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Its called a 'newsgroup' or 'forum'. NG for short.
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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"charlie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:30f201c52104$fe413800$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>I hit my desktop icon for either of my two email sites, and
> when the page comes up (yahoo or gmail) I either type new
> sites in the address line, or I bring down stuff i have in
> bookmarks in folders and open them in tabs.
> I tried to set up a folder with this microsoft thingy
> in several bookmarks, (and I signed up as a MSN (word?)
> member), bec. I found some really good info sites in this
> microsoft thingy (I don't know what you call the overall
> thing. it's not a program, is it a site? and this is a
> page?) but when I signed out (fortunately I still had this
> page on a tab) of one tab, I lost it all and just came back
> on this weird search page.
> I know how to set up links on the links bar, if that
> helps. I don't think I use outlook express. i don't use
> it for email. i use yahoo and google. is my browser
> Mozilla? I have both Mozilla and I have the Google desktop
> search cause one of my sons said put that in, since Win. XP
> Search never helped me. But I don't use it much from the
> top (I mean by hitting the desktop icon and
> "opening"--right word?--in google)..If I use google I just
> get to it from a Mozilla search box on one of my toolbars.
> Im sorry it takes so many words for me to answer, but
> i don't have the right terminology yet to know how to
> answer quick. I can't use IE alone, i have to go thru Firefox.
> If you can help me get a grasp of what you mean, I
> would really appreciate it. Im trying!
>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>How are you accessing the newsgroup? Outlook Express or
> your web browser?
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>>Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
>>(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
>>"charlie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
>>news:489801c52101$9cb18250$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>>I answered but I hit new post instead of reply, so i don't
>>> know where it went. if you can find it and read it i would
>>> really like to finish this up, but i don't even know where
>>> new posts go. this is all SO discouraging. I don't even
>>> know how to get back to this site, unless I just keep it
>>> minimized and running. I bookmarked it, but that just
>>> gives me a homepage and im not putting in the right search
>>> words. i never do.
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>I hope somebody's out there that can help me soon! I can't
>>>>find a new download, can't fig out how to find my download
>>>>list (which I think is a wizard?),which ive seen on my
>>>>screen as a window, and Im not sure that would help, but I
>>>>have spent 2 hours checking everything in my XP. And of
>>>>course Search is no good. I've never yet managed to get
>>>>anything from Search ever. it keeps wanting me to ask for
>>>>a file or folder or person, even I know a software
>>>>extension is none of these. Ive been a user long enuf to
>>>>know that Search only works if you already know the answer.
>>>> Ive never been in a chat thing before, so please
>>>>excuse me up front if I don't use the right terms or
> protocol!
>>>>.
>>>>
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