Re: two web-based news reader warts
- From: "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 21:51:13 -0400
Win2K newsgroups found in web-based news!
Win2K General: http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/newsReader.aspx?lang=en&cr=US&dg=microsoft.public.win2000.general&sloc=en-us
English > Server > Windows Server > Windows Server (Older Versions) > Windows 2000 > ...
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
PA Bear wrote:
No one here can address those issues, WC. I suggest you use the support
options here instead:
http://support.microsoft.com/contactussupport/?ws=support
It is indeed amazing that no Win2K newsgroups can be found in any of the
Windows subgroups at http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx.
wyocowboy wrote:
> A newbie to the Community Newgroups posted a Windows 2000 Prof
> workstation question to the XP General group using the web newsgroup
> reader because he could not find the
> microsoft.public.win2000........... groups associated with the win2k
> workstation in the navigation pane under English - Windows - Windows
> (older versions). The win2k workstation type groups used to display in
> the navigation pane, so could someone fix that? It is not terribly
> intuitive to have to browse into the win2k server groups for a
> workstation question. A second annoyance...
>
> When clicking on the link in the email notification of a thread update,
> it properly or improperly takes you directly to the thread. However,
> you are not signed in, so when you click 'reply' you are taken to the
> sign in page. However, after signing in, one is kicked back out the the
> home newsgroup page
> (http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx). Then you have
> to click on the emailed link again, or use other means to get back to
> the thread so that you can again click 'reply' and post. I had reported > this second issue once before, and it had been fixed, but
> the same usability wart is back. Since the link in the notification says
> 'read the response' logging in prior to reading the update would not
> seem to be required, but it would seem trivial to return to the thread
> after logging in - at least it had been working that way after I
> reported this the first time, and this is the way that other web-based
> forum/group readers do it.
.
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