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From: nntp on 1 Jul 2010 15:35 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? Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed. In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite you to participate at http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/group/WindowsAnswers forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. 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: Keith Combs on 2 Jul 2010 18:48 There are several forums that support IT Pros and your 64bit questions are at <a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/category/w7itpro">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/category/w7itpro</a>. That is the top level category and there are forums on installation, hardware compatibility, application compatibility, security, virtualization, performance, etc. I believe you�ll find the community is quite active there. The forums have a number of benefits so I hope you�ll give them a chance. Best regards, Keith Combs Microsoft Senior Program Manager � TechNet (425) 705-9217 office http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs wrote in message news:eIfHRSVGLHA.5500(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... 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? Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed. In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite you to participate at http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/group/WindowsAnswers forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. 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: R. C. White on 2 Jul 2010 20:28 Hi, Keith. Thanks for that link. However, the URL was broken and doesn't work for me in WLMail in plain text. Try this: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/category/w7itpro That link to the IT Pro forums is a little more specific than the shotgun approach of the earlier email. But it still is going to take a lot of searching to find any discussions there that are about 64-bit hardware, software or operating systems. Of the 11 Forums there, not one is dedicated to the topics that have been covered here in microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general. We hope the team will continue to evaluate the need for a 64-bit-specific Forum. Thanks for joining in our discussion. At least we know that someone at Microsoft is listening to us. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc(a)grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP Windows Live Mail 2010 (15.3.2804.0607) in Win7 Ultimate x64) "Keith Combs" wrote in message news:e2TisijGLHA.1052(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... There are several forums that support IT Pros and your 64bit questions are at <a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/category/w7itpro">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/category/w7itpro</a>. That is the top level category and there are forums on installation, hardware compatibility, application compatibility, security, virtualization, performance, etc. I believe you�ll find the community is quite active there. The forums have a number of benefits so I hope you�ll give them a chance. Best regards, Keith Combs Microsoft Senior Program Manager � TechNet (425) 705-9217 office http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs wrote in message news:eIfHRSVGLHA.5500(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... 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? Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed. In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite you to participate at http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/group/WindowsAnswers forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. 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: Bill Sharpe on 3 Jul 2010 14:16 +1 -- BulllDawg In God We Trust "R. C. White" <rc(a)grandecom.net> wrote in message news:k9mdnc-EnZbaGbPRnZ2dnUVZ_hidnZ2d(a)posted.grandecom... > Hi, Keith. > > Thanks for that link. However, the URL was broken and doesn't work for me > in WLMail in plain text. Try this: > > http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/category/w7itpro > > That link to the IT Pro forums is a little more specific than the shotgun > approach of the earlier email. But it still is going to take a lot of > searching to find any discussions there that are about 64-bit hardware, > software or operating systems. Of the 11 Forums there, not one is > dedicated to the topics that have been covered here in > microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general. > > We hope the team will continue to evaluate the need for a 64-bit-specific > Forum. > > Thanks for joining in our discussion. At least we know that someone at > Microsoft is listening to us. > > RC > -- > R. C. White, CPA > San Marcos, TX > rc(a)grandecom.net > Microsoft Windows MVP > Windows Live Mail 2010 (15.3.2804.0607) in Win7 Ultimate x64) > > "Keith Combs" wrote in message > news:e2TisijGLHA.1052(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > There are several forums that support IT Pros and your 64bit questions are > at <a > href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/category/w7itpro">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/category/w7itpro</a>. > That is the top level category and there are forums on installation, > hardware compatibility, application compatibility, security, > virtualization, > performance, etc. > > I believe you�ll find the community is quite active there. The forums > have > a number of benefits so I hope you�ll give them a chance. > > Best regards, > > Keith Combs > Microsoft Senior Program Manager � TechNet > (425) 705-9217 office > http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs > > wrote in message news:eIfHRSVGLHA.5500(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > > 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? > Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed. > > In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is > scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite > you > to participate at > http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/group/WindowsAnswers > forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. > > 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: Charlie Russel - MVP on 3 Jul 2010 01:18
As the guy who started all this (literally), I appreciate your jumping in with that suggestion, but as RC says, it really isn't all that viable. This group is not about installation. Or compatibility, either application or hardware, nor about security, and not even virtualization. Though all those topics have been covered here, and been on topic when they were. What we try to focus on is providing that bridge to users to get from 32-bit to 64-bit by addressing what makes 64-bit different. And the community here is _special_, Keith, in a way that none of the current forums are. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel "Keith Combs" <keith_combs(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:e2TisijGLHA.1052(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > There are several forums that support IT Pros and your 64bit questions are > at <a > href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/category/w7itpro">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/category/w7itpro</a>. > That is the top level category and there are forums on installation, > hardware compatibility, application compatibility, security, > virtualization, performance, etc. > > I believe you�ll find the community is quite active there. The forums > have a number of benefits so I hope you�ll give them a chance. > > Best regards, > > Keith Combs > Microsoft Senior Program Manager � TechNet > (425) 705-9217 office > http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs > > wrote in message news:eIfHRSVGLHA.5500(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > > 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? > Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed. > > In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is > scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite > you to participate at > http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/group/WindowsAnswers > forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. > > 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 |