Wrong newsgroup but I can't access Vista group

[Wally Wombat]

I have never had any trouble accessing this group, but I have recently
updated to Vista and find it impossible to to get into that group.
The login refuses to work.
The question window fails to initiate and it is as slow as a three legged
donkey.
I have been using my hotmail address that I have had for years.
What am I doing wrong?

Wombat

 

[Ken Blake]

I have never had any trouble accessing this group, but I have recently
updated to Vista and find it impossible to to get into that group.
The login refuses to work.
The question window fails to initiate and it is as slow as a three legged
donkey.
I have been using my hotmail address that I have had for years.
What am I doing wrong?

The reason you're having such problems is that you are using the web
interface to read this newsgroup--it's the slowest, clunkiest, most
error-prone method there is. Do yourself a favor and switch to a newsreader,
such as Outlook Express, which comes with Windows XP or Windows Mail, which
comes with Vista.

See http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

 

[Mick Murphy]

The original link to Vista Discussions IS broken.
After you sign-in, you still can not post, or reply

BUT, the link posted here WORKS.
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx

You scroll down the list to: microsoft.public.windows THEN expand it for
Vista Newsgroups

And it works the same as the broken one; sign in via Hotmail Account.
MS emailed me this link months ago, when it 1st happened.

 

[Mick Murphy]

You refuse to answer the OP's question.
You are a narrow-minded, old fool.
You know the answer he wanted; I gave it to you, you ignorant swine.

 

[HeyBub]

You refuse to answer the OP's question.
You are a narrow-minded, old fool.
You know the answer he wanted; I gave it to you, you ignorant swine.

Maybe it's not a refusal. Maybe he just didn't know.

The underlying question is how to successfully access a newsgroup - how to
make a web interface work is only solving a symptom, not the underlying
problem.

You can give a man a dead fish, and solve his current difficulty (hunger),
but if you teach him how to harvest his own dead fish, he won't pester you
anymore.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[X-post to Vista General]

Bypass that clunk web-interface entirely by accessing the MS newsgroups in
your default newsreader (e.g., Windows Mail in Vista).

Setting up Windows Mail (Vista) to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/microsoft-newsgroup-setup-instructions-for-windows-mail/

Click on of the following links to open the newsgroup in your default
newsreader:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_video
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.security

 

[Mick Murphy]

The original link to Vista Discussions IS broken.
After you sign-in, you still can not post, or reply

BUT, the link posted here WORKS.
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx

You scroll down the list to: microsoft.public.windows THEN expand it for
Vista Newsgroups

And it works the same as the broken one; sign in via Hotmail Account.
MS emailed me this link months ago, when it 1st happened.

--
Mad Mike

[X-post to Vista General]

Bypass that clunk web-interface entirely by accessing the MS newsgroups in
your default newsreader (e.g., Windows Mail in Vista).

Setting up Windows Mail (Vista) to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/microsoft-newsgroup-setup-instructions-for-windows-mail/

Click on of the following links to open the newsgroup in your default
newsreader:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_video
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

I have never had any trouble accessing this group, but I have recently
updated to Vista and find it impossible to to get into that group.
The login refuses to work.
The question window fails to initiate and it is as slow as a three legged
donkey.
I have been using my hotmail address that I have had for years.
What am I doing wrong?

Wombat

 

[Mick Murphy]

He does know the answer.
This has happened here, and in the Vista Newsgroups.
I asked him to put it under his FAVS.
He has since told me he is killfiling me over it!
He is a very narrow-minded person!
And I want the Newsgroups to know it.

 

[Wally Wombat]

Phew!

well that's got that one nailed then. Thanks for your help, though I wonder
why Microsoft leaves the link there if it doesn't work??

Thanks again
--
Eats, roots and leaves.

The original link to Vista Discussions IS broken.
After you sign-in, you still can not post, or reply

BUT, the link posted here WORKS.
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx

You scroll down the list to: microsoft.public.windows THEN expand it for
Vista Newsgroups

And it works the same as the broken one; sign in via Hotmail Account.
MS emailed me this link months ago, when it 1st happened.

--
Mad Mike

[X-post to Vista General]

Bypass that clunk web-interface entirely by accessing the MS newsgroups in
your default newsreader (e.g., Windows Mail in Vista).

Setting up Windows Mail (Vista) to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/microsoft-newsgroup-setup-instructions-for-windows-mail/

Click on of the following links to open the newsgroup in your default
newsreader:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_video
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

I have never had any trouble accessing this group, but I have recently
updated to Vista and find it impossible to to get into that group.
The login refuses to work.
The question window fails to initiate and it is as slow as a three legged
donkey.
I have been using my hotmail address that I have had for years.
What am I doing wrong?

Wombat

 

[Snidley W.]

well that's got that one nailed then. Thanks for your help, though I wonder
why Microsoft leaves the link there if it doesn't work??

It's there to give Murphy something to do - it helps to keep him
happy.