Vista Discussion Groups Can't ask questions

My PC runs XP and I can enter a question (such as this one) in the Discussion
Groups without a problem. However my laptop runs Vista, and while I can sign
into the discussion groups ok and read all the replies, every time I click
on "New" and then "Question" I just get a yellow star with a red exclamation
mark in it.

I run Windows Live OnCare. Could anything there be causing a problem? I have
tried turning off the Pop-up Blocker, but that didn't help.

Can anyone provide me with a solution?

"AllenH" <> wrote in message
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> My PC runs XP and I can enter a question (such as this one) in the
> Discussion
> Groups without a problem. However my laptop runs Vista, and while I can
> sign
> into the discussion groups ok and read all the replies, every time I
> click
> on "New" and then "Question" I just get a yellow star with a red
> exclamation
> mark in it.
>
> I run Windows Live OnCare. Could anything there be causing a problem? I
> have
> tried turning off the Pop-up Blocker, but that didn't help.
>
> Can anyone provide me with a solution?
>


Do yourself a BIG favour and ditch the horrible web interface. Use a news
reader instead.

Setting up Outlook Express/Windows Mail to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm

Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express/Windows Mail Newsreader
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...roupsetup.mspx

But I LIKE Vista! Hated it at first, but now it's working well. And I never
seem to be able to find what I want in News Groups, but OK, I'll try again.

Incidentally, I tried (in XP which I'm using at the moment) to open the link
in the automated email to access this reply, and although IE opens, it won't
access the page. This has been happening recently. Now that's in XP!

Maybe it won't happen if I access through News Groups??

"Gordon" wrote:

> "AllenH" <> wrote in message
> newsA023C10-73C1-4DB8-9EA5-...
> > My PC runs XP and I can enter a question (such as this one) in the
> > Discussion
> > Groups without a problem. However my laptop runs Vista, and while I can
> > sign
> > into the discussion groups ok and read all the replies, every time I
> > click
> > on "New" and then "Question" I just get a yellow star with a red
> > exclamation
> > mark in it.
> >
> > I run Windows Live OnCare. Could anything there be causing a problem? I
> > have
> > tried turning off the Pop-up Blocker, but that didn't help.
> >
> > Can anyone provide me with a solution?
> >
>
>
> Do yourself a BIG favour and ditch the horrible web interface. Use a news
> reader instead.
>
> Setting up Outlook Express/Windows Mail to access Microsoft newsgroups
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
>
> Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express/Windows Mail Newsreader
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...roupsetup.mspx
>
>
>

Thanks Well I'll try News Groups. See my reply to Gordon above.

A.

"Spirnat of natt" wrote:

> Better yet> Do yourself a BIG favor and ditch the horrible Vista OS. Use XP
> now and wait for windows7 instead!
>
>
> "Gordon" <> wrote in message
> news:#...
> > "AllenH" <> wrote in message
> > newsA023C10-73C1-4DB8-9EA5-...
> >> My PC runs XP and I can enter a question (such as this one) in the
> >> Discussion
> >> Groups without a problem. However my laptop runs Vista, and while I can
> >> sign
> >> into the discussion groups ok and read all the replies, every time I
> >> click
> >> on "New" and then "Question" I just get a yellow star with a red
> >> exclamation
> >> mark in it.
> >>
> >> I run Windows Live OnCare. Could anything there be causing a problem? I
> >> have
> >> tried turning off the Pop-up Blocker, but that didn't help.
> >>
> >> Can anyone provide me with a solution?
> >>
> >
> >
> > Do yourself a BIG favour and ditch the horrible web interface. Use a news
> > reader instead.
> >
> > Setting up Outlook Express/Windows Mail to access Microsoft newsgroups
> > http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
> >
> > Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express/Windows Mail Newsreader
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...roupsetup.mspx
> >
> >
>

"Spirnat of natt" <> wrote in message
news:49082c53$...
> Better yet> Do yourself a BIG favor and ditch the horrible Vista OS. Use
> XP now and wait for windows7 instead!
>

What's the OS got to do with using a NEWSREADER? Idiot.

