[douglas t]

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Douglas S. Thornton


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> No, you need to sign-in using .NET Passport.
>
> For a better Microsoft newsgroup experience:
>
> Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
>
> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
>
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>
> "meadow" wrote:
>
> | When I want to post a Question, the Net Passport Sign In Screen appears.
> | In the past, I don't remember having to use the Net Passport Sing In.
> | Is there another way to sign in?
> | Thank you for your help,
> | meadow
>

[glee]

To expand a little on Carey's reply, if you use the web interface, you now must
log-on with a .Net Passport. AFAIK, you can still get a Passport by merely signing
up for a Hotmail web mail account, and then use that user name for your Passport
log-in.

However, a much better way to use these groups is through the built-in newsreader in
Outlook Express (OE). Using OE, this group is accessible through this link:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers

How to set up Outlook Express (OE) as a newsreader program to access the Microsoft
forums:
http://www.rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/resources/communities.htm#setupmsnews
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
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"douglas t" <douglas@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:C1D53EF5-8266-47BE-BE5A-20C9477F5B24@microsoft.com...
>
> --
> Douglas S. Thornton
>
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > No, you need to sign-in using .NET Passport.
> >
> > For a better Microsoft newsgroup experience:
> >
> > Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader
> > http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
> >
> > --
> > Carey Frisch
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows XP - Shell/User
> >
> > Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> > http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
> >
>
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> >
> > "meadow" wrote:
> >
> > | When I want to post a Question, the Net Passport Sign In Screen appears.
> > | In the past, I don't remember having to use the Net Passport Sing In.
> > | Is there another way to sign in?
> > | Thank you for your help,
> > | meadow
> >