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How can I put an internet explorer icon (e) on my desktop that will take me
directly to all the messages I have posted at the Microsoft forums?
 
Joni said:
How can I put an internet explorer icon (e) on my desktop that will
take me
directly to all the messages I have posted at the Microsoft forums?
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I don't think you can. A better solution would be to use a real
newsreader to access these groups. This is very easy to set up and you
can filter posts the way you want. Here is information about that:

Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is
really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you
learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows,
but you can use Outlook Express since you already have it. Here are
some links to information about newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=basics.html - Basics
of Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief
explanation of newsgroups

Using Outlook Express as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

How to Post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
working properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
crossposting

Other Newsreaders for Windows:
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php - for Forte
http://www.mozilla.org
http://gravity.tbates.org/
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
http://xnews.newsguy.com/

Malke
 
Malke said:
I don't think you can. A better solution would be to use a real
newsreader to access these groups. This is very easy to set up and you
can filter posts the way you want. Here is information about that:

Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this
is really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if
you learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for
Windows, but you can use Outlook Express since you already have it.
Here are some links to information about newsgroups:
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And to add to Malke's good information, if you want to find your own
messages, go to http://groups.google.com/advanced_search and search for your
name in
whatever newsgroups you want.
 
Havaing trouble with google link. I entered search for author: Joni
and I entered Microsoft community Newsgroups because I want it to find all
my posts. It seems you have to sign up in order to do this.

At other forums such as Dell, I can place a shortcut on my desktop that will
take me directly to all of my posts. Can't I do this with MS?
 
Joni said:
Havaing trouble with google link. I entered search for author: Joni
and I entered Microsoft community Newsgroups because I want it to
find all my posts. It seems you have to sign up in order to do this.
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No, you're confused because you think this is a forum. It's not--it's a
newsgroup. You are using the web interface to read this newsgroup--it's the
slowest, clunkiest, most error-prone method there is. Do yourself a favor
and switch to a newsreader, such as Outlook Express, which comes with
Windows. See http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

On Googlegroups, you can find this one with the name
microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers. You can find all the Microsoft Windows
XP newsgroups with the name microsoft.public.windowsxp.*
 
I am getting very discouraged. When I try to post new, nothing opens to post
in.

I have been told that it is much easier to use Newsgroups so I tried to set
up my Outlook Express User newsgroups. I entered the name I want to appear
on my posts. For the e-mail address it gave my hotmail address and I edited
this to read (removethis) after my name and left the hotmail.com. I believe
this is how it should be done if I don't want alot of spam. Next the
Internet Connection Wizzard appeared and it wanted me to type in News (NNTP)
server then there is a box saying My news server requires me to log in. I do
not know what to put in these boxes - I called Verizon. I havve Verizon
Premium with MSN. The person I spoke with was no help. Can you advise me
further? Thanks
Joni
 
Joni said:
I am getting very discouraged. When I try to post new, nothing opens to
post
in.

I have been told that it is much easier to use Newsgroups so I tried to
set
up my Outlook Express User newsgroups. I entered the name I want to
appear
on my posts. For the e-mail address it gave my hotmail address and I
edited
this to read (removethis) after my name and left the hotmail.com. I
believe
this is how it should be done if I don't want alot of spam. Next the
Internet Connection Wizzard appeared and it wanted me to type in News
(NNTP)
server then there is a box saying My news server requires me to log in. I
do
not know what to put in these boxes - I called Verizon. I havve Verizon
Premium with MSN. The person I spoke with was no help. Can you advise me
further? Thanks
Joni
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If you follow my step by step, you should be able to retreive and post to
the newsgroups.

--
Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

 
Joni said:
I am getting very discouraged. When I try to post new, nothing opens
to post in.

I have been told that it is much easier to use Newsgroups so I tried
to set up my Outlook Express User newsgroups. I entered the name I
want to appear on my posts. For the e-mail address it gave my
hotmail address and I edited this to read (removethis) after my name
and left the hotmail.com. I believe this is how it should be done if
I don't want alot of spam. Next the Internet Connection Wizzard
appeared and it wanted me to type in News (NNTP) server then there is
a box saying My news server requires me to log in. I do not know
what to put in these boxes - I called Verizon. I havve Verizon
Premium with MSN. The person I spoke with was no help. Can you
advise me further? Thanks
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For the Microsoft newsgroups, use msnews.microsoft.com for the News server
name, and do *not* check the box "My news server requires me to log in." For
general instructions regarding setting up Outlook Express for newsgroups,
please refer to the link I provided below,
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
 
I am trying to followyour instructions to set up Outlook Express Newsreader.
When I get to step 11 From View. (view is not lit up so I cannot select
anything.
Thanks for your help so far. Please advise
 
From OE Tools> Options> Read> Set the number of headers to retrieve to 1000.
I did this. Uncheck the checkbox to download all the messages in a
newsgroup. There is no such option


(recommended, but takes a considerable amount of time. OE Newsreader will
give a much higher estimate of the posts to download. Estimate is over a
million headers for the general group, but actual number is around 90 to 100
thousand.) The XP newsgroups have a very high volume and average posts in
some groups exceed 1000 posts per day, using the default 300 headers to
download would give only a fraction of the posts and replies to the
newsgroups.

I cannot get step 11 to work. Step 11: From View> Current View select Show
All Messages. Still does not light up
 
Joni said:
From OE Tools> Options> Read> Set the number of headers to retrieve to
1000.
I did this. Uncheck the checkbox to download all the messages in a
newsgroup. There is no such option


(recommended, but takes a considerable amount of time. OE Newsreader will
give a much higher estimate of the posts to download. Estimate is over a
million headers for the general group, but actual number is around 90 to
100
thousand.) The XP newsgroups have a very high volume and average posts in
some groups exceed 1000 posts per day, using the default 300 headers to
download would give only a fraction of the posts and replies to the
newsgroups.

I cannot get step 11 to work. Step 11: From View> Current View select Show
All Messages. Still does not light up
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But did you start over from the beginning and follow the steps to the
letter? I am pretty sure if you retrace the steps you will find you made a
typo or checked a box you shouldn't have.
I have never received a email where they couldn't get OE newsreader to work
when it wasn't one of the above mistakes.

--
Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

 
Joni said:
I still can't follow your steps - View not lit up. I will retrace and
advise
once again.

Note I can; however, read your post in Outlook Express but if I click on
reply, I get a message saying there was an error opening this messaage.
An
error has occurred. Now I see that when I have OE open with the new user
discussions posts including your that at this point I can complete steps
in
the View menu because it is now lit up.

Please comment

If I click on address book it says unable to open address book Address
Book
has not been installed properly.-- Can I just reinstall the address book
without reinstalling OE
Joni
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What is your Windows version?
What is your Outlook Express version?
These might help:

Address Book Failed to Load, Outlook Express Is...: It also applies to IE6
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=191946

Address Book Failed to Load
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269777
 
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