whats happened to consumer security discussion groups -home page

[topo]

for the last 3 days , when i click on this link from my favorites list, i get
message service is temporarily unavailable. when i go to another discussion
group, there is no sign in button on the page. i clicked on new question,
sign in page displays, typed in sign-in info, error message appears about
scripts, clicked yes, posted this question. what is going on? thanks. winxp,
sp2, dsl, i've never had a problem until 3 days ago.
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topo

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

It would appear the newsgroup access via the web-interface <yuck> has been
horked since sometime last weekend. But this hasn't affect NNTP
(newsreader) access.

You can still access Security.HomeUsers and all other MS newsgroups,
including this one, using your default newsreader and the MS newsserver
news://msnews.microsoft.com

Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express Newsreader
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx

Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

Security.HomeUsers newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.security.homeusers

Security General (this one):
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.security

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


topo wrote:
> for the last 3 days , when i click on this link from my favorites list, i
> get message service is temporarily unavailable. when i go to another
> discussion group, there is no sign in button on the page. i clicked on new
> question, sign in page displays, typed in sign-in info, error message
> appears about scripts, clicked yes, posted this question. what is going
> on?
> thanks. winxp, sp2, dsl, i've never had a problem until 3 days ago.

 

[topo]

Re: whats happened to consumer security discussion groups -home p

all of the discussion group pages have no sign-in button. i clicked reply,
sign in page appears, enter info, page cannot be displayed message appears,
click back, post page appears. did microsoft make this change? i have no
idea what my default newsreader would be. do i have to set one up. i do not
use outlook express. i use bellsouth.net(at&t) for email. thanks.
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topo


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> It would appear the newsgroup access via the web-interface <yuck> has been
> horked since sometime last weekend. But this hasn't affect NNTP
> (newsreader) access.
>
> You can still access Security.HomeUsers and all other MS newsgroups,
> including this one, using your default newsreader and the MS newsserver
> news://msnews.microsoft.com
>
> Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express Newsreader
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx
>
> Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
>
> Security.HomeUsers newsgroup:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.security.homeusers
>
> Security General (this one):
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.security
>
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>
>
> topo wrote:
> > for the last 3 days , when i click on this link from my favorites list, i
> > get message service is temporarily unavailable. when i go to another
> > discussion group, there is no sign in button on the page. i clicked on new
> > question, sign in page displays, typed in sign-in info, error message
> > appears about scripts, clicked yes, posted this question. what is going
> > on?
> > thanks. winxp, sp2, dsl, i've never had a problem until 3 days ago.
>
>

 

[topo]

Re: whats happened to consumer security discussion groups -home p

i meant to add sign-out button appears in top right, but no sign-in
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topo


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> It would appear the newsgroup access via the web-interface <yuck> has been
> horked since sometime last weekend. But this hasn't affect NNTP
> (newsreader) access.
>
> You can still access Security.HomeUsers and all other MS newsgroups,
> including this one, using your default newsreader and the MS newsserver
> news://msnews.microsoft.com
>
> Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express Newsreader
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx
>
> Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
>
> Security.HomeUsers newsgroup:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.security.homeusers
>
> Security General (this one):
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.security
>
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>
>
> topo wrote:
> > for the last 3 days , when i click on this link from my favorites list, i
> > get message service is temporarily unavailable. when i go to another
> > discussion group, there is no sign in button on the page. i clicked on new
> > question, sign in page displays, typed in sign-in info, error message
> > appears about scripts, clicked yes, posted this question. what is going
> > on?
> > thanks. winxp, sp2, dsl, i've never had a problem until 3 days ago.
>
>

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: whats happened to consumer security discussion groups -home p

As I said, there appear to be issues when using the web-interface to access
the MS newsgroups. I dunno what's wrong.

>> Security.HomeUsers newsgroup:
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.security.homeusers
>>
>> Security General (this one):
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.security

Click on either of the above links to open the newsgroup in your default
newsreader. If you're running Windows, they'll open in Outlook Express,
hence the other two links I posted.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


topo wrote:
> all of the discussion group pages have no sign-in button. i clicked reply,
> sign in page appears, enter info, page cannot be displayed message
> appears,
> click back, post page appears. did microsoft make this change? i have no
> idea what my default newsreader would be. do i have to set one up. i do
> not
> use outlook express. i use bellsouth.net(at&t) for email. thanks.
>
>> It would appear the newsgroup access via the web-interface <yuck> has
>> been
>> horked since sometime last weekend. But this hasn't affect NNTP
>> (newsreader) access.
>>
>> You can still access Security.HomeUsers and all other MS newsgroups,
>> including this one, using your default newsreader and the MS newsserver
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com
>>
>> Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express Newsreader
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx
>>
>> Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups
>> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
>>
>> Security.HomeUsers newsgroup:
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.security.homeusers
>>
>> Security General (this one):
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.security
>>
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>>
>>
>> topo wrote:
>>> for the last 3 days , when i click on this link from my favorites list,
>>> i
>>> get message service is temporarily unavailable. when i go to another
>>> discussion group, there is no sign in button on the page. i clicked on
>>> new
>>> question, sign in page displays, typed in sign-in info, error message
>>> appears about scripts, clicked yes, posted this question. what is going
>>> on?
>>> thanks. winxp, sp2, dsl, i've never had a problem until 3 days ago.