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- Archive-name: windows/archives/faq
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- Copyright (c) 1996-2000 by Timo Salmi
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- P L E A S E R E A D T H I S B E F O R E A S K I N G
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-
- Frequently Asked Questions of the Usenet newsgroups
- comp.archives.ms-windows.announce comp.archives.ms-windows.discuss
- ==================================================================
-
- 1) What is the purpose of comp.archives.ms-windows.announce newsgroup?
- 2) What is the purpose of comp.archives.ms-windows.discuss newsgroup?
- 3) Can I continue to post Windows questions to the old CAM newsgroups?
- 4) Where to ask about and discuss Windows programming?
- 5) Where to ask about and discuss general Windows 3.x problems?
- 6) Where to ask about and discuss general Windows 95 problems?
- 7) Where to ask about and discuss general Windows NT / W2Y problems?
- 8) Where is the rest of the information for this FAQ?
- ....................................................................
-
- 1. *****
- Q: What is the purpose of comp.archives.ms-windows.announce newsgroup?
-
- A: The news:comp.archives.ms-windows.announce newsgroup was created
- the 19th of June 1996. The clarified charter is given below. Please
- bear in mind that the charter and the outline of this FAQ were
- created long before the existence Windows 98 and Windows 2000. Thus
- consider 95 as 95/98. As for Windows 2000 it factually is Windows
- NT.
-
- CHARTER:
-
- This moderated newsgroup is for the upload announcements and related
- information from Microsoft Windows archive sites (also called FTP
- sites) with Public Domain, Freeware and Shareware material. The
- subjects include the upload announcements via the Microsoft Windows
- FTP site moderators, the Microsoft Windows sites' periodical
- summaries, potential policy statements and downtime warnings, and
- the Microsoft Windows FTP site moderators' reports about the
- connectivity problems with their archive sites. Unix announcements
- conform only if they directly relate to transferring or handling the
- Microsoft Windows material from the Microsoft Windows FTP sites.
- 16-bit programs, 32-bit programs, programs for Windows 95/98/Me are
- all on-topic.
-
- The purpose of news:comp.archives.ms-windows.announce is to be a
- ONE-WAY channel for Microsoft Windows upload announcements which the
- moderators handle, and other one-way, occasional information
- relating to Microsoft Windows archive sites. The moderators will
- therefore not be handling users' discussion material, questions, and
- replies. The unmoderated news:comp.archives.ms-windows.discuss
- newsgroup (see below) will cover that aspect.
-
- Articles from all major FTP servers are welcome, just as in the
- existing news:comp.archives.msdos.announce.
-
- The newsgroup news:comp.archives.msdos.announce and the newsgroup
- news:comp.archives.msdos.d handle MS-DOS shareware, freeware and
- public domain programs.
-
- END CHARTER.
-
- MODERATOR INFO: comp.archives.ms-windows.announce
-
- Principal moderator: Keith Petersen (w8sdz@uploadcentral.com)
- Co-Moderator: Timo Salmi (ts@uwasa.fi) + FAQ maintenance
- Joined Moderators: David Kirschbaum (kirschd@Simtel.Net)
- Ari Hovila (Currently otherwise engaged)
- Administrative contact address: win-news-manager@uploadcentral.com
- Article submission address: win-news-request@uploadcentral.com
-
- END MODERATOR INFO.
-
- Official brief description: comp.archives.ms-windows.announce
- Announcements about Windows archives. (Moderated)
-
-
- 2. *****
- Q: What is the purpose of comp.archives.ms-windows.discuss newsgroup?
-
- A: The news:comp.archives.ms-windows.discuss newsgroup was created
- the 19th of June 1996. The charter is given below.
-
- This unmoderated newsgroup is the discussion subgroup of the
- moderated news:comp.archives.ms-windows.announce newsgroup. The
- newsgroup covers users' reports, questions and discussions about the
- Public Domain and shareware programs at the Microsoft Windows
- archive sites (also called FTP sites), and the users' questions
- about the Microsoft Windows FTP sites such as the users'
- connectivity problem reports. The group is also for posting
- requests/replies concerning where to find such programs as are
- stored at the Microsoft Windows FTP sites. However, users are
- expected to refer to the FTP site file indexes before posting such
- requests. The newsgroup does not cover any discussions of fully
- commercial programs or programs for other operating systems like
- OS/2. (These programs have Usenet newsgroups of their own).
-
- Further clarification:
- a) As a discussion newsgroup this newsgroup will not allow
- binary/uuencoded postings.
- b) This newsgroup will not allow soliciting trading individual
- copies, fully commercial or otherwise, of Windows programs, cracks
- or serial numbers between the readers.
