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From: nntp on 20 May 2010 04:53 Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch: As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from Microsoft, faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism called Click-To-Run. And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want, when you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included in our Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about this as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms 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/ 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/addbuz/threads 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: david on 20 May 2010 08:43 NO, it is NOT a "Reminder" when it is new information. > Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed. This was NOT one of the newsgroups which received notification that it would close on June 1. I am not surprised to see MS withdraw support for News Groups, but I am still shocked at what a schmozzle this has been. Faulty information, closed forums, a general air of incompetence and corruption. There were several groups which were notified of early (June 1) closure. There are several groups which have not yet been notified of a specific closure date. And then there is this group. (david) <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message news:eJM44n$9KHA.5916(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch: > As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the > latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for > you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from > the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the > Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM > manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from Microsoft, > faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism called > Click-To-Run. > > And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want, when > you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included in our > Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our > community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution > are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about this > as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms > > 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/ > > > 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/addbuz/threads > > 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: M Skabialka on 20 May 2010 10:02 I went to the site they listed, and instructions say: NNTP Bridge Guide: Installation Create and configure your Forums Profile Go to any of the online forums at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/ and click "Sign in" in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Understand the Windows Live ID is the same one that you want to use with this Client. This is a onetime effort to create your online profile. You don't need to do this every time you use this application. If you already have a Windows Live ID that you have used to sign on to any of the forums below then you can skip this step. When logged into forums users need to click their "My Settings" Enable the option "Use NNTP Bridge" Click "Submit" to save the settings change Installing the NNTP Bridge application Unzip all the install files into a local temporary directory Run the NntpBridgeSetup.exe. This installs all the prerequisites for this application. It might prompt you to accept license agreement for those prerequisites like .NET 3.5 Client Framework. Accept those license agreements. Finally the Setup.exe starts the application installer. Follow next steps to complete the install. Accept the license agreement for Microsoft� Forums NNTP Bridge and click "Install" Everything worked until I got to "Installing the NNTP Bridge application". Where do I find the file which needs to be unzipped and installed? Nothing happened when I Clicked "Submit" to save the settings change - no download or anything. Where do you get the NNTP Bridge install files? "david" <david(a)nospam.au> wrote in message news:%23266YoB%23KHA.4768(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > NO, it is NOT a "Reminder" when it is new information. > >> Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed. > > This was NOT one of the newsgroups which received notification that it > would close on June 1. > > I am not surprised to see MS withdraw support for News Groups, > but I am still shocked at what a schmozzle this has been. Faulty > information, closed forums, a general air of incompetence and > corruption. > > There were several groups which were notified of early (June 1) > closure. There are several groups which have not yet been > notified of a specific closure date. And then there is this group. > > (david) > > > <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:eJM44n$9KHA.5916(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> >> Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch: >> As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the >> latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for >> you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from >> the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the >> Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM >> manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from Microsoft, >> faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism called >> Click-To-Run. >> >> And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want, >> when you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included >> in our Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our >> community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution >> are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about >> this as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms >> >> 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/ >> >> >> 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/addbuz/threads >> >> 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: M Skabialka on 20 May 2010 11:02 Found a link to the download from someone's blog. Next question - How do I find the groups I am currently subscribed to in the new NNTP Bridge? e.g. if I look for access there isn't much except msdn.en-US.accessdev. Where are all of the microsoft.public.access.xxxxx groups I am used to - or will they only become available once the forum is closed down? "M Skabialka" <mskabialka(a)NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote in message news:unV6QUC%23KHA.5848(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >I went to the site they listed, and instructions say: > > NNTP Bridge Guide: Installation > Create and configure your Forums Profile > Go to any of the online forums at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/ > and click "Sign in" in the upper right hand corner of the screen. > Understand the Windows Live ID is the same one that you want to use with > this Client. This is a onetime effort to create your online profile. You > don't need to do this every time you use this application. If you already > have a Windows Live ID that you have used to sign on to any of the forums > below then you can skip this step. > When logged into forums users need to click their "My Settings" > Enable the option "Use NNTP Bridge" > Click "Submit" to save the settings change > Installing the NNTP Bridge application > Unzip all the install files into a local temporary directory > Run the NntpBridgeSetup.exe. This installs all the prerequisites for this > application. It might prompt you to accept license agreement for those > prerequisites like .NET 3.5 Client Framework. Accept those license > agreements. Finally the Setup.exe starts the application installer. Follow > next steps to complete the install. > Accept the license agreement for Microsoft� Forums NNTP Bridge and click > "Install" > > Everything worked until I got to "Installing the NNTP Bridge application". > Where do I find the file which needs to be unzipped and installed? > Nothing happened when I Clicked "Submit" to save the settings change - no > download or anything. > > Where do you get the NNTP Bridge install files? > > > "david" <david(a)nospam.au> wrote in message > news:%23266YoB%23KHA.4768(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> NO, it is NOT a "Reminder" when it is new information. >> >>> Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed. >> >> This was NOT one of the newsgroups which received notification that it >> would close on June 1. >> >> I am not surprised to see MS withdraw support for News Groups, >> but I am still shocked at what a schmozzle this has been. Faulty >> information, closed forums, a general air of incompetence and >> corruption. >> >> There were several groups which were notified of early (June 1) >> closure. There are several groups which have not yet been >> notified of a specific closure date. And then there is this group. >> >> (david) >> >> >> <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:eJM44n$9KHA.5916(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> >>> Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch: >>> As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the >>> latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for >>> you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from >>> the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the >>> Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM >>> manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from >>> Microsoft, faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism called >>> Click-To-Run. >>> >>> And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want, >>> when you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included >>> in our Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our >>> community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution >>> are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about >>> this as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms >>> >>> 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/ >>> >>> >>> 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/addbuz/threads >>> >>> 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: Larry Linson on 20 May 2010 11:03
Newsgroup support (not Microsoft-sponsored) is still available in the USENET newsgroup comp.databases.ms-access, which pre-dates the Microsoft-sponsored newsgroups (back then, Microsoft's support was on the for-fee service CompuServe). Many ISPs have discontinued news server support, but there are quite a number of news servers available, free and fee. As a final note, quite a number of Access MVPs, whose names you will recognize from the Microsoft-sponsored newsgroups, have posted in comp.database.ms-access that they "are back". It's almost like a "Homecoming". -- Larry Linson, Microsoft Office Access MVP Co-author: "Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions", published by Wiley Access newsgroup support is alive and well in USENET comp.databases.ms-access <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message news:eJM44n$9KHA.5916(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch: > As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the > latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for > you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from > the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the > Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM > manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from Microsoft, > faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism called > Click-To-Run. > > And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want, when > you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included in our > Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our > community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution > are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about this > as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms > > 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/ > > > 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/addbuz/threads > > 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 |