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Is there a Windows7 newsgroup? I am interested to see what folks have
to say about the Back Screen of Death.
 
Is there a Windows7 newsgroup? I am interested to see what folks have
to say about the Back Screen of Death.
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No, not yet. Do a Google search. This is for Windows XP only.

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Rick said:
Is there a Windows7 newsgroup? I am interested to see what folks
have to say about the Back Screen of Death.
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Guessing you mean "Black" screen of death.

Haven't seen it personally - sure it exists although likely caused by some
third party program having changed something from default or
incompatibility.

There is no official MS Windows 7 newsgroup (in English) - nor will there
probably be - only web forums.
 
Is there a Windows7 newsgroup? I am interested to see what folks have
to say about the Back Screen of Death.
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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.

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
 
Is there a Windows7 newsgroup? I am interested to see what folks have
to say about the Back Screen of Death.
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Microsoft has not, and it's doubtful they ever will create a NNTP
newsgroup for Windows 7. Instead they have opted for an online forum.
However there is a non-Microsoft sponsored newsgroup available, but not
all servers carry it.

The writing is on the wall and this is a sign of things to come. More
and more companies are turning to either online forums or mailing lists
for support as it is easier for them to deal with spam and the twits
that try to spoil everybody's fun.
 
Shenan said:
Guessing you mean "Black" screen of death.

Haven't seen it personally - sure it exists although likely caused by some
third party program having changed something from default or
incompatibility.

There is no official MS Windows 7 newsgroup (in English) - nor will there
probably be - only web forums.
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I am do not type well "Black is correct
 
Rick said:
Is there a Windows7 newsgroup? I am interested to see what folks
have to say about the Back Screen of Death.
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Shenan said:
Guessing you mean "Black" screen of death.

Haven't seen it personally - sure it exists although likely caused
by some third party program having changed something from default or
incompatibility.

There is no official MS Windows 7 newsgroup (in English) - nor will
there probably be - only web forums.
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I am do not type well "Black" is correct
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Okay.

You may be interested in this:
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archi...of-issues-with-november-security-updates.aspx
 
MS is looking into it.
apparently it only effects a very few computers that are running some particular program.
seems the authors thought to code against ms recommendations. when ms made a change they got caught.

of course everyone blames ms.

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Is there a Windows7 newsgroup? I am interested to see what folks have
to say about the Back Screen of Death.
 
That's because most all company's like web based everything now adays.
soon text news groups will go the way of dial up history:)
 
Roy said:
Well unfortunately that's the only forum of any type that Microsoft has
sponsored for Windows 7. Although there is a beta program called NNTP
Bridge that allows you to read and post messages in those forums using a
newsreader. It works, but it's not as fast as a real NNTP news server.
If you're interested in trying it out here's the link:

https://connect.microsoft.com/site/s...spx?SiteID=927
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Huh? Where was a "forum" mentioned in the above quoted conversation?

PS: The NNTP Bridge beta's still a dog.
 
That's because most all company's like web based everything now adays.
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I'm afraid that you are right.

soon text news groups will go the way of dial up history:)
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I don't think that they will *all* disappear anytime soon. But
unfortunately for many of them, their use is decreasing, and they will
disappear. I just hope it doesn't happen anytime soon.


 
Huh? Where was a "forum" mentioned in the above quoted conversation?

PS: The NNTP Bridge beta's still a dog.
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Oh well... guess that's what I get for using the Quote Collapse add-on
in Thunderbird. This add-on collapses each level of quoted text to one
line and adds a + to expand that layer of text. I just didn't expand
the previously quoted material and just assumed the response was to the
Web forum for Windows 7.

Just looked at the NNTP Bridge page and there's an updated Beta expected
to be out on Dec 17th. Hopefully that one will work a little better.
 
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