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From: LeeG on 28 Jun 2010 05:48 When I look at certain newsgroups, like the 'Windows XP Networking and the Web', it has no discussions in it. It has been like this for a while. Is it a problem on the 'net' or is this local to my machine?. If it is not my computer that is the problem, when will the missing newsgroups be available again? The missing newsgroups are also not available for downloading via windows live newsgroup reader.
From: VanguardLH on 28 Jun 2010 06:05 LeeG wrote: > When I look at certain newsgroups, like the 'Windows XP Networking and the > Web', it has no discussions in it. It has been like this for a while. Is it > a problem on the 'net' or is this local to my machine?. If it is not my > computer that is the problem, when will the missing newsgroups be available > again? The missing newsgroups are also not available for downloading via > windows live newsgroup reader. Stop using Microsoft's NNTP server (and their webnews-for-dummies interface to it, aka their Communities). Microsoft tried to usurp Usenet back in 2006 but decided their experiment is over since they can exert no control over Usenet. Microsoft is leaving. First they are dropping the newsgroups and eventually they'll kill off their NNTP server. Your choice will be to use a different NNTP server (some are free) to access the microsoft.public.* newsgroups, or "enjoy" the wonderfully inane and severely crippled web-based interface to their forums. You haven't seen Microsoft's post repeatedly stating in the newsgroups that Microsoft is leaving? Go read: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 28 Jun 2010 10:22 Start here: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx The following NGs were removed on 01 June 2010: microsoft.public.windowsxp.accessibility microsoft.public.windowsxp.beta.general microsoft.public.windowsxp.beta.help-and-support microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize microsoft.public.windowsxp.device_driver.dev microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded microsoft.public.windowsxp.games microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker microsoft.public.windowsxp.music microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 LeeG wrote: > When I look at certain newsgroups, like the 'Windows XP Networking and the > Web', it has no discussions in it. It has been like this for a while. Is > it a problem on the 'net' or is this local to my machine?. If it is not > my > computer that is the problem, when will the missing newsgroups be > available > again? The missing newsgroups are also not available for downloading via > windows live newsgroup reader.
From: Bill in Co. on 28 Jun 2010 14:36 VanguardLH wrote: > LeeG wrote: > >> When I look at certain newsgroups, like the 'Windows XP Networking and >> the >> Web', it has no discussions in it. It has been like this for a while. >> Is it >> a problem on the 'net' or is this local to my machine?. If it is not my >> computer that is the problem, when will the missing newsgroups be >> available >> again? The missing newsgroups are also not available for downloading via >> windows live newsgroup reader. > > Stop using Microsoft's NNTP server (and their webnews-for-dummies > interface to it, aka their Communities). Microsoft tried to usurp > Usenet back in 2006 but decided their experiment is over since they can > exert no control over Usenet. Microsoft is leaving. First they are > dropping the newsgroups and eventually they'll kill off their NNTP > server. > > Your choice will be to use a different NNTP server (some are free) to > access the microsoft.public.* newsgroups, or "enjoy" the wonderfully > inane and severely crippled web-based interface to their forums. > > You haven't seen Microsoft's post repeatedly stating in the newsgroups > that Microsoft is leaving? Go read: > > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx If Microsoft wasn't really all that involved in the newsgroups anyways, why do they feel the need to drop it, when so many depend on it and like it the way it is (in the NNTP format - NOT this newage, web-based, thing)
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