-
- Official one line description:
- comp.archives.ms-windows.discuss Discussing Microsoft Windows archives.
-
-
- 3. ******
- Q: Can I continue to post Windows related questions to the old
- news:comp.archives.msdos.d newsgroup?
-
- A: No. The new comp.archives.ms-windows.{announce,discuss} have
- been created with the specific purpose of reallocating the news
- load. Therefore, we should try our best to direct Windows
- discussions to news:comp.archives.ms-windows.discuss only, and
- MS-DOS discussions to news:comp.archives.msdos.d only.
- In particular, please avoid crossposting your questions and
- comments. Choose one newsgroup only. The readership is bound to
- overlap, anyway.
- If you have a question related to the MS-DOS / Windows FTP sites
- in general, and can't decide which newsgroup to choose, please pose
- your question to news:comp.archives.msdos.d.
-
-
- 4. *****
- Q: Where to ask about and discuss Windows programming?
-
- A: As you will have read in the charter the purpose of the
- newsgroup news:comp.archives.ms-windows.discuss is "Discussing
- Microsoft Windows FTP sites and the programs on them". Windows
- programming questions and debates should be avoided, unless directly
- related to finding related material on the FTP sites or problems in
- such material or problems in getting the material from the sites.
- Please let's use common sense in what is relevant, since it is not
- always an easy call. In any case, there are many useful newsgroups
- for Windows programmers including the ones listed below. Please
- first carefully check the newsgroup's assigned purpose before you
- post. If you need to find a complete list of Usenet newsgroups,
- please see http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/newsgrps.html
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.controls
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.graphics
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.memory
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.multimedia
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.networks
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.nt.kernel-mode
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.ole
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.mfc
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.misc
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.owl
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.winsock
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.vxd
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.winhelp
-
-
- 5. *****
- Q: Where to ask about and discuss general Windows 3.x problems?
-
- A: As you will have read in the charter the purpose of the
- newsgroup news:comp.archives.ms-windows.discuss is "Discussing
- Microsoft Windows FTP sites and the programs on them". This
- newsgroup is _not_ a generic Windows problems forum. If your Windows
- 3.x problem is general and does not relate to the material to be
- found on the Windows FTP sites here is a list of some other, Windows
- related newsgroups. Please first carefully check the newsgroup's
- assigned purpose before you post.
-
- news:comp.binaries.ms-windows
- news:comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
- news:comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windows
- news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows
- news:comp.mail.eudora.ms-windows
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.announce
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.comm
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.financial
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.misc
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.utilities.win3x
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.mail
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.misc
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.news
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.word-proc
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.ras
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.windows
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.pre-release
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win3x
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.video
-
-
- 6. *****
- Q: Where to ask about and discuss general Windows 95 problems?
-
- A: As you will have read in the charter the purpose of the
- newsgroup news:comp.archives.ms-windows.discuss is "Discussing
- Microsoft Windows FTP sites and the programs on them". This
- newsgroup is _not_ a generic Windows problems forum. If your Windows
- 95 problem is general and does not relate to the material to be
- found on the Windows FTP sites here is a list of some other Windows
- 95 related newsgroups. Please first carefully check the newsgroup's
- assigned purpose before you post.
-
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.compatibility.win95
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.utilities.win95
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.win95
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup
-
-
- 7. *****
- Q: Where to ask about and discuss general Windows NT / W2Y problems?
-
- A: As you will have read in the charter the purpose of the
- newsgroup news:comp.archives.ms-windows.discuss is "Discussing
- Microsoft Windows FTP sites and the programs on them". This
- newsgroup is _not_ a generic Windows problems forum. If your Windows
- NT problem is general and does not relate to the material to be
- found on the Windows FTP sites here is a list of some other Windows
- NT related newsgroups. Please first carefully check the newsgroup's
- assigned purpose before you post.
-
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.announce
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.pre-release
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software.backoffice
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software.compatibility
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software.services
- news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.nt.kernel-mode
-
-
- 8. *****
- Q: Where is the rest of the information for this FAQ?
-
- A: The comp.archives.ms-windows.{announce,discuss} newsgroups have
- been modeled after their sister newsgroups for MS-DOS material
- news:comp.archives.msdos.announce and news:comp.archives.msdos.d.
- Therefore the readers are referred to the regularly posted FAQs of
- the sister newsgroups. Most of the information is directly
- applicable if you substitute in your mind MS-DOS for Windows. The
- comp.archives.msdos.{announce,d} Frequently Asked Questions is
- available as ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/camfaq.zip. See
- http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/garbo.html#faq for a Garbo FAQ.
-
- All the best, Timo
-
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