"Spirnat of natt" wrote:

> use a newreader
>
> "AllenH" <> wrote in message
> news:41ADF129-42D7-42D6-ADB6-...
> > But I LIKE Vista! Hated it at first, but now it's working well. And I
> > never
> > seem to be able to find what I want in News Groups, but OK, I'll try
> > again.
> >
> > Incidentally, I tried (in XP which I'm using at the moment) to open the
> > link
> > in the automated email to access this reply, and although IE opens, it
> > won't
> > access the page. This has been happening recently. Now that's in XP!
> >
> > Maybe it won't happen if I access through News Groups??
> >
> > "Gordon" wrote:
> >
> >> "AllenH" <> wrote in message
> >> newsA023C10-73C1-4DB8-9EA5-...
> >> > My PC runs XP and I can enter a question (such as this one) in the
> >> > Discussion
> >> > Groups without a problem. However my laptop runs Vista, and while I
> >> > can
> >> > sign
> >> > into the discussion groups ok and read all the replies, every time I
> >> > click
> >> > on "New" and then "Question" I just get a yellow star with a red
> >> > exclamation
> >> > mark in it.
> >> >
> >> > I run Windows Live OnCare. Could anything there be causing a problem? I
> >> > have
> >> > tried turning off the Pop-up Blocker, but that didn't help.
> >> >
> >> > Can anyone provide me with a solution?
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Do yourself a BIG favour and ditch the horrible web interface. Use a news
> >> reader instead.
> >>
> >> Setting up Outlook Express/Windows Mail to access Microsoft newsgroups
> >> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
> >>
> >> Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express/Windows Mail Newsreader
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...roupsetup.mspx
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
I totally agree with you, ditching Vista won't hurt anyone except Vista
Bois. Its bloated,very slow and designed for stupid people in mind. If any
one talks about any problem, people here will tell you need 2GB to have Vista
working properly, then why did they install Vista with 1GB RAM in the first
place.

An amazingly prompt reply. Many thanks to you and Gordon. I'll try the
link. I still need to solve my original problem though!
"Spirnat of natt" wrote:

> use a newreader
>
> "AllenH" <> wrote in message
> news:41ADF129-42D7-42D6-ADB6-...
> > But I LIKE Vista! Hated it at first, but now it's working well. And I
> > never
> > seem to be able to find what I want in News Groups, but OK, I'll try
> > again.
> >
> > Incidentally, I tried (in XP which I'm using at the moment) to open the
> > link
> > in the automated email to access this reply, and although IE opens, it
> > won't
> > access the page. This has been happening recently. Now that's in XP!
> >
> > Maybe it won't happen if I access through News Groups??
> >
> > "Gordon" wrote:
> >
> >> "AllenH" <> wrote in message
> >> newsA023C10-73C1-4DB8-9EA5-...
> >> > My PC runs XP and I can enter a question (such as this one) in the
> >> > Discussion
> >> > Groups without a problem. However my laptop runs Vista, and while I
> >> > can
> >> > sign
> >> > into the discussion groups ok and read all the replies, every time I
> >> > click
> >> > on "New" and then "Question" I just get a yellow star with a red
> >> > exclamation
> >> > mark in it.
> >> >
> >> > I run Windows Live OnCare. Could anything there be causing a problem? I
> >> > have
> >> > tried turning off the Pop-up Blocker, but that didn't help.
> >> >
> >> > Can anyone provide me with a solution?
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Do yourself a BIG favour and ditch the horrible web interface. Use a news
> >> reader instead.
> >>
> >> Setting up Outlook Express/Windows Mail to access Microsoft newsgroups
> >> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
> >>
> >> Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express/Windows Mail Newsreader
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...roupsetup.mspx
> >>
> >>
> >>
>

Could OneCare be the problem? Uninstall it and see. I suspect you'll find
that it is.

Personally, I prefer the newsreader route.

--
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
newsA023C10-73C1-4DB8-9EA5-...
> My PC runs XP and I can enter a question (such as this one) in the
> Discussion
> Groups without a problem. However my laptop runs Vista, and while I can
> sign
> into the discussion groups ok and read all the replies, every time I
> click
> on "New" and then "Question" I just get a yellow star with a red
> exclamation
> mark in it.
>
> I run Windows Live OnCare. Could anything there be causing a problem? I
> have
> tried turning off the Pop-up Blocker, but that didn't help.
>
> Can anyone provide me with a solution?
>

Spirnat of natt wrote:

>
> oh did I tell you? Vista sucks! lol

It seems that you had a nipple problem when you were a baby.

> But I LIKE Vista!

So do I. But we aren't allowed to say so, because there's a hardcore of
weirdos in these parts who need to rant endlessly about how awful it is.

Saying you like Vista is seemingly worse than admitting you're a racist, or
you like to torture animals.

Still, it's their loss, isn't it? I use both XP (laptop) and Vista
(desktop), and prefer Vista in most respects. How anyone could actually
like the patronising Fisher Price user interface of XP is beyond me.
Perhaps its advocates are in the "Fisher Price" mental age range?

SteveT