Windows 7 Newsgroup ?

[B & A]

Is there a newsgroup for help with Windows 7?
Thanks

 

[mikeyhsd]

so far only on the web.

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

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Is there a newsgroup for help with Windows 7?
Thanks

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Is there a newsgroup for help with Windows 7?

Yes (see below), but it's not a Microsoft newsgroup. Unfortunately
it's highly unlikely that there will be any Microsoft Windows 7
newsgroups. Apparently Microsoft has decided that web-based forums are
better than newsgroups and they are putting their efforts there. I'm
personally sorry that's the case, but it's their decision, not mine.

However there is at least one non-Microsoft Windows 7 newsgroup:
alt-windows7.general. Not all servers carry it (at least not yet), but
here's one free news server that does: aioe.org

 

[JS]

Is there a newsgroup for help with Windows 7?
Thanks

TechNet for IT Professionals:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro

Windows 7 Answers Forum:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7

 

[Gilles Garrigues]

If you read French you also have alt.fr.os.windows.7
However not very active ...

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Is it because Microsoft does not want all the win7 problems to leak
out like they did with Vista ?

Partly yes but mainly because M$ wants to support its products
themselves rather than relying on so called MVPs - Most Valuable Pigs.
These pigs have given a very bad name to M$ (this assumes M$ had a good
name to start with!!) .

M$ is also allowing people to use upgrade DVDs to perform clean install
EVEN if you don't have any qualifying products like XP or VISTA (tried
it, done it and it works!). They are really desperate to get you start
buying its products again.!!

 

[JS]

Got news for you, the MVP(s) are also on the forums.

And while I'm not an MVP, I would hope to become one someday.

Also trouble shooting a problem using a newsgroup or forum without the
benefit of being directly next to the problem computer makes it dam hard
sometimes to correctly identify the problem. Not to mention the time an
effort
of a persons spend every day to provide help.

It's now 12:03AM my time and I've been on the forums and newsgroups from
time to time starting early today. So don't put down someone just because
they
have a title.

 

[Roy Smith]

Not to mention that sometimes people don't give the best descriptions of
their problems, or use the correct terms either...