Can't Sign in to Microsoft Communities

I'm running Vista Home Premium on my Acer desktop with plenty of drive
space, 2 gigs of RAM and Windows updates current. Everying works fine except
I cannot seem to sign into any Microsoft Newsgroup in order to create a new
post. I type up the post, like this one, but when I try to send it, Windows
Mail stops responding so I have to shut down Mail. Then when I come back to
the Newsgroup I'm somehow signed in! Alternately, if I do a Reply Group, I
can't send my reply without the system hanging and then I have to go out of
and come back to Mail to be signed in. Strange thing is sometimes if I click
on the Sign in feature it works, but most of the time it just ignores me.
Any help would be appreciated...........Paul C.

"Paul Calcagno" <> wrote in message
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> I'm running Vista Home Premium on my Acer desktop with plenty of drive
> space, 2 gigs of RAM and Windows updates current. Everying works fine
> except I cannot seem to sign into any Microsoft Newsgroup in order to
> create a new post. I type up the post, like this one, but when I try to
> send it, Windows Mail stops responding so I have to shut down Mail. Then
> when I come back to the Newsgroup I'm somehow signed in! Alternately, if
> I do a Reply Group, I can't send my reply without the system hanging and
> then I have to go out of and come back to Mail to be signed in. Strange
> thing is sometimes if I click on the Sign in feature it works, but most of
> the time it just ignores me. Any help would be appreciated...........Paul
> C.
>

Turn it off, it is quirky at best.

Tools menu>options>General tab, remove the checkmark from 'use newsgroup
rating feature'>apply>ok

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Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/

Thanks, Steve. It's now off.

What about my question of why my Windows Mail hangs up when I try to
initiate a new post using File|New|News Message? Will turning off the Sign
in feature take care of this issue too?....Paul C.
" mac" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Paul Calcagno" <> wrote in message
> news:EC14B568-8E4C-4480-9DD4-...
>> I'm running Vista Home Premium on my Acer desktop with plenty of drive
>> space, 2 gigs of RAM and Windows updates current. Everying works fine
>> except I cannot seem to sign into any Microsoft Newsgroup in order to
>> create a new post. I type up the post, like this one, but when I try to
>> send it, Windows Mail stops responding so I have to shut down Mail. Then
>> when I come back to the Newsgroup I'm somehow signed in! Alternately, if
>> I do a Reply Group, I can't send my reply without the system hanging and
>> then I have to go out of and come back to Mail to be signed in. Strange
>> thing is sometimes if I click on the Sign in feature it works, but most
>> of the time it just ignores me. Any help would be
>> appreciated...........Paul C.
>>
>
> Turn it off, it is quirky at best.
>
> Tools menu>options>General tab, remove the checkmark from 'use newsgroup
> rating feature'>apply>ok
>
> --
> Regards Steve.
> MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
> http://www.getsafeonline.org/
>

"Paul Calcagno" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Thanks, Steve. It's now off.
>
> What about my question of why my Windows Mail hangs up when I try to
> initiate a new post using File|New|News Message? Will turning off the Sign
> in feature take care of this issue too?....Paul C.

Why do you have to use that method to create a new newsgroup post?

Don't you have the top toolbar with 'New Post' button?

Right click up top of the screen>select toolbar.

This sort of problem can be caused by 3rd party applications scanning mail
and news, such as Anti Virus.

Try removing the Communities account, close & reopen WM and add it back, use
the server name
msnews.microsoft.com

Tools>accounts>select Communities account>remove.

You should not post to newsgroups with your valid email address, when you
rebuild the account use as your posting address.


HTH?


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Regards Steve.
MS-MVP : Mail. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/