Win7 newsgroups?

[Annie Woughman]

I hate to sound stupid, but are there any Windows 7 newsgroups yet? I
couldn't find one.

 

[mikeyhsd]

no news groups YET.

web forums only
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7

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I hate to sound stupid, but are there any Windows 7 newsgroups yet? I
couldn't find one.

 

[Canuck57]

Well, this has been covered several times in several threads. Simply,
no, there isn't and it doesn't look like MS plans to make any, they want
to do all their support on web forums now.

Don't need MS to do it unless you want it to start with
microsoft.public.....

Just contact your ISP for newsgroups and ask them to create an
alt.comp.windows7 or something like that.

 

[JP]

Well, this has been covered several times in several threads. Simply,
no, there isn't and it doesn't look like MS plans to make any, they
want to do all their support on web forums now.

Then what's the point for MS server (msnews.microsoft.com) carrying
these groups?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Once a forum is created and spread to other feeds, any post to a group
serves to perpetuate it. In short, it's difficult to shut it down and easier
to let it continue. However, if Microsoft never creates Win7 newsgroups,
then there is nothing to continue. They've apparently decided (and no, there
was never any sort of announcement) to use moderated web forums for all peer
support.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Ricardo Polo]

and what's de official forum now??


Ricardo Polo

 

[Leroy]

Visit: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories/

Windows 7 - The Next Generation of Customer Support:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/oct09/10-28CustomerServiceWin7.mspx

 

[milt]

Then what's the point for MS server (msnews.microsoft.com) carrying
these groups?

To state the obvious, there isn't one and that's why these groups will
probably go away at some point.

 

[milt]

no news groups YET.

web forums only
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7

Yet? You honestly think there will be any?

 

[Will B. Dunne]

Well, this has been covered several times in several threads. Simply, no,
there isn't and it doesn't look like MS plans to make any, they want to do
all their support on web forums now.

Do you know why that is? They must have a reason for doing it that way.
These newsgroups are better because nothing is hidden or pulled, good or
bad.

 

[Jon]

Do you know why that is? They must have a reason for doing it that way.
These newsgroups are better because nothing is hidden or pulled, good or
bad.

Well there's your reason. It's so they can 'hide' and 'pull' things, and be
the arbiters of what is good and what is bad.

 

[Camper]

Yet? You honestly think there will be any?

He is obviously a "glass half full" type while you are a "glass half empty"
type.

Camper

 

[Gordon]

Do you know why that is? They must have a reason for doing it that way.
These newsgroups are better because nothing is hidden or pulled, good or
bad.

I suspect it's because of all the CRAP that's been posted in here by various
individuals on both sides of the OS fence....funnily enough the XP groups
didn't seem to suffer with the same flood of rubbish...

 

[Alias]

I suspect it's because of all the CRAP that's been posted in here by
various individuals on both sides of the OS fence....funnily enough the
XP groups didn't seem to suffer with the same flood of rubbish...

Two reasons: people liked XP and Linux wasn't ready for prime time yet.

Alias

 

[Rick Rogers]

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default.aspx

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Kevin SmallBone]

I suspect it's because of all the CRAP that's been posted in here by
various individuals on both sides of the OS fence....funnily enough the XP
groups didn't seem to suffer with the same flood of rubbish...

Err - Then maybe, Err, you should remove yourself from posting here, Err
<sigh> Umm.

 

[milt]

Do you know why that is? They must have a reason for doing it that way.
These newsgroups are better because nothing is hidden or pulled, good or
bad.

Nope, no idea why. Tho, if I were to take a guess, its because they
can't moderate these newsgroups like they can the forums to keep trolls
out.

 

[Alias]

Nope, no idea why. Tho, if I were to take a guess, its because they
can't moderate these newsgroups like they can the forums to keep trolls
out.

Not to keep the trolls out but to keep the *truth* out.

Alias

 

[Gordon]

linux still isn't ready for prime time.

Actually not true. The latest edition of Ubuntu actually looks every bit as
good as Windows 7...

 

[Alias]

Actually not true. The latest edition of Ubuntu actually looks every bit
as good as Windows 7...

Frank, like the nymshifter, only knows the FUD he reads and believes.
Neither of them have installed or used Ubuntu.

Alias