Vista NG's?

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Travis King

Are there any Windows Vista newsgroups out there? I need to ask a few basic
questions about it. I've googled and only found lots that do with 'fx'. I
believe this is the programming part or something like that. I need to ask
some questions specifically about Vista, not the programming or coding of
it. Any help out there would be appreciated. I've done a lot of googling
about Vista, but doing this raised some questions. Thanks.
 
Currently, the only Vista newsgroups available
are to authorized Vista beta testers.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| Are there any Windows Vista newsgroups out there? I need to ask a few basic
| questions about it. I've googled and only found lots that do with 'fx'. I
| believe this is the programming part or something like that. I need to ask
| some questions specifically about Vista, not the programming or coding of
| it. Any help out there would be appreciated. I've done a lot of googling
| about Vista, but doing this raised some questions. Thanks.
 
Carey Frisch said:
Currently, the only Vista newsgroups available
are to authorized Vista beta testers.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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:

| Are there any Windows Vista newsgroups out there? I need to ask a few
basic
| questions about it. I've googled and only found lots that do with 'fx'.
I
| believe this is the programming part or something like that. I need to
ask
| some questions specifically about Vista, not the programming or coding
of
| it. Any help out there would be appreciated. I've done a lot of
googling
| about Vista, but doing this raised some questions. Thanks.
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OK. Thanks.
 
The only one at the present that is close and available to all is

microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.general
 
The winfx newsgroups are it as far as Microsoft goes unless you are a Beta
tester.
They are intended for developers, but general Vista questions are also asked
there.
 
Thanks for the help everyone.
Jupiter Jones said:
The winfx newsgroups are it as far as Microsoft goes unless you are a Beta
tester.
They are intended for developers, but general Vista questions are also
asked there.
Click to expand...
 
Question:

microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.general was given to me. Where can
I go to use this NG? My Outlook won't find it. Google will, but it would
post my e-mail address if I posted something. You have to sign up for the
passport thing on Microsoft's website. Thanks again.
 
Connect to the msnews.microsoft.com news server to access this newsgroup
directly.

It's free, public and no password is required.


| Question:
|
| microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.general was given to me. Where can
| I go to use this NG? My Outlook won't find it. Google will, but it would
| post my e-mail address if I posted something. You have to sign up for the
| passport thing on Microsoft's website. Thanks again.
|
| | > Thanks for the help everyone.
| > | >> The winfx newsgroups are it as far as Microsoft goes unless you are a
| >> Beta tester.
| >> They are intended for developers, but general Vista questions are also
| >> asked there.
| >>
| >> --
| >> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
| >> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
| >> http://www.dts-l.org
| >>
| >>
| >> | >>> Are there any Windows Vista newsgroups out there? I need to ask a few
| >>> basic questions about it. I've googled and only found lots that do with
| >>> 'fx'. I believe this is the programming part or something like that. I
| >>> need to ask some questions specifically about Vista, not the programming
| >>> or coding of it. Any help out there would be appreciated. I've done a
| >>> lot of googling about Vista, but doing this raised some questions.
| >>> Thanks.
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
|
|
 
Travis King said:
Are there any Windows Vista newsgroups out there? I need to ask a few
basic
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Supernews currently has:

microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.aero
microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.announcements
microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.avalon
microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.collaboration
microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.fundamentals
microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.general
microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.indigo
microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.sdk
microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.winfs

I'm able to subscribe to all of them. Since Supernews pulls these off the
msnews.microsoft.com server, presumably everyone else can too.
 
Snarky Parker said:
Connect to the msnews.microsoft.com news server to access this newsgroup
directly.

It's free, public and no password is required.


| Question:
|
| microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.general was given to me. Where
can
| I go to use this NG? My Outlook won't find it. Google will, but it
would
| post my e-mail address if I posted something. You have to sign up for
the
| passport thing on Microsoft's website. Thanks again.
|
| | > Thanks for the help everyone.
| > | >> The winfx newsgroups are it as far as Microsoft goes unless you are a
| >> Beta tester.
| >> They are intended for developers, but general Vista questions are
also
| >> asked there.
| >>
| >> --
| >> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
| >> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
| >> http://www.dts-l.org
| >>
| >>
| >> | >>> Are there any Windows Vista newsgroups out there? I need to ask a
few
| >>> basic questions about it. I've googled and only found lots that do
with
| >>> 'fx'. I believe this is the programming part or something like
that. I
| >>> need to ask some questions specifically about Vista, not the
programming
| >>> or coding of it. Any help out there would be appreciated. I've
done a
| >>> lot of googling about Vista, but doing this raised some questions.
| >>> Thanks.
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
|
|
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I've got it now. Thanks everyone. I already had the msnews.microsoft.com,
but it was not set to 'Any Available'.
 
Or skip Supernews or any other middleman and get them directly from
Microsoft as many already do.
I do not like a middleman when there is no need.
 
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