Are there newsgroups for Windows 7?

I can't find any English newsgroups for Windows 7. Can anyone help?

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:16:02 -0400, The Learner <>
wrote:

>I can't find any English newsgroups for Windows 7. Can anyone help?

alt.windows7.general

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:16:02 -0400, The Learner wrote:

> I can't find any English newsgroups for Windows 7. Can anyone help?

alt.windows7.general

There are no Microsoft Win 7 groups.
Some newsgroup servers carry alt.windows7.general

The support forum for the Windows 7 is:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/
or
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7

Other forums are:
http://www.sevenforums.com/
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/forumdisplay.php?f=16
http://www.w7forums.com/



--
Dave N.
MS-MVP (Mail)
Windows 7 Ultimate
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"The Learner" <> wrote in message
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> I can't find any English newsgroups for Windows 7. Can anyone help?

The Learner wrote:
> I can't find any English newsgroups for Windows 7. Can anyone help?

Newsgroups for Windows 7 hosted by Microsoft servers? No.
Microsoft has chosen to steer away from newsgroups, it seems.

Web Forums for Windows 7 hosted by Microsoft servers? Yes.
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7

Newsgroups for Windows 7 hosted by non-Microsoft servers? Yes.
news://nntp.aioe.org/alt.windows7.general

For future issues like these, might I suggest that now is a great time to
point you to one of the easiest ways to find information on problems
and queries you may be having and solutions others have found:

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

For example (specific to this conversation):
http://www.google.com/search?q=Are+t...indows+7%22%3F

Many of the same questions (similarly phrased) come up with the answers
others received - many (naturally) from this newsgroups and the locations
which they were synched to.

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

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:16:02 -0400, The Learner <>
wrote:

> I can't find any English newsgroups for Windows 7. Can anyone help?


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. Go to Go to
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...ult.aspx?tab=2

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


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Excellent Microsoft forums for Windows 7, Office and Microsoft Security
Essentials are now open: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx



The Learner wrote:
> I can't find any English newsgroups for Windows 7. Can anyone help?

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:31:12 -0500, "Shenan Stanley"
<> wrote:

>The Learner wrote:
>> I can't find any English newsgroups for Windows 7. Can anyone help?
>
>Newsgroups for Windows 7 hosted by Microsoft servers? No.
> Microsoft has chosen to steer away from newsgroups, it seems.
>
>Web Forums for Windows 7 hosted by Microsoft servers? Yes.
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7
>
>Newsgroups for Windows 7 hosted by non-Microsoft servers? Yes.
> news://nntp.aioe.org/alt.windows7.general
>
>For future issues like these, might I suggest that now is a great time to
>point you to one of the easiest ways to find information on problems
>and queries you may be having and solutions others have found:
>
> Search using Google!
> http://www.google.com/
> (How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )
>
>For example (specific to this conversation):
>http://www.google.com/search?q=Are+t...indows+7%22%3F
>
>Many of the same questions (similarly phrased) come up with the answers
>others received - many (naturally) from this newsgroups and the locations
>which they were synched to.
>
>--
>Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP

Seems like there's a little "language" I have to learn, i.e.
%22Windows+7%22%3F. Is that true? Also, thanks for the suggestion

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The Learner wrote:
> Seems like there's a little "language" I have to learn, i.e.
> %22Windows+7%22%3F. Is that true?
> Also, thanks for the suggestion

No language. That is the URL - if you look in the search field itself (when
you visit the web page link it is a part of), you will see what it equates
to is this:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Are+t...indows+7%22%3F

The q= (query equals) is simply...
Are there newsgroups for "Windows 7"?
The URL version changes quotation marks to %22 and the question mark to %3F.

So - again, the query I did was your subject line with only *one*
modification. That modification was putting quotation marks around Windows
7 so that Google treated it as a phrase instead of two separate words to
look for.

You are welcome!

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

The Learner wrote:
> I can't find any English newsgroups for Windows 7. Can anyone
> help?

Terry Heinz wrote:
> Others mentioned <alt.windows7.general> but many are receiving
> responses when they post to MS Vista newsgroups and include "Win 7"
> in subject line.

First point: Yes, they are - but they are also usually offered directions
to the proper place to post by those 'in the know' as well.

Second point: I can probably walk into some situations and shout, "I have
$10,000 U.S. and need a tumor removed - anyone here care to assist?" and
probably get some takers (and I might get lucky too) - but I would think it
wiser to actually go to the correct place for my issue. ;-)

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