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From: nntp on 28 May 2010 16:37

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.

When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to continue
the discussion. We recommend that you start with
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsxp

Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx

Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to
NNTP(a)microsoft.com
From: Tim Meddick on 28 May 2010 17:06
Love the "subject line" !!

"Final Reminder...."

.....sounds like an unwelcomed red-letter on the doormat!

Love the way you sought the opinions and responses of users of M$
Newsgroups - if you had put as much energy into finding out what your
(ever-fading) supporters in these groups thought, as you do with your
"corporate-style questionnaires" for "user-satisfaction", then you would
know by closing these groups with NO CONSULTATION you have [probably]
alienated a whole new section of your once-wholesome support-base!

You make me want to go buy an iPod!

All the best for your next crazy decision,...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




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From: Tim Meddick on 28 May 2010 17:18
Goodbye everybody!!

Sorry for my appalling "netiquette" that has been so much of a pain to
those intent on educating the rest of us...

But it has been [great] fun, all in all, and I have really enjoyed working
to help people with their IT problems, here, over the past year that I have
been using :

microsoft.public.basic.dos
microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin
microsoft.public.win95.msdosapps
microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration.manage
microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

on newsserver : msnews.microsoft.com

But no more......this is it!........goodbye.........forever!!


==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)

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