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Alex McFarlane

Dear Chums,

OK, I know this isn't a Win 7 ng; but where will I find one please?

Alex McF
 
There are a bunch of online forums but no public english newsgroup on the
msnews.microsoft.com newsgroup server. I'm hoping they get a Windows 7
newsgroup up soon too.

Saucy
 
Alias said:
You can't thanks to Frank and the nymshifter.

Alias
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Horseshit. You are the big troublemaker here. You and your INFERIOR Ubuntu
that you get a hard-on for. You know, the product that 99.99999% of the
people reject?
 
Well they should get a move on. AFAICT, Windows Live Mail comes with a
Microsoft newsserver account preloaded. When they start installing Windows 7
they will be downloading Windows Live Mail and .. and then what when they go
to look up the Windows 7 newsgroup should they have a question?

Saucy
 
Well they should get a move on.
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You're saying that as if the question is *when* it will happen.
Unfortunately, the real question is *whether*, and as time passes, it
looks more and more like it will never happen.
 
To go from plain text newsgrouping to kisses, and buzzes, avatars, bells,
medals, huge illustrated signatures, awards, pets, votes, popularity
thermometers, and so on .. seems a little undignified to me.

:0)

Saucy
 
To go from plain text newsgrouping to kisses, and buzzes, avatars, bells,
medals, huge illustrated signatures, awards, pets, votes, popularity
thermometers, and so on .. seems a little undignified to me.
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I'm perhaps not as concerned with how dignified it is as you are, but
I like newsgroups simply because I can participate in *much* less time
that I can on any web-based forum.
 
Alex said:
Dear Chums,

OK, I know this isn't a Win 7 ng; but where will I find one please?

Alex McF
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You can't find one, as far as anyone knows. Microsoft isn't planning to
make one. It doesn't look good for the future of this newsserver if that
is the case.
 
Saucy said:
There are a bunch of online forums but no public english newsgroup on
the msnews.microsoft.com newsgroup server. I'm hoping they get a Windows
7 newsgroup up soon too.

Saucy
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With all the problems, they're going to need it!
 
Saucy said:
Well they should get a move on. AFAICT, Windows Live Mail comes with a
Microsoft newsserver account preloaded. When they start installing
Windows 7 they will be downloading Windows Live Mail and .. and then
what when they go to look up the Windows 7 newsgroup should they have a
question?

Saucy
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and it will probably come configured to use their real email address in
the header.
We are on the virge of a new era of spam!
and virus infections....
and malware infections...

Time to buy shares in Symantec.
 
I'm perhaps not as concerned with how dignified it is as you are, but
I like newsgroups simply because I can participate in *much* less time
that I can on any web-based forum.
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I dislike the navigation and the fact that threads aren't threaded (in most
forums I've used). But if I get 7, and there's no newsgroup by then, I'll
just have to suck it up.
 
Pretty much a dupe of DanS's post. Glad to backup his position, but the
real reason is that my newsreader doesn't update the groups automatically
:-)
 
I think MS views this newsgroup as having become a
center for MS bashing. Also it seems to attract certain
members of society with multiple personality disorder
such as Spanky de Monkey and his multiple characters.
They seem to thrive in this environment to the detriment
of the whole newsgroup. On the MS forums it will not be
tolerated.

Its sad because I have always enjoyed my newsreader and
the ease of use, but times change.
 
Ken Blake said:
I'm perhaps not as concerned with how dignified it is as you are, but
I like newsgroups simply because I can participate in *much* less time
that I can on any web-based forum.
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And it's much easier to save useful information from a Usenet Newsgroup than
it is from a web-based forum...
 
And it's much easier to save useful information from a Usenet Newsgroup than
it is from a web-based forum...
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Assuming that you can find useful information from a Usenet Newsgroup...

(Ducks under desk.)

The remark in parens means that this poster ducks under his desk in an
effort to avoid thrown missiles, not that there are some members of genus
Anas under the desk.
 
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