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Hi, Rex.
Too bad you can't access the MS news server from work. All the groups are
there, just waiting for us to access them - for free - unless blocked by
something on our end of the Internet.
See you around the newsgroups. ;<)
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
"RT" <rthsopmapmson@softscreen.be> wrote in message
news:MPZod.33916$9a4.1688690@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
> Hi
>
> At home I can easily access the Microsoft groups, but at work our provider
> (Telenet) does not seem to be to keen on it
> they only have a few of the ms groups available and I cannot access the
> newsgroup direct
>
> On the other hand from home it all works fine (diffrent provider) but my
> dear family are not to keen on me spending hours at the keyboard
>
> But I have now found the group and I will be monitoring it and I'm sure
> you
> will see my name pop up with questions
>
> Speak to you soon
>
>
> And thanks for the reply
>
> Rex
>
>
> "R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message
> news:#0gbjhW0EHA.2228@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hi, Rex.
>>
>> Many news providers simply "slurp" messages from the host server and
>> relay
>> them - and your responses - back and forth. They often choose to do this
>> for only some of the available newsgroups on the host server.
>>
>> But, why not bypass the relaying server and get your news messages
> directly
>> from the host server? All 2000+ of these microsoft.public.* NGs are
> hosted
>> on the Microsoft public news server, which is free and does not require
> you
>> to log on.
>>
>> On your home computer, and on your work computer, unless blocked by
>> something like a corporate firewall, you can just click here:
>>
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
>>
>> That single click should start OE (if not already running), set up a News
>> account for the MS public server, connect you to this .basics NG, and
>> download the 300 most recent headers. At your leisure, you can customize
> OE
>> itself and this Account to suit yourself. You can change the 300 to any
>> number up to 1,000, or remove the check in the box to get all of them
> (which
>> might take a long time, even with broadband, for an active group like
> this).
>>
>> I note that you are using OE 5.5; is there some reason that you've not
>> upgraded to OE6, which has been available for 3 years now?
>>
>> Alex is using the Web-based interface. Navigation among the newsgroups
>> (called Discussion Groups in that interface) is quite different when
>> using
>> that interface. If you'd like to see it, click here:
>>
>> Welcome to Microsoft Discussion Groups
>>
>
http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
>>
>> Then follow the path Alex suggested, where you will find over 3 dozen
>> subcategory newsgroups. These are the same groups you can find on the MS
>> server by using OE, clicking Newsgroups and typing .vb. into the search
> box.
>>
>> To get directly to the Visual Basic Discussion Group for database, for
>> example, you can click here:
>>
> http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?
> dg=microsoft.public.vb.database&cat=en_US_dc3fbb05-5479-4a3d-b38a-bea2272219
> 5d&lang=en&cr=US
>>
>> You might also find some help in the Visual Basic Developer Center:
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/
>>
>> RC
>>
>> "RT" <rthsopmapmson@softscreen.be> wrote in message
>> news:R2God.32948$4I.1640546@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
>> > Hi Thanks a lot
>> >
>> > I will give it a try from home
>> > because here at work the access to the microsoft groups is limited for
>> > some
>> > strange reason
>> > I can only see six MS groups and at home I can see a lot more
>> >
>> > Profiders make their choices and we just have to pay
>> >
>> > Speak to you later
>> >
>> > Rex
>> >
>> > "Alex Levi" <AlexLevi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:15FBB12F-C286-473B-B4A9-A141F249E50A@microsoft.com...
>> >> In the Newsgroups browse to:
>> >> 1. English
>> >> 2. Developer - Visual Tools and Languages
>> >> 3. Visual Basic
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "RT" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Hi to all of you
>> >> >
>> >> > Does anyone know if there is an active visual basic group?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > I am begining to fool around with it and I would like some tips now
> and
>> > then
>> >> >
>> >> > I have purchased an official version as well as some books
>> >> >
>> >> > Any ideas welcome
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you all very much
>> >> >
>> >> > Rex
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