Thanks Leonard..

sharkman

"Leonard Grey" wrote in message
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This is all my opinion, so I hope everyone likes salt.

The experience of a moderated, owned web forum can be very different from
the experience of an essentially unmoderated public newsgroup.

It seems that Microsoft has decided that peer-to-peer communication should
constitute a significant portion of its official support for Windows 7.
Therefore, they instituted moderated, controlled web forums. The advantage
is: You're more likely to find authoritative help. The disadvantage is:
Big Brother is watching.
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:02:33 -0500, "sharkman"
wrote:

Are there any out there?


Unfortunately it's highly unlikely that there will be any Microsoft
Windows 7 newsgroups. Apparently Microsoft has decided that web-based
forums are better than newsgroups and they are putting their efforts
there. I'm personally sorry that's the case, but it's their decision,
not mine. However there is at least one non-Microsoft Windows 7
newsgroup: alt.windows7.general. Not all servers carry it (at least not
yet), but
here's one free news server that does: aioe.org

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