LIST OF "WINDOWS 7" NEWSGROUPS (Windows7, Win7) - ULTIMATE ANSWER TO ALL

[Guest Stan Starinski]

Where is 'Windows7" Newsgroup?

 

This question is being asked here (on

 

microsoft.public.windows.vista.general):

 

methodically, weekly (if not more often), so it became a "sticky note"

 

everyone is tired of answering. Some of us feel that the question is

 

repeated by people too lazy to Google or learn for themselves. Let's answer

 

this question once & for ALL, only problem I can't make this Article a

 

"sticky note" also (unlike the question - ironically), let's hope these

 

people can SEARCH & LOCATE my answer, here it goes: ************************

 

 

 

Two possible Newsgroups (Usenet):

 

*) alt.windows7.general ---> is growing in popularity, English

 

(international)

 

**) it.comp.os.win.windows7 ---> Italian.

 

 

 

Start at Alt.Windows7.General

 

Not all servers carry it (at least not yet), bt here're two great FREE

 

Newsserver that do:

 

*) news.eternal-september.org ---> YOU HAVE TO REGISTER AT

 

ETERNAL-SEPTEMBER.ORG FIRST, then in your Newsgroup reader set server/portas

 

their website insutrcts you, set "requires to login" and enter

 

userID/password you chose. This is the greatest free newsserver in the

 

world, people who pay to Giganews or use GoogleGroups are misinformed &

 

waste time/money elsewhere.

 

**) aioe.org --> I never tried this one, but people say it's also good (?)

 

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Also

 

http://www.sevenforums.com/news/

 

http://www.w7forums.com

 

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/forumdisplay.php?f=16

 

There's one at Tom's Hardware, forgot the address but Tom provides a great

 

service to community (for free).

 

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

 

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ee396321.aspx

 

 

 

Microsoft has set up Windows 7 support in web forums, part of a general

 

migration away from usenet:

 

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7

 

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/w7itpro/

 

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There is a NNTP bridge available https://connect.microsoft.com/site927 this

 

may not be a perfectly direct adderss, so search Microsoft.com for "NNTP

 

Bridge" in case link provided here gets obsoleted, you need to install this

 

bridge only if you get sick of Web interface, if you're OK using Web instead

 

of a professional's choice which is Usenet/Newsgroups, then you don't need

 

NNTP Bridge.

 

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Here's also a large Google-owned group, but it's NOT Usenet, it's NOT even

 

Microsoft Forums. This is the lamest "Google Groups" interface, it's given

 

here as an extra, you can use them if the above list and chiefly if

 

alt.windows7.general is not enough. This group has 1034 subscribers as of

 

today, which is not much less than this Vista.General (which has 1300+

 

permanent members).

 

windows7@googlegroups.com

 

Avoid it if you can, not to mention they require to register (restricted)

 

and "Kevin Panzke" isn't there yet.

 

 

 

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Stan Starinski

 

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Consulting Engineer (EE+ME, ECAD+MCAD [3D/2D]), R&D + Prototype,

 

Embedded/Firmware ["C" or ASM for Microcontrollers], computers).