communicate with xp newsgroup

[Grampy Pete]

My ISP no longer supports newsgroups(I used to use xp support).
I am now trying to come here to ask a question then come back later to
search for the answer. Will this work? Is there a no charge easier way?
Thank you

 

[db]

yes,

there is google groups and

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx

there one for office
too.

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[JS]

Your ISP may have blocked use of newsgroups
via Outlook Express but posting a question via
Internet/Web based access to this newsgroup
(which you did) should be a no charge item from
your ISP.

 

[SC Tom]

My ISP no longer supports newsgroups(I used to use xp support).
I am now trying to come here to ask a question then come back later to
search for the answer. Will this work? Is there a no charge easier way?
Thank you

You can use Outlook Express as your newsreader, and use msnews.microsoft.com
as the server name. After connecting, pick the groups you want to subscribe
to.

SC Tom

 

[nass]

My ISP no longer supports newsgroups(I used to use xp support).
I am now trying to come here to ask a question then come back later to
search for the answer. Will this work? Is there a no charge easier way?
Thank you

How to Use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/newswhelp

Introduction to Newsgroup Access
http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/WWW/usenet/how2newsOE6_01.htm

Mastering Newsgroups in Outlook Express: Power User Tips
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/newsgroups.mspx

Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

HTH,
nass
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[John John (MVP)]

Just use your news reader and point it to the news.microsoft.com server.
You can make connections or setup accounts to as many different news
servers as you please. You can connect to the xp general group by
clicking here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

John

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[Crossposted to OE General & OE6 newsgroups]

Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups via the free MS
newsserver
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

Click on the following link to open WinXP General newsgroup in OE:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

Click on the following link to open OE General newsgroup in OE:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

My ISP no longer supports newsgroups

What you mean, I assume, is that your ISP no longer provides a free
news server. That's OK, you don't need theirs, since many others are
available.

(I used to use xp support).
I am now trying to come here to ask a question then come back later to
search for the answer. Will this work? Is there a no charge easier way?

You are now using the awful web interface to participate in this
newsgroup--it's the slowest, clunkiest, most error-prone method of
using the newsgroups 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

You can get to this newsgroup using the free Microsoft server
msnews.microsoft.com. If you also want general newsgroups, not just
Microsoft ones, there are many other servers you can choose from; some
of them are free and good, such as Motzarella (go to
news.motzarella.org).

 

[Grampy Pete]

SC Tom
I set my O.E. newsreader up as you say but nothing comes to it; I have to
come here to post then return to search.
This is fyi. Thanx