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When I want to post a Question, the Net Passport Sign In Screen appears.
In the past, I don't remember having to use the Net Passport Sing In.
Is there another way to sign in?
Thank you for your help,
meadow
 
No, you need to sign-in using .NET Passport.

For a better Microsoft newsgroup experience:

Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| When I want to post a Question, the Net Passport Sign In Screen appears.
| In the past, I don't remember having to use the Net Passport Sing In.
| Is there another way to sign in?
| Thank you for your help,
| meadow
 
meadow said:
When I want to post a Question, the Net Passport Sign In Screen
appears. In the past, I don't remember having to use the Net Passport
Sing In. Is there another way to sign in?
Thank you for your help,
meadow
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In order to post in the Microsoft Web interface to newsgroups you must sign
in with a passport. Use Outlook Express instead (it's faster, too):

In OE go to Tools | Accounts | Add (or New) | News.
Set up an account for this news server:

msnews.microsoft.com

The server is free and does not require you to logon. This news server
carries over 2200 newsgroups related to Microsoft products and keeps
messages at least 30 days.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx
 
To expand a little on Carey's reply, if you use the web interface, you now must
log-on with a .Net Passport. AFAIK, you can still get a Passport by merely signing
up for a Hotmail web mail account, and then use that user name for your Passport
log-in.

However, a much better way to use these groups is through the built-in newsreader in
Outlook Express (OE). Using OE, this group is accessible through this link:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers

How to set up Outlook Express (OE) as a newsreader program to access the Microsoft
forums:
http://www.rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/resources/communities.htm#setupmsnews
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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/conduct/default.mspx
 
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