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How do you get to this newsgroup quickly, AND STAY HERE?to be able to get here quickly and stay awhile. But that doesn't seem possible. Am I missing something? To get here, I have to go through this long routine -- pick a language (English), then "Developer", then "Visual Tools" (or something like that), then "Visual Basic", and FINALLY, "VB.NET General Discussions". I can't find any shortcut -- each and every time I have to go through that whole routine, and it is really bad when the response time is slow, as is seems to be most of the time. (Even though I have a very fast machine with a ton of memory.) It gets worse: If I enter a New question, or just Reply to someone else's, I then have to go through another bunch of selctions, entering and reentering my password (even though I select "remember my email AND password", it only remembers my email, never my password). When I finally get through that and post the reply or question, there's another bunch of work ahead... THEN, I return to the "VB.NET General Discussions" page, but nothing works!! I have to start almost all over again to "refresh" the page. It's really getting old, but I can't stand the thought of giving up -- this thing, when I finally get finished, gets me in touch with people who really can help me. I don't know where to get this help anywhere else. I saw some note somewhere on the Microsoft Support area that mentions "favorites" and there is a "Profile" to call up and select a "favorite" and go there. But there doesn't seem to be any way to actually CREATE a "favorite". Any help with this mess would be very greatly appreciated. -- Thanks. roho***@hotmail.com Hello Bob,
I prefer using a general NNTP reader (like the one at http://www.jetbrains.com/omea/reader/). -Boo Show quoteHide quote > This newgroup (Vb.net General Discussions) is the ONLY one I am using. > I want to be able to get here quickly and stay awhile. But that > doesn't seem possible. Am I missing something? > > To get here, I have to go through this long routine -- pick a language > (English), then "Developer", then "Visual Tools" (or something like > that), then "Visual Basic", and FINALLY, "VB.NET General Discussions". > I can't find any shortcut -- each and every time I have to go through > that whole routine, and it is really bad when the response time is > slow, as is seems to be most of the time. (Even though I have a very > fast machine with a ton of memory.) > > It gets worse: If I enter a New question, or just Reply to someone > else's, I then have to go through another bunch of selctions, entering > and reentering my password (even though I select "remember my email > AND password", it only remembers my email, never my password). When I > finally get through that and post the reply or question, there's > another bunch of work ahead... THEN, I return to the "VB.NET General > Discussions" page, but nothing works!! I have to start almost all over > again to "refresh" the page. It's really getting old, but I can't > stand the thought of giving up -- this thing, when I finally get > finished, gets me in touch with people who really can help me. I don't > know where to get this help anywhere else. > > I saw some note somewhere on the Microsoft Support area that mentions > "favorites" and there is a "Profile" to call up and select a > "favorite" and go there. But there doesn't seem to be any way to > actually CREATE a "favorite". > > Any help with this mess would be very greatly appreciated. > Bob,
I see that with normal answering I dont reach you because you have sent this to dotnet.languages.vb which you never read and therefore I have mailed this as well. I cannot trace your problem because I don't know your starting point. I use NNTP as well. You can try if there is something ghosted on your computer. news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb The pages on MSDN are in my opinion not well done, you can often not get the right link. What I do than is at my last click, go to the hyperlink that has to do it, right click and choose copy hyperlink. Than I put that in the URL and get the page again. Than I can set the link in my Favorites. I hope this helps, Cor Show quoteHide quote "Bob Homes" <roho***@hotmail.com.(nospam)> schreef in bericht news:33FBA9BD-7467-4291-9CBD-32AA2F988091@microsoft.com... > This newgroup (Vb.net General Discussions) is the ONLY one I am using. I > want > to be able to get here quickly and stay awhile. But that doesn't seem > possible. Am I missing something? > > To get here, I have to go through this long routine -- pick a language > (English), then "Developer", then "Visual Tools" (or something like that), > then "Visual Basic", and FINALLY, "VB.NET General Discussions". I can't > find > any shortcut -- each and every time I have to go through that whole > routine, > and it is really bad when the response time is slow, as is seems to be > most > of the time. (Even though I have a very fast machine with a ton of > memory.) > > It gets worse: If I enter a New question, or just Reply to someone else's, > I > then have to go through another bunch of selctions, entering and > reentering > my password (even though I select "remember my email AND password", it > only > remembers my email, never my password). When I finally get through that > and > post the reply or question, there's another bunch of work ahead... THEN, I > return to the "VB.NET General Discussions" page, but nothing works!! I > have > to start almost all over again to "refresh" the page. It's really getting > old, but I can't stand the thought of giving up -- this thing, when I > finally > get finished, gets me in touch with people who really can help me. I don't > know where to get this help anywhere else. > > I saw some note somewhere on the Microsoft Support area that mentions > "favorites" and there is a "Profile" to call up and select a "favorite" > and > go there. But there doesn't seem to be any way to actually CREATE a > "favorite". > > Any help with this mess would be very greatly appreciated. > > -- > Thanks. > roho***@hotmail.com Hello Bob
