Re: Is there a group for Windows7

If you want to continue to use nntp newsgroups there's:

alt.windows7.general

I have no idea how good it is.

It seems though, that Microsoft has knowingly failed to open an English
newsgroup for Windows 7 on its msnews.microsoft.com newsservers. But they
have opened quite an active couple of online "web" forums at:

[TechNet for IT Professionals]
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...tegory/w7itpro

[Windows 7 Answers Forum]
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7

On top of that there are a number of non-Microsoft web forums:

[Windows 7 Forums]
windows7forums.com

[Windows Seven Forums]
http://www.sevenforums.com

[Windows 7 & 8 Forums]
http://windows7news.com/forum

[Windows7Forums]
http://www.w7forums.com

[Windows Forums]
http://windowsforums.org

[Windows 7 Forum]
http://7x64.net

As well technically oriented websites such as http://www.tomshardware.com
have Windows 7 sections in their more generalized forums.

Saucy






"Gary B. Berns" <*r.com> wrote in message
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> Did a search of groups carried by my news server and could not find a
> windows 7 group. Is there one?
> -----------------------------------------------
> Gary
> .

Saucy wrote:
> If you want to continue to use nntp newsgroups there's:
>
> alt.windows7.general
>
> I have no idea how good it is.

From what I've been hearing, that newsgroup doesn't actually exist.
Apparently someone said there was a newsgroup by that name but it
doesn't actually show up anywhere. Has anyone actually seen it?

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:45:28 -0500, milt wrote:

> Saucy wrote:
>> If you want to continue to use nntp newsgroups there's:
>>
>> alt.windows7.general
>>
>> I have no idea how good it is.
>
> From what I've been hearing, that newsgroup doesn't actually exist.
> Apparently someone said there was a newsgroup by that name but it
> doesn't actually show up anywhere. Has anyone actually seen it?

Not every news provider carries it. That's not a particularly unusual
occurrence on Usenet.

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"Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:45:28 -0500, milt wrote:
>
>> Saucy wrote:
>>> If you want to continue to use nntp newsgroups there's:
>>>
>>> alt.windows7.general
>>>
>>> I have no idea how good it is.
>>
>> From what I've been hearing, that newsgroup doesn't actually exist.
>> Apparently someone said there was a newsgroup by that name but it
>> doesn't actually show up anywhere. Has anyone actually seen it?
>
> Not every news provider carries it. That's not a particularly unusual
> occurrence on Usenet.
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

AOIE has it and the newsgroup is free :-)

http://www.aioe.org/

On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:13:23 -0500, John E. Carty wrote:

> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote in message
> news:ed0clv9fdaeq$....
>> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:45:28 -0500, milt wrote:
>>
>>> Saucy wrote:
>>>> If you want to continue to use nntp newsgroups there's:
>>>>
>>>> alt.windows7.general
>>>>
>>>> I have no idea how good it is.
>>>
>>> From what I've been hearing, that newsgroup doesn't actually exist.
>>> Apparently someone said there was a newsgroup by that name but it
>>> doesn't actually show up anywhere. Has anyone actually seen it?
>>
>> Not every news provider carries it. That's not a particularly unusual
>> occurrence on Usenet.
>>
>> --
>> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom
>
> AOIE has it and the newsgroup is free :-)
>
> http://www.aioe.org/

OK, I guess I can subscribe to yet another free provider :-)

Or not.

OTOH, the few remarks I've seen on this NG seem to like
alt.windows7.general.

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Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

"Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:13:23 -0500, John E. Carty wrote:
>
>> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote in message
>> news:ed0clv9fdaeq$....
>>> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:45:28 -0500, milt wrote:
>>>
>>>> Saucy wrote:
>>>>> If you want to continue to use nntp newsgroups there's:
>>>>>
>>>>> alt.windows7.general
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no idea how good it is.
>>>>
>>>> From what I've been hearing, that newsgroup doesn't actually exist.
>>>> Apparently someone said there was a newsgroup by that name but it
>>>> doesn't actually show up anywhere. Has anyone actually seen it?
>>>
>>> Not every news provider carries it. That's not a particularly unusual
>>> occurrence on Usenet.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom
>>
>> AOIE has it and the newsgroup is free :-)
>>
>> http://www.aioe.org/
>
> OK, I guess I can subscribe to yet another free provider :-)
>
> Or not.
>
> OTOH, the few remarks I've seen on this NG seem to like
> alt.windows7.general.

Hasn't really seemed to generate much traffic yet, but I'm sure that will
change

>
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> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom