Hi all,

This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.

After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are missing 
in the taskbar.

The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the pop up 
windows.

Internet connection is working btw.


Regards

David 

On 6/21/2010 8:57 PM, David Li wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.
> After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are
> missing in the taskbar.
> The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the pop
> up windows.
> Internet connection is working btw.
>
> Regards
> David

Are the options you an set for the network adapter software?

Can you subscribe to alt.windows7.general?

On 6/22/2010 4:07 AM, Mike S wrote:
> On 6/21/2010 8:57 PM, David Li wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.
>> After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are
>> missing in the taskbar.
>> The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the pop
>> up windows.
>> Internet connection is working btw.
>>
>> Regards
>> David
>
> Are the options you an set for the network adapter software?
>
> Can you subscribe to alt.windows7.general?

Apologies, not sure what happened with that post, I meant to ask,

"Are there options you can set for the network adapter software?"

Sorry for the repeat.

Mike

Try this forum: 
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7hardware/threads

David Li wrote:
> This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.
>
> After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are missing
> in the taskbar.
>
> The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the pop 
> up
> windows.
>
> Internet connection is working btw. 

hi,

I can not subscribe to alt.windows7.general and I can not find this in the 
Microsoft Communities account, how can I add alt.windows7.general? thanks



"Mike S" <mscir@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:hvpctu$5ei$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 6/21/2010 8:57 PM, David Li wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.
>> After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are
>> missing in the taskbar.
>> The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the pop
>> up windows.
>> Internet connection is working btw.
>>
>> Regards
>> David
>
> Are the options you an set for the network adapter software?
>
> Can you subscribe to alt.windows7.general? 

That's because it isn't a microsoft newsgroup. You can't get there from 
here. You will need an account on a newsgroup server that carries it, or 
look it up in Google Groups.

David Li wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I can not subscribe to alt.windows7.general and I can not find this in 
> the Microsoft Communities account, how can I add alt.windows7.general? 
> thanks
> 
> 
> 
> "Mike S" <mscir@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
> news:hvpctu$5ei$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> 
>> On 6/21/2010 8:57 PM, David Li wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.
>>> After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are
>>> missing in the taskbar.
>>> The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the pop
>>> up windows.
>>> Internet connection is working btw.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> David
>>
>>
>> Are the options you an set for the network adapter software?
>>
>> Can you subscribe to alt.windows7.general? 
> 
> 

David Li wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I can not subscribe to alt.windows7.general and I can not find this in 
> the Microsoft Communities account, how can I add alt.windows7.general? 
> thanks
> 

A USENET server happens to carry that group.

Some email tools, can also communicate with USENET servers, using
NNTP protocol. For example, I use Thunderbird, which is both an
email and a USENET news reader.

This is an example of a free server, one in fact where you don't
even need to register to start using it. The server has some
strange filter rules, to try to control abuse. You're limited to posting
perhaps 25 messages a day. And there is no transmission of binaries
on this server (so no movie uploading or downloading is supported
on the server).

http://www.aioe.org/              <--- read the usage rules here

When setting up your USENET news reader, the important info is

    nntp.aioe.org   port 119

Once you make connections with the server, you download the "groups"
list, and then "subscribe" to the group alt.windows7.general .
There could be a tick box, next to the group name, and you
tick it to have that group added to your active list of groups.
When you update the list of groups you subscribe to, and the
tool fetches the headers, you can see a list of message threads
and subjects. Clicking on them, allows you to read the message
body. And doing a "reply", allows you to participate. Since
AIOE supports posting, it allows your reply to go through.
There are a few servers around, that only allow reading, so
that distinction is important.

There are yet more free servers available, but they require
registration with the owner, to get username/password. On
those, you set up your USENET news reader to "request authentication"
and enter username/password before the session starts. If
the news reader has username/password caching, then you use
the tool with no further nuisance.

This message is being sent via nntp.aioe.org , so I'm using
it right now. I could just as easily post to alt.windows7.general
if I wanted, by changing the "Newsgroup" line in the message.

HTH,
      Paul

> "Mike S" <mscir@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
> news:hvpctu$5ei$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> On 6/21/2010 8:57 PM, David Li wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.
>>> After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are
>>> missing in the taskbar.
>>> The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the pop
>>> up windows.
>>> Internet connection is working btw.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> David
>>
>> Are the options you an set for the network adapter software?
>>
>> Can you subscribe to alt.windows7.general? 
> 

PS: There are no Win7-specific newsgroups on the MS newsserver.

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> Try this forum:
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7hardware/threads
>
> David Li wrote:
>> This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.
>>
>> After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are 
>> missing
>> in the taskbar.
>>
>> The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the pop
>> up
>> windows.
>>
>> Internet connection is working btw. 

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:39:33 +0800, "David Li" <davidli@digintech.com>
wrote:

>hi,
>
>I can not subscribe to alt.windows7.general and I can not find this in the 
>Microsoft Communities account, how can I add alt.windows7.general? thanks
>
Yes, just what Bob and Paul say.   There is far more to usenet than
just microsoft groups and even microsoft groups** are better read with
a news client, a news reader. "Agent" at www.forteinc.com isn't free
iirc, but it's a very good reader. 

I have alt.windows7.general on my free newsserver and there are paid
news servers for 4 to 10 dollars a month.  Plus there are 30,000 other
newsgroups on various topics, though usually about 2/3rds of them are
empty. 

**In fact, I get the impression that microsoft groups will only be
available on Usenetf, but that news is confusing. 


>
>"Mike S" <mscir@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
>news:hvpctu$5ei$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> On 6/21/2010 8:57 PM, David Li wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.
>>> After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are
>>> missing in the taskbar.
>>> The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the pop
>>> up windows.
>>> Internet connection is working btw.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> David
>>
>> Are the options you an set for the network adapter software?
>>
>> Can you subscribe to alt.windows7.general? 

David Li wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.
> 
> After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are 
> missing in the taskbar.
> 
> The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the pop 
> up windows.
> 
> Internet connection is working btw.
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> David



Phone your ISP and ask if they supply N/G's...    mine supplies about 
50,000 (even tho' there are about 200,000 out there in the ether)

If your server supplies them, simply set up an account (outlook express 
if you like, but T/bird is better.) and away you go.

Ed

On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:34:00 +0930, Eddie <albert@greenacres.far>
wrote:

> David Li wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.
> > 
> > After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are 
> > missing in the taskbar.
> > 
> > The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the pop 
> > up windows.
> > 
> > Internet connection is working btw.
> > 
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > David
> 
> 
> 
> Phone your ISP and ask if they supply N/G's...    mine supplies about 
> 50,000 (even tho' there are about 200,000 out there in the ether)




Very few ISPs these days provide newsgroups. You generally need to get
them from another supplier. Some news servers are free, others charge
a small fee. News.eternal-september.org is a good free one.


> If your server supplies them, simply set up an account (outlook express 
> if you like, but T/bird is better.) and away you go.


What newsreader you use is up to you, and we all have different likes
and dislikes and different tastes. You like Thunderbird, I don't. My
favorite newsreader is Fort� Agent, but I don't think anyone should
just do what I do. Each person should try several of what's available
and choose whichever one best suits him.


-- 
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

> What newsreader you use is up to you, and we all have different likes
> and dislikes and different tastes. You like Thunderbird, I don't. My
> favorite newsreader is Fort� Agent, but I don't think anyone should
> just do what I do. Each person should try several of what's available
> and choose whichever one best suits him.
>


I agree.  Personally I have 'Agent, Tbird, Xnews, o/e, and couple of 
others; I also have a pay server which I get for free; its got about 
120,000 groups.(binaries included and a 6month retention.)

As for isp's, I guess I'm just lucky mine actually supplies, including 
binaries.

Ed

On 6/24/2010 8:04 PM, Eddie wrote:
> David Li wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This is a windows 7 problem but can't find a newsgroup.
>>
>> After updating my network adapter driver, my green signal bars are
>> missing in the taskbar.
>>
>> The funny thing is that I click on it and it shows green bars in the
>> pop up windows.
>>
>> Internet connection is working btw.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> David
>
>
>
> Phone your ISP and ask if they supply N/G's... mine supplies about
> 50,000 (even tho' there are about 200,000 out there in the ether)
>
> If your server supplies them, simply set up an account (outlook express
> if you like, but T/bird is better.) and away you go.
>
> Ed

Teranews isn't quite free. You have to register and pay a one-time 
access fee. After that you can download up to 50 mb of data every day 
with no extra charge. Binary groups are supported. Retention is about 
four months. You can upgrade to a pay plan if you need more than this 
limit. I've been using it happily for several years.

My ISP discontinued .alt newsgroups over a year ago and all newsgroups 
shortly thereafter.

Bill