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"Joseph Wallis" <inteller@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uyt%23AEUiFHA.3336@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Apparently Microsoft didn't like users supporting themselves. They have
> taken all of the MSBN utilities down. There is officially no more support
> from Microsoft on the web. All MS Broadband products have been ORPHANED.
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> "Joseph Wallis" <inteller@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e81iOGAfFHA.1448@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Well, now with this firmware upgrade you can do that, and you can also
>> configure it via the web.
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>> "Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:eOjJUT$eFHA.2420@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> The MN-740 was designed to be install via the Xbox Dashboard first, and
>>> then can be administered via any computer thereafter. You can actually
>>> use the device on a computer as the wireless networking hardware.
>>> (After the initial setup.)
>>> --
>>> Chris H.
>>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>>> Associate Expert
>>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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>>> "Joseph Wallis" <inteller@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23rYT$S%23eFHA.3880@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>> You are assuming Microsoft doesnt always do things the hard
>>>> way.....which it apparently does.
>>>>
>>>> Anyways another side benefit to this upgrade that users are reporting
>>>> (on BBR) is that you also get a web configuration interface. That
>>>> isn't to my liking, but some people like the extra control.
>>>>
>>>> "Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:eQz7eZZeFHA.3280@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Correct.
>>>>> --
>>>>> Chris H.
>>>>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>>>>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>>>>> Associate Expert
>>>>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>>>>
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>>>>> "Barb Bowman MVP-Windows" <barb@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:2s7qb1pbom6p0m2ia75i0440kpnqil97cq@4ax.com...
>>>>>> Contracting out a firmware upgrade to WPA would have been easy
>>>>>> though.
>>>>>> On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:15:32 -0700, "Chris H."
>>>>>> <winxpnews@hotmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Microsoft dropped all the networking hardware (except the MN-740 for
>>>>>>>Xbox)
>>>>>>>in April, 2004. I don't believe the department which developed the
>>>>>>>wireless
>>>>>>>software even exists any more. The MN-740 came not from that
>>>>>>>department,
>>>>>>>but the Xbox side.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Barb Bowman
>>>>>> MS Windows-MVP
>>>>>> Expert Zone Columnist
>>>>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
>>>>>> http://www.mcemvp.us/bbowman/
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