Rogers" <rick@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >>Agreed, but it doesn't appear likely to happen, at least not yet. > Probably not ever. A very active group for Microsoft Expression Web > was moved to a Web-based forum last year by MS. It's still alive > (just barely) on Usenet, due to the number of groups propagating it, > but there is less activity as time goes by. > > Quote: >>"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>news:ONp8rG1BKHA.3800@xxxxxx Quote: >>> >>> Sadly, web-based forums simply won't cut it. They really need to get >>> the >>> Windows 7 newsgroups (well, more than the Italian one) up and running so >>> we can start supporting users. (I've tried helping people via web-based >>> forums, but it's far more trouble than it's worth; getting frustrated >>> with >>> the crudity of the medium seriously impairs my willingness to >>> participate.) >>> |
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07-18-2009
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| | Re: Windows7 Newsgroup "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ONp8rG1BKHA.3800@xxxxxx Quote: > Rick Rogers wrote: Quote: >> Hi, >> >> Not newsgroups, but technet forums: >> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/ >> > > Sadly, web-based forums simply won't cut it. They really need to get the > Windows 7 newsgroups (well, more than the Italian one) up and running so > we can start supporting users. (I've tried helping people via web-based > forums, but it's far more trouble than it's worth; getting frustrated with > the crudity of the medium seriously impairs my willingness to > participate.) just forget the whole thing as being too crude to waste my time on. Ron |
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07-18-2009
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| | Re: Windows7 Newsgroup "Saucy" <saucylemon@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#cbXUm0BKHA.4984@xxxxxx Quote: > There are a number of Windows 7 Forums online: > > http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...tegory/w7itpro > > http://www.windows7news.com/forum > > http://windows7forums.com > > http://www.w7forums.com > > http://www.sevenforums.com > > Saucy Ron |
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07-18-2009
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| | Re: Windows7 Newsgroup "Manny Weisbord" <mannyweisbord@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:6ap365tunl2mo962q6p53jnhggh47ftfmt@xxxxxx Quote: > "Rick Rogers" <rick@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >>Agreed, but it doesn't appear likely to happen, at least not yet. > Probably not ever. employee that NNTP groups would indeed be offered at some point in the future. |
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07-18-2009
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| | Re: Windows7 Newsgroup No kidding, eh? Web forums tend to be 'top heavy', IMHO, and loaded with shakes, kisses, awards, huge sigs and every other piece of annoying cr^ap they keep on dreaming up. lol Saucy "Bogey Man" <spam@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#saz0w8BKHA.1248@xxxxxx Quote: > "Saucy" <saucylemon@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:#cbXUm0BKHA.4984@xxxxxx Quote: >> There are a number of Windows 7 Forums online: >> >> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...tegory/w7itpro >> >> http://www.windows7news.com/forum >> >> http://windows7forums.com >> >> http://www.w7forums.com >> >> http://www.sevenforums.com >> >> Saucy > The forums are easy enough to find but they are a pain in the ass to use. > > Ron |
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07-18-2009
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| | Re: Windows7 Newsgroup Yay  )Saucy "Gordon" <gordonbparker@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#Ekm9t8BKHA.1380@xxxxxx Quote: > > "Manny Weisbord" <mannyweisbord@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:6ap365tunl2mo962q6p53jnhggh47ftfmt@xxxxxx Quote: >> "Rick Rogers" <rick@xxxxxx> wrote: >> Quote: >>>Agreed, but it doesn't appear likely to happen, at least not yet. >> Probably not ever. > I asked this question in the Win 7 forum and got a response from an MS > employee that NNTP groups would indeed be offered at some point in the > future. |
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07-18-2009
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| | Re: Windows7 Newsgroup That's because most forum members are still in diapers, or individuals who have never see the sun or the outside of their front door. -- Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. "Saucy" <saucylemon@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uRqsRI9BKHA.3732@xxxxxx Quote: > No kidding, eh? Web forums tend to be 'top heavy', IMHO, and loaded with > shakes, kisses, awards, huge sigs and every other piece of annoying cr^ap > they keep on dreaming up. lol > > Saucy > > > "Bogey Man" <spam@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:#saz0w8BKHA.1248@xxxxxx Quote: >> "Saucy" <saucylemon@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:#cbXUm0BKHA.4984@xxxxxx Quote: >>> There are a number of Windows 7 Forums online: >>> >>> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...tegory/w7itpro >>> >>> http://www.windows7news.com/forum >>> >>> http://windows7forums.com >>> >>> http://www.w7forums.com >>> >>> http://www.sevenforums.com >>> >>> Saucy >> The forums are easy enough to find but they are a pain in the ass to use. >> >> Ron |
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