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From: SC Tom on 8 Jun 2010 14:40 smlunatick wrote: > On Jun 8, 4:34 pm, "SC Tom" <s...(a)tom.net> wrote: >> That is not a newsgroup, it's a web-based forum. >> >> There are no Microsoft-hosted newsgroups for Win7 (and all of their >> other newsgroups are going away, also, unfortunately), but there is >> alt.windows7.general. If your ISP does not carry it, some other >> sites do such as eternal-september.org and aioe.org. >> -- >> SC Tom >> >> "Bob I" <bire...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> >> news:em5VOoxBLHA.3936(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> >>> This is the microsoft hosted one. >>> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro >> >>> Dave wrote: >>>> I have not been able to find a Windows 7 newsgroup and would >>>> appreciate suggestions. >> >>>> I am having a problem with "Administrator Permission to change >>>> attributes" and need some help. > > Microsoft has planned to drop all of their newsgroups, if not already > done. They want "us" to use the web based forums or their new NNTP > connector for those web forums. I know; that's pretty much what I just posted. -- SC Tom |