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From: achoo on 13 Mar 2010 05:35 achoo wrote: > Hi, > My friend has finally got on the net using one of those usb-wireless > modems. > The company he uses doesnt have a server, so he cant even use Outlook > Express. (I tried setting it up for him supplying the same details that > I use;(not My actual details) he is not too computer literate.) > > What can he do to get access to this and other groups on the microsoft > server? Is there a browser way-in? (he has FireFox) > > Xp home, SP2, fully patched. > > Thanks Thank you all for replies. I was at his house today and tried setting up the groups via Outlook again, and this time, Success. I must have done a typo before, and so it didnt work. I think it was Pa Bear who said that no matter what, I should be able to get him to groups via outlook, so I persisted down that road today. He has another problem and has already posted it to the appropiate group on the MS server,, (well, I guess I sorta helped, but at least he now knows what n/g's are.) Again, thanks for all the assist.
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 13 Mar 2010 11:28 Repeat: Outlook and Outlook Express are NOT the same application! achoo wrote: > achoo wrote: >> Hi, >> My friend has finally got on the net using one of those usb-wireless >> modems. >> The company he uses doesnt have a server, so he cant even use Outlook >> Express. (I tried setting it up for him supplying the same details that >> I use;(not My actual details) he is not too computer literate.) >> >> What can he do to get access to this and other groups on the microsoft >> server? Is there a browser way-in? (he has FireFox) >> >> Xp home, SP2, fully patched. >> >> Thanks > > > Thank you all for replies. > > I was at his house today and tried setting up the groups via Outlook > again, and this time, Success. I must have done a typo before, and so > it didnt work. I think it was Pa Bear who said that no matter what, I > should be able to get him to groups via outlook, so I persisted down > that road today. > > He has another problem and has already posted it to the appropiate group > on the MS server,, (well, I guess I sorta helped, but at least he now > knows what n/g's are.) > > Again, thanks for all the assist.
From: achoo on 13 Mar 2010 22:29 PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: > Repeat: Outlook and Outlook Express are NOT the same application! Yes, I do fully understand that pa. Outlook Express is what has been used, and it works just fine.
From: LD55ZRA on 13 Mar 2010 22:48 "achoo" <sneezy(a)cold.com> wrote in message news:%23pno%23ipwKHA.5340(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > I think it was Pa Bear who said that no matter what, I should be able to > get him to groups via outlook Pig-Bear is a bull-shitter if this is what he told you. You cannot access newsgroups using Outlook. Please don't waste your time on Outlook instead launch Outlook Express and you will be in the correct path to set it up correctly. You have to understand that Pig-Bear is 78 nearly 79 and he is an active member of the Geriatric Society of United States so don't expect him to give you correct answers all the time. He has got canned answers to everything that goes likke this: <quote> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)? </quote> So be very careful what he says. by the way, how is your cold these days? Has it improved? hth
From: glee on 14 Mar 2010 01:17
"LD55ZRA" <LD55ZRA(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:hnhmar$4ca$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > > "achoo" <sneezy(a)cold.com> wrote in message > news:%23pno%23ipwKHA.5340(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> > >> I think it was Pa Bear who said that no matter what, I should be >> able to get him to groups via outlook > > Pig-Bear is a bull-shitter if this is what he told you. You cannot > access newsgroups using Outlook. Please don't waste your time on > Outlook instead launch Outlook Express and you will be in the correct > path to set it up correctly. > > You have to understand that Pig-Bear is 78 nearly 79 and he is an > active member of the Geriatric Society of United States so don't > expect him to give you correct answers all the time. He has got > canned answers to everything that goes likke this: > > <quote> > What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your > subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than > Defender)? > What third-party firewall (if any)? > > Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the > computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you > bought > it)? > </quote> > > So be very careful what he says. by the way, how is your cold these > days? Has it improved? Had you bothered to read any other replies in this thread, you would know what PA Bear really told the poster...that Outlook Express has newsreader functionality but Outlook does not. You're a few decades off on his age also.....he's got quite some time to go before being "geriatric"...not that age has anything to do with intelligence. You only reveal your own ignorance and prejudice with statements like that, so thanks for showing us who you are. We can now safely disregard much of anything you say. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+ http://dts-l.net/ |