Thanks for your quick reply and the forum link.
Pity there isn't a newsgroup, which I tend to find more convenient than
forums.
They are *much* faster and more convenient than forums, as far as I'm
concerned.
However it isn't true that there is no newsgroup. There are no
Microsoft newsgroups, but there is one on other servers. Here's my
standard post on the subject:
Unfortunately it's highly unlikely that there will be any Microsoft
Windows 7 newsgroups. Apparently Microsoft has decided that web-based
forums are better than newsgroups and they are putting their efforts
there. I'm personally sorry that's the case, but it's their decision,
not mine. Go to
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default.aspx?tab=2
However there is at least one non-Microsoft Windows 7 newsgroup:
alt.windows7.general. Not all servers carry it (at least not yet), but
here's one free news server that does: aioe.org