where are the vista newsgroups?

[John]

I look in news.microsoft.com and msnews.microsoft.com but there are no
vista groups in either of these.

thanks

John

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Vista-specific newsgroups include:

microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_account
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
microsoft.public.windows.vista.security

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I look in news.microsoft.com and msnews.microsoft.com but there are no
vista groups in either of these.

You may want to take off your sunglasses.

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista
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

 

[John McGaw]

I look in news.microsoft.com and msnews.microsoft.com but there are no
vista groups in either of these.

thanks

John

Odd. I see dozens of them.

John McGaw
http://johnmcgaw.com

 

[Nepatsfan]

I look in news.microsoft.com and msnews.microsoft.com but there are no vista
groups in either of these.

thanks

John

Answered in XP Help and Support. If you want to post a message to more than one
newsgroup try crossposting.

Why and how to crosspost
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html

That said, here's the same answer I provided in the other newsgroup.

You may need to refresh the list of newsgroups available in Thunderbird. Click
on Microsoft News in the Folders pane. In the right hand pane, click on "Manage
Newsgroup Subscriptions". In the Subscribe dialog, hit the Refresh button. Once
the list of newsgroups has been updates, see if entering Vista in the "Show
items that contain" box yields any results.

If that doesn't work, try these links.

Windows Vista newsgroups available on the Microsoft News Server

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail

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.hardware_devices

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup

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

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Martin ©¿©¬]

I look in news.microsoft.com and msnews.microsoft.com but there are no
vista groups in either of these.

thanks

John, here's a couple
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

John, here's a couple
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista

There is no 'microsoft.public.windows.vista' newsgroup.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 1/12/2008 9:10 AM, and on a whim, John pounded out

I look in news.microsoft.com and msnews.microsoft.com but there are no
vista groups in either of these.

thanks

John

Hi John,

Check microsoft.public.windows.vista.

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[John]

Very helpful... thanks. Another person advised me to "refresh" the group
and that actually worked. I'm not sure what you were offering.

John

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Very helpful... thanks. Another person advised me to "refresh" the group
and that actually worked. I'm not sure what you were offering.

A good newsreader needs to be refreshed only if there are new groups which
doesn't apply to the Vista groups - they exist for pretty long time. You're
using "Thunderbird 2.0.0.9" - if you don't manage to operate this piece of
software, you might be better off when looking for another newsreader.

 

[John]

thanks again.

John

A good newsreader needs to be refreshed only if there are new groups which
doesn't apply to the Vista groups - they exist for pretty long time. You're
using "Thunderbird 2.0.0.9" - if you don't manage to operate this piece of
software, you might be better off when looking for another newsreader.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

thanks again.

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