Newsgroups For Computer Problems
After setting up the new Beta version of Windows Live Mail as my preferred newsreader I decided to look at the Microsoft newsgroups on Microsoft products and found several ones that were of interest to me.
As you can see from the screenshot below I have joined the microsoft.public.windows.live.messenger, microsoft.public.windows.vista.general, microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup and the microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance newsgroups.
These newsgroups will give you access to people who can assist you in determining the cause of the problem and a possible solution.
You do this in the same manner as you would do for an online forum by posting your question and simply just wait for a response.
It is very important that you are very specific about the problem you are having, the more information you can provide the better the response to your newsgroup posting.
Also if possible use a screenshot of the error message, “A picture is worth a thousand words”.
You create a screenshot by pressing the print screen (PrtScn/SysRq) button on the keyboard and then right click in your newsgroup posting and select paste.
You can also use the Edit menu and select Paste, it’s really just user preference.
Be safe and have a great computer experience.
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