FAQ?

[Gerry Green]

Howdy,

New to XPe and the forum. Could someone point me to the FAQ?

Thanks,

Gerry Green

 

[KM]

Gerry,

This is the only FAQ for XPe I saw: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnxpesp1/html/winxpfaq.asp

 

[Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)]

Welcome Gerry,

You will find this link very usefull for searching this news group.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded

Also you can use Outlook Express and news.microsoft.com server for easy
reading and posting here.

Regards,
Slobodan

 

[Gerry Green]

KM,

Yep, already been through that FAQ (as well as most of the rest of the MSDN
on-line documentation).
Some other newsgroups in which I've participated had their own FAQs, and the
recommendation to newbies is to read the FAQ before posting any questions
which may have been answered before. So, I'm just trying to comply with
accepted newsgroup etiquette...

Thanks,

Gerry

 

[Gerry Green]

Slobodan,

I'm trying the Google groups link right now. Thanks for the pointer.
I'm using my company's news server currently, but I'll try the MS server to
see if it's any better.

Thanks,

Gerry

 

[KM]

Gerry,

Oh.. I thought you asked for a technical FAQ.

This NG (as well as any microsoft.public.* newsgroup) is maintain and moderated by Microsoft.
These couple links will explain you how to deal with the MS public NGs.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded/msg/cac30e9529a55e10

 

[Gerry Green]

KM,

You got it right: I *was* asking for a technical FAQ. Some groups have their
own technical FAQ.
Thanks for the pointers.

Regards,

Gerry

 

[Gerry Green]

Slobodan,

I currently use Outlook Express for connecting to HP's news server. I just
tried adding an account in Outlook Express for news.microsoft.com. When I
tried to download the news groups, I got an error saying that it could not
connect to the server. Do you have to log into the MS server?

Gerry

 

[KM]

Gerry,

Then you may want to add one more link to your list: http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/community/community/tips/xp/

 

[KM]

Gerry,

I currently use Outlook Express for connecting to HP's news server. I just
tried adding an account in Outlook Express for news.microsoft.com. When I

Try using: msnews.microsoft.com server.

tried to download the news groups, I got an error saying that it could not
connect to the server. Do you have to log into the MS server?

No, you do not.

 

[Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)]

I'm using news.microsoft.com and it is working without any passwords.
Perhaps some company firewall is preventing you from using it?
Try it from home.

Regards,
Slobodan