instead of using the MSDN groops web interface you can use anny prefered NNTP reader. every Windows computer has standard Outlook express wich is not only a mail client but also a NNTP client . open Outlook express , select accounts , select the tab news , enter your credentials , as server enter news.microsoft.com retrieve and select the required newsgroups you want to subscribe to . HTH Michel Posseth [MCP] Show quoteHide quote "Bob Homes" wrote: > This newgroup (Vb.net General Discussions) is the ONLY one I am using. I want > to be able to get here quickly and stay awhile. But that doesn't seem > possible. Am I missing something? > > To get here, I have to go through this long routine -- pick a language > (English), then "Developer", then "Visual Tools" (or something like that), > then "Visual Basic", and FINALLY, "VB.NET General Discussions". I can't find > any shortcut -- each and every time I have to go through that whole routine, > and it is really bad when the response time is slow, as is seems to be most > of the time. (Even though I have a very fast machine with a ton of memory.) > > It gets worse: If I enter a New question, or just Reply to someone else's, I > then have to go through another bunch of selctions, entering and reentering > my password (even though I select "remember my email AND password", it only > remembers my email, never my password). When I finally get through that and > post the reply or question, there's another bunch of work ahead... THEN, I > return to the "VB.NET General Discussions" page, but nothing works!! I have > to start almost all over again to "refresh" the page. It's really getting > old, but I can't stand the thought of giving up -- this thing, when I finally > get finished, gets me in touch with people who really can help me. I don't > know where to get this help anywhere else. > > I saw some note somewhere on the Microsoft Support area that mentions > "favorites" and there is a "Profile" to call up and select a "favorite" and > go there. But there doesn't seem to be any way to actually CREATE a > "favorite". > > Any help with this mess would be very greatly appreciated. > > -- > Thanks. > roho***@hotmail.com Michel,
As the link on my message should do completely automaticly. Did you try it? Cor "Bob Homes" <roho***@hotmail.com.(nospam)> wrote in message news:33FBA9BD-7467-4291-9CBD-> This newgroup (Vb.net General Discussions) is the ONLY one I am using. I Use a news reader. You've already got Outlook Express installed if yo are > want > to be able to get here quickly and stay awhile. But that doesn't seem > possible. Am I missing something? > > To get here, I have to go through this long routine -- pick a language using a Windows machine... Go Tools->Accounts and add a news account: news.microsoft.com - you'll find the microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb newsgroup in the list of available groups :) Bob Homes (nospam) wrote:
> This newgroup (Vb.net General Discussions) is the ONLY one I am using. I want I use Google Groups. It's simple, saves the groups you subscribe to> to be able to get here quickly and stay awhile. But that doesn't seem > possible. Am I missing something? > and has Google's search ability. Chris Dunaway wrote:
> Bob Homes (nospam) wrote: Chris,> > This newgroup (Vb.net General Discussions) is the ONLY one I am using. I want > > to be able to get here quickly and stay awhile. But that doesn't seem > > possible. Am I missing something? > > > > I use Google Groups. It's simple, saves the groups you subscribe to > and has Google's search ability. Same here. I'd prefer an NNTP interface, but since port 119 is blocked where I am most of the time I'm forced to use a WWW interface. Google beats that clunky MSDN interface hands down. And, like you said, you've got the handy search functionality right at your fingertips. Brian Thanks to all who suggested Google Groups. I'm THERE now!
Brian Gideon wrote: Show quoteHide quote > Chris Dunaway wrote: > > Bob Homes (nospam) wrote: > > > This newgroup (Vb.net General Discussions) is the ONLY one I am using. I want > > > to be able to get here quickly and stay awhile. But that doesn't seem > > > possible. Am I missing something? > > > > > > > I use Google Groups. It's simple, saves the groups you subscribe to > > and has Google's search ability. > > Chris, > > Same here. I'd prefer an NNTP interface, but since port 119 is blocked > where I am most of the time I'm forced to use a WWW interface. Google > beats that clunky MSDN interface hands down. And, like you said, > you've got the handy search functionality right at your fingertips. > > Brian Thanks to all who suggested Google Groups. I'm THERE now!
Brian Gideon wrote: Show quoteHide quote > Chris Dunaway wrote: > > Bob Homes (nospam) wrote: > > > This newgroup (Vb.net General Discussions) is the ONLY one I am using. I want > > > to be able to get here quickly and stay awhile. But that doesn't seem > > > possible. Am I missing something? > > > > > > > I use Google Groups. It's simple, saves the groups you subscribe to > > and has Google's search ability. > > Chris, > > Same here. I'd prefer an NNTP interface, but since port 119 is blocked > where I am most of the time I'm forced to use a WWW interface. Google > beats that clunky MSDN interface hands down. And, like you said, > you've got the handy search functionality right at your fingertips. > > Brian 
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