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Hello

trying to subscribe to this news group (Discussions in Windowsxp
general) in outlook express , how do i go about doing this.
thanks
larry
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larry said:
trying to subscribe to this news group (Discussions in Windowsxp
general) in outlook express , how do i go about doing this.
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Good idea. Just click this link or copy into the browser's address bar:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
 
larry said:
Hello

trying to subscribe to this news group (Discussions in Windowsxp
general) in outlook express , how do i go about doing this.
thanks
larry
--

Aspire X-Superalien 500W
Asus P4c800E Deluxe
Intel P-4 800 3.0G 1mb cache
Crucial 2x 512MB DDR400
2x WD 80GB Sata 150 7200rpm 8M
Ati Radeon 9800XT 256MB
Audigy 2ZS
Windows XP , home
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News server is: msnews.microsoft.com Newsgroup is
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

Many ISPs have their own help section on how to do this as well as support
staff.
Here is one example:
http://kb.earthlink.net/case.asp?article=15721
What they don't tell you in their example is you have to be logged on to
their service (earthlink) to use their news server. Commonly available
usenet news servers, such as msnews.microsoft.com don't have this
prerequisite.

Many ISPs no longer have help links immediately available on their root
support page regarding news subcriptions and connections. You either have
to dig, use their chat service, or call them.

Here are generic instructions from microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/support/newsgroups/howto.mspx

Dave
 
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