Re: upgrade to win7 from computer with vista/XP option?

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On Wed, 13 May 2009 13:18:24 -0700, susie margaret <smr@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

hi, professor blake --

i understand now the difference between multi-posting, which is what i did
and for which i apologize, and cross-posting, which was my actual intent.
but can you direct me to the instructions for cross-posting and for
specifying the groups to which my post should be sent?


You are posting using the awful web interface, as I said in my
previous message. I personally avoid it like the plague, so I can't
tell you how to cross-post there. Somebody else here can answer that
question, I'm sure.

Once again, though, I recommend that you use the newsreader in Outlook
Express instead of using the web interface. You'll find things like
cross-posting very easy to do if you do it that way.


i also think i understand the difference between forums and newgroups, altho
i don't rate myself at 100% on that issue!

thank youu so much for responding to an inquiry from an obvious newbie!


You're welcome. Glad to help.





"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

On Tue, 12 May 2009 22:39:00 -0700, susie margaret <smr@xxxxxxx>
wrote:


PS -- TO THE MODERATOR -- i also posted this in "windows XP general." if
cross-posting is not OK, i will gratefully accept guidance (i wasn't sure
which forum was best applicable).


Four points about the above paragraph:

1. There's no moderator here.

2. This isn't a web-based forum; it's a newsgroup. You are using the
awful web interface to participate in this newsgroup--it's the
slowest, clunkiest, most error-prone method of using the newsgroups
there is. Do yourself a favor and switch to a newsreader, such as
Outlook Express, which comes with Windows XP, or Windows Mail, which
comes with Vista. See
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

3. You didn't cross-post, you multi-posted. Please do not send the
same message separately to more than one newsgroup (called
multiposting). Doing so just fragments the thread, so someone who
answers in one newsgroup doesn't get to see answers from others in
another newsgroup. And for those who read all the newsgroups the
message is multiposted to, they see the message multiple times instead
of once (they would see it only once if you correctly crossposted
instead). This wastes everyone's time, and gets you poorer help than
you should get.

If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please
do so by crossposting -- sending a single message simultaneously to
multiple newsgroups (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).

Please see "Multiposting vs Crossposting" at
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

4. A very minor point these days, but this particular newsgroup
(microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support) was not meant for
general help and support with Windows XP. It was meant for help with
the Windows XP Help and Support *feature*. However this has been so
universally misunderstood that, by now it's used as a general help and
support newsgroup, almost identically to
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

So posting in both places isn't really necessary, since many of us
here read all the messages in both newsgroups. On the other hand, it
doesn't hurt to post in both places, as long as you do it by
cross-posting, not multi-posting., so we'll only see it a single time

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
.

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