Have internet connected but no green bars.

[David Li]

Hi all,

This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.

After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are missing
in the taskbar.

The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the pop up
windows.

Internet connection is working btw.


Regards

David

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Try this forum:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7hardware/threads

 

[Mike S]

Hi all,

This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.
After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are
missing in the taskbar.
The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the pop
up windows.
Internet connection is working btw.

Regards
David

Are the options you an set for the network adapter software?

Can you subscribe to alt.windows7.general?

 

[Mike S]

Are the options you an set for the network adapter software?

Can you subscribe to alt.windows7.general?

Apologies, not sure what happened with that post, I meant to ask,

"Are there options you can set for the network adapter software?"

Sorry for the repeat.

Mike

 

[David Li]

hi,

I can not subscribe to alt.windows7.general and I can not find this in the
Microsoft Communities account, how can I add alt.windows7.general? thanks

 

[Bob I]

That's because it isn't a microsoft newsgroup. You can't get there from
here. You will need an account on a newsgroup server that carries it, or
look it up in Google Groups.

 

[Paul]

hi,

I can not subscribe to alt.windows7.general and I can not find this in
the Microsoft Communities account, how can I add alt.windows7.general?
thanks

A USENET server happens to carry that group.

Some email tools, can also communicate with USENET servers, using
NNTP protocol. For example, I use Thunderbird, which is both an
email and a USENET news reader.

This is an example of a free server, one in fact where you don't
even need to register to start using it. The server has some
strange filter rules, to try to control abuse. You're limited to posting
perhaps 25 messages a day. And there is no transmission of binaries
on this server (so no movie uploading or downloading is supported
on the server).

http://www.aioe.org/ <--- read the usage rules here

When setting up your USENET news reader, the important info is

nntp.aioe.org port 119

Once you make connections with the server, you download the "groups"
list, and then "subscribe" to the group alt.windows7.general .
There could be a tick box, next to the group name, and you
tick it to have that group added to your active list of groups.
When you update the list of groups you subscribe to, and the
tool fetches the headers, you can see a list of message threads
and subjects. Clicking on them, allows you to read the message
body. And doing a "reply", allows you to participate. Since
AIOE supports posting, it allows your reply to go through.
There are a few servers around, that only allow reading, so
that distinction is important.

There are yet more free servers available, but they require
registration with the owner, to get username/password. On
those, you set up your USENET news reader to "request authentication"
and enter username/password before the session starts. If
the news reader has username/password caching, then you use
the tool with no further nuisance.

This message is being sent via nntp.aioe.org , so I'm using
it right now. I could just as easily post to alt.windows7.general
if I wanted, by changing the "Newsgroup" line in the message.

HTH,
Paul

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

PS: There are no Win7-specific newsgroups on the MS newsserver.

 

[mm]

hi,

I can not subscribe to alt.windows7.general and I can not find this in the
Microsoft Communities account, how can I add alt.windows7.general? thanks

Yes, just what Bob and Paul say. There is far more to usenet than
just microsoft groups and even microsoft groups** are better read with
a news client, a news reader. "Agent" at www.forteinc.com isn't free
iirc, but it's a very good reader.

I have alt.windows7.general on my free newsserver and there are paid
news servers for 4 to 10 dollars a month. Plus there are 30,000 other
newsgroups on various topics, though usually about 2/3rds of them are
empty.

**In fact, I get the impression that microsoft groups will only be
available on Usenetf, but that news is confusing.

 

[Eddie]

Hi all,

This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.

After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are
missing in the taskbar.

The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the pop
up windows.

Internet connection is working btw.


Regards

David

Phone your ISP and ask if they supply N/G's... mine supplies about
50,000 (even tho' there are about 200,000 out there in the ether)

If your server supplies them, simply set up an account (outlook express
if you like, but T/bird is better.) and away you go.

Ed

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Phone your ISP and ask if they supply N/G's... mine supplies about
50,000 (even tho' there are about 200,000 out there in the ether)

Very few ISPs these days provide newsgroups. You generally need to get
them from another supplier. Some news servers are free, others charge
a small fee. News.eternal-september.org is a good free one.

If your server supplies them, simply set up an account (outlook express
if you like, but T/bird is better.) and away you go.

What newsreader you use is up to you, and we all have different likes
and dislikes and different tastes. You like Thunderbird, I don't. My
favorite newsreader is Forté Agent, but I don't think anyone should
just do what I do. Each person should try several of what's available
and choose whichever one best suits him.

 

[Eddie]

What newsreader you use is up to you, and we all have different likes
and dislikes and different tastes. You like Thunderbird, I don't. My
favorite newsreader is Forté Agent, but I don't think anyone should
just do what I do. Each person should try several of what's available
and choose whichever one best suits him.

I agree. Personally I have 'Agent, Tbird, Xnews, o/e, and couple of
others; I also have a pay server which I get for free; its got about
120,000 groups.(binaries included and a 6month retention.)

As for isp's, I guess I'm just lucky mine actually supplies, including
binaries.

Ed

 

[Billns]

Phone your ISP and ask if they supply N/G's... mine supplies about
50,000 (even tho' there are about 200,000 out there in the ether)

If your server supplies them, simply set up an account (outlook express
if you like, but T/bird is better.) and away you go.

Ed

Teranews isn't quite free. You have to register and pay a one-time
access fee. After that you can download up to 50 mb of data every day
with no extra charge. Binary groups are supported. Retention is about
four months. You can upgrade to a pay plan if you need more than this
limit. I've been using it happily for several years.

My ISP discontinued .alt newsgroups over a year ago and all newsgroups
shortly thereafter.

Bill