Is this place still alive?

I haven't seen any new posts and wondered if this place is still alive?

On 09/07/2010 in message <> Bobby
Johnson wrote:

>
>I haven't seen any new posts and wondered if this place is still alive?

I'm here with you :-)

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
Indecision is the key to flexibility

Bobby Johnson wrote:
> I haven't seen any new posts and wondered if this place is still
> alive?

Even if it is, don't expect it to last.

"What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.

Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.

In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up the
NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/

Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown?
All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010 and
October 1, 2010. Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased approach,
starting with the least active newsgroups and moving eventually to more
active ones throughout the course of the next six months.

Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx

Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to
"

Now - just because the Microsoft Servers (News) go away does not mean other
servers (News) won't already have and continue to have this particular
group - however - I wouldn't count on it.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

On 7/9/2010 7:51 AM, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> On 09/07/2010 in message <> Bobby
> Johnson wrote:
>
>>
>> I haven't seen any new posts and wondered if this place is still alive?
>
> I'm here with you :-)
>

Ditto, I'm here

--
Eric
--

This newsgroup is not scheduled for shutdown until 8/1/2010. However, there
are a bunch of great forums at
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...tegory/w7itpro and you
are welcome to hang out there.

They are definitely alive. :-)

Keith Combs
Senior Program Manager - TechNet
(425) 705-9217 office
http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs

Could you please direct me to the 64bit specific forum?

--

BulllDawg
In God We Trust

"Keith Combs" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> This newsgroup is not scheduled for shutdown until 8/1/2010. However,
> there are a bunch of great forums at
> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...tegory/w7itpro and you
> are welcome to hang out there.
>
> They are definitely alive. :-)
>
> Keith Combs
> Senior Program Manager - TechNet
> (425) 705-9217 office
> http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs
>

I'd rather lurk and hang out in a single x64 forum with a great bunch of folks
than sort through the misc. and misguided, not to mention moronic and
malcontents (enough M's for you?) in a larger number of "forums". I already hang
out on promedia and networking. And guess what? Loads of residential folks
buying computers at BestBuy are ending up with x64 capable machines. They'd be
lost over in the technet forums.

Please reconsider the decision to not host an x64 bit forum equivalent to this
NNTP group.

Sample post from promedia:

>From: dennis sneller
>Subject: windows 7 ultimate
>Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:35:46 +0000
>Lines: 1
>Message-ID: <7346b8c3-1b2b-45ac-9954->
>Newsgroups: Technet.en-US.w7itpromedia
>Archived-At: <http://social.Technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpromedia/thread/7346b8c3-1b2b-45ac-9954-346af186fb4c#7346b8c3-1b2b-45ac-9954-346af186fb4c>
>I make a dvd of personal pictures and then TRY to play them on a dvd player. Thas does not happen. The dvd player sdtates it "can not find a disc" Why is that?

On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 10:10:54 -0500, "Keith Combs" <>
wrote:

>This newsgroup is not scheduled for shutdown until 8/1/2010. However, there
>are a bunch of great forums at
>http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...tegory/w7itpro and you
>are welcome to hang out there.
>
>They are definitely alive. :-)
>
>Keith Combs
>Senior Program Manager - TechNet
>(425) 705-9217 office
>http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs
Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.digitalmediaphile.com
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com

I'm here, just taking the long weekend off the city.

Carlos

"Bobby Johnson" <> escribió en el mensaje
de noticias:...
>
> I haven't seen any new posts and wondered if this place is still alive?

Well, seems we got a month's reprieve, but you still haven't answered the
key question, Keith. As Barb points out (and as we've all been saying for a
while), your suggestion for where we should go isn't cutting it. And doesn't
meet the needs of our users, IMNSHO.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel




"Keith Combs" <> wrote in message
news:...
> This newsgroup is not scheduled for shutdown until 8/1/2010. However,
> there are a bunch of great forums at
> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...tegory/w7itpro and you
> are welcome to hang out there.
>
> They are definitely alive. :-)
>
> Keith Combs
> Senior Program Manager - TechNet
> (425) 705-9217 office
> http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs
>

> I haven't seen any new posts and wondered if this place is still alive?

Yup.

Lynn