Cannot access newsgroups

My laptop has Vista, but my desktop PC runs XP. Suddenly (like today) the PC
cannot log on to Windows Newsgroups via Help and Support. When I get to
Windows Newsgroups and click on "Go to Windows Newsgroups" it simply opens
"Windows XP Home Page"

The address bar shows
http:/www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowssxp/default.mspx

I've never had trouble before, and (as you can see) the laptop connects ok.
Anyone any idea what has gone wrong?

AllenH
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Now enjoying Vista after 8 months of frustration!

Hi AllenH,

It could be that the redirect in XP's Help function no longer points to a
valid address, so it goes to the default product page.

It'd be far simpler to just set up a newsreader for this, see:
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"AllenH" <> wrote in message
news:A08BBC67-94A4-4F02-8903-...
> My laptop has Vista, but my desktop PC runs XP. Suddenly (like today) the
> PC
> cannot log on to Windows Newsgroups via Help and Support. When I get to
> Windows Newsgroups and click on "Go to Windows Newsgroups" it simply opens
> "Windows XP Home Page"
>
> The address bar shows
> http:/www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowssxp/default.mspx
>
> I've never had trouble before, and (as you can see) the laptop connects
> ok.
> Anyone any idea what has gone wrong?
>
> AllenH
> --
> Now enjoying Vista after 8 months of frustration!

"AllenH" <> wrote in message
news:A08BBC67-94A4-4F02-8903-...
> My laptop has Vista, but my desktop PC runs XP. Suddenly (like today) the
> PC
> cannot log on to Windows Newsgroups via Help and Support. When I get to
> Windows Newsgroups and click on "Go to Windows Newsgroups" it simply opens
> "Windows XP Home Page"
>
> The address bar shows
> http:/www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowssxp/default.mspx
>
> I've never had trouble before, and (as you can see) the laptop connects
> ok.
> Anyone any idea what has gone wrong?
>
> AllenH
> --
> Now enjoying Vista after 8 months of frustration!

Try Windows Mail, that has a proper news reader.

It now seems to have corrected itself, so all is well. Thanks for the advice
though. If I have more trouble, I'll do as you say. Many thanks.

A.
--
Now enjoying Vista after 8 months of frustration!


"Ray Shafranski" wrote:

> "AllenH" <> wrote in message
> news:A08BBC67-94A4-4F02-8903-...
> > My laptop has Vista, but my desktop PC runs XP. Suddenly (like today) the
> > PC
> > cannot log on to Windows Newsgroups via Help and Support. When I get to
> > Windows Newsgroups and click on "Go to Windows Newsgroups" it simply opens
> > "Windows XP Home Page"
> >
> > The address bar shows
> > http:/www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowssxp/default.mspx
> >
> > I've never had trouble before, and (as you can see) the laptop connects
> > ok.
> > Anyone any idea what has gone wrong?
> >
> > AllenH
> > --
> > Now enjoying Vista after 8 months of frustration!
>
> Try Windows Mail, that has a proper news reader.
>
>
>