Microsoft Discussion Groups Question

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undersdtand that Microsoft is abandoning newsgroups for the web forums
(I hope I phrased that correctly.)
For the first time I went lurking in the Microsoft Discussion Groups.
My problem is I couldn't find a category for any Microsoft Office products
or Microsoft Secutrity Essentials. Maybe I didn't look long enough.
If I did and there are no categories for these products here why do we need
to go to a separate forum for these. Why aren't they all in the same place?

Also is there a way to filter the categories so I can only be exposed to the
microsoft categories?
 
Thanks for the "filter" suggestion.
But, I'm aware of the forum addresses for office and mse. I would think it
would make sense for these to be included in this forum. Especially when ms
is abandoning newsgroups. I guess they enjoy making it difficult for people.
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James


Bruce Hagen said:
Not exactly filter, but when you subscribe, you can set My Forums to only
show the ones you want when clicked on,

Microsoft Security Essentials Forums
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/mse

Microsoft Office Forums
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/group/Office
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


JamesJ said:
undersdtand that Microsoft is abandoning newsgroups for the web forums
(I hope I phrased that correctly.)
For the first time I went lurking in the Microsoft Discussion Groups.
My problem is I couldn't find a category for any Microsoft Office
products
or Microsoft Secutrity Essentials. Maybe I didn't look long enough.
If I did and there are no categories for these products here why do we
need
to go to a separate forum for these. Why aren't they all in the same
place?

Also is there a way to filter the categories so I can only be exposed to
the
microsoft categories?
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When you say 'this forum', are you speaking of the Web interface that you
are posting from now? That is not a forum. It is a 'portal' to
msnews.microsoft.com newsgroups. These newsgroups are going to be slowly
eliminated starting June 1, and taking about a year to complete. As these
newsgroups disappear, so will the counterparts in the Web interface. Get
used to posting at Microsoft Answers. That will be the only place to do so
soon.

--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


JamesJ said:
Thanks for the "filter" suggestion.
But, I'm aware of the forum addresses for office and mse. I would think
it
would make sense for these to be included in this forum. Especially when
ms
is abandoning newsgroups. I guess they enjoy making it difficult for
people.
--
James


Bruce Hagen said:
Not exactly filter, but when you subscribe, you can set My Forums to
only
show the ones you want when clicked on,

Microsoft Security Essentials Forums
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/mse

Microsoft Office Forums
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/group/Office
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


JamesJ said:
undersdtand that Microsoft is abandoning newsgroups for the web
forums
(I hope I phrased that correctly.)
For the first time I went lurking in the Microsoft Discussion Groups.
My problem is I couldn't find a category for any Microsoft Office
products
or Microsoft Secutrity Essentials. Maybe I didn't look long enough.
If I did and there are no categories for these products here why do
we
need
to go to a separate forum for these. Why aren't they all in the same
place?

Also is there a way to filter the categories so I can only be exposed
to
the
microsoft categories?
Click to expand...

.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Ah. I see.
I figure I might as well get used to using Microsoft Answers.

Thanks,
James

Bruce Hagen said:
When you say 'this forum', are you speaking of the Web interface that you
are posting from now? That is not a forum. It is a 'portal' to
msnews.microsoft.com newsgroups. These newsgroups are going to be slowly
eliminated starting June 1, and taking about a year to complete. As these
newsgroups disappear, so will the counterparts in the Web interface. Get
used to posting at Microsoft Answers. That will be the only place to do so
soon.

--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


JamesJ said:
Thanks for the "filter" suggestion.
But, I'm aware of the forum addresses for office and mse. I would think
it
would make sense for these to be included in this forum. Especially when
ms
is abandoning newsgroups. I guess they enjoy making it difficult for
people.
--
James


Bruce Hagen said:
Not exactly filter, but when you subscribe, you can set My Forums to
only
show the ones you want when clicked on,

Microsoft Security Essentials Forums
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/mse

Microsoft Office Forums
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/group/Office
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


undersdtand that Microsoft is abandoning newsgroups for the web forums
(I hope I phrased that correctly.)
For the first time I went lurking in the Microsoft Discussion Groups.
My problem is I couldn't find a category for any Microsoft Office
products
or Microsoft Secutrity Essentials. Maybe I didn't look long enough.
If I did and there are no categories for these products here why do we
need
to go to a separate forum for these. Why aren't they all in the same
place?

Also is there a way to filter the categories so I can only be exposed
to
the
microsoft categories?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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