Problem with Win98.....

Hi Heather, I *think* the link you are after is :-
news.microsoft.com
set up in OE under Tools | Accounts \ Mail
(remembering to munge your email address)

Then choose the news groups you want

HTH

Mart


"Heather" wrote in message
...
HUH?? That is not the link. And I am using Outlook Express, not IE. I
used to have it saved, so it is something like "news at microsoft dot ?"

"Corday" wrote in message
...
Microsoft Discussion Groups Home. With IE it should show on left of
screen.
--
I mastered Wordstar graphics!


"Heather" wrote:

OK....heading out, but she just told me she had AVG and SpywareBlaster
on there. She took AVG off and wonders what to replace SB with. I will
talk to her tomorrow cuz I am heading out.

Thanks.....

"Heather" wrote in message
...
Hi All.....the following message was posted to me on a non MS news
group. I wondered if any of you could help because I absolutely
cannot remember how to access the MS news groups in toto.....or as a
newbie......the link one clicks on to get to the MS news groups.

Any thoughts?? Or a link?? I guess I could post it to one of the 98
groups.

Tks.....Heather
---------------------------------

Heather,
I've got a problem. Started a week or so again.
Win 98
On boot, error messages,
Occurred in this sequence.

Missing or corrupted display.sys c:\windows\command

Missing or corrupted system.dat c:\windows\command

they each happened several times, but I managed to get it to boot by
turning
off, then back on, each time.

This a.m.
Missing or corrupted config.sys c:\windows\command
Edit line 1 and 2

I have 3 config.sys files in various locations.
The most recent is dated 2005 inc:\windows\command
There's only 2 lines in them.
I don't know what to edit???

My gut says that area of the hard drive is corrupted, but not sure.
If I rename the file, then make a copy with correct name, will the new
one
go back to the corrupted area?

or somewhere else I should be looking at config.sys?
J

THAT'S IT!!!!! The first one. But if I want to get the general slew of
news groups, I would take out the last half?? I want to get her to the
98 ones.

IOW, I need the link for the Microsoft News Group Server or some such,
so that she can access all gazillion of them.

KISSIES!! Heather

"George Gee" wrote in message
...
Heather

I'm not really sure what you're asking for but...
This is the link for a newbie to set up Microsoft newsgroups in
Outlook Express with just one click:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsme.general

Or maybe it's this:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.aspx

If these aren't what you mean, please explain!!!

George Gee


"Heather" wrote in message
...
Hi All.....the following message was posted to me on a non MS news
group. I wondered if any of you could help because I absolutely
cannot remember how to access the MS news groups in toto.....or as a
newbie......the link one clicks on to get to the MS news groups.

Any thoughts?? Or a link?? I guess I could post it to one of the 98
groups.

Tks.....Heather
---------------------------------

Heather,
I've got a problem. Started a week or so again.
Win 98
On boot, error messages,
Occurred in this sequence.

Missing or corrupted display.sys c:\windows\command

Missing or corrupted system.dat c:\windows\command

they each happened several times, but I managed to get it to boot by
turning
off, then back on, each time.

This a.m.
Missing or corrupted config.sys c:\windows\command
Edit line 1 and 2

I have 3 config.sys files in various locations.
The most recent is dated 2005 inc:\windows\command
There's only 2 lines in them.
I don't know what to edit???

My gut says that area of the hard drive is corrupted, but not sure.
If I rename the file, then make a copy with correct name, will the
new one
go back to the corrupted area?

or somewhere else I should be looking at config.sys?
J

I think that is sort of it. Probably I have to put MS in front of that.
I will mess with it later. Just want to get to the server for MS. So I
can give her the whole bunch of MS groups. Does that make sense?? She
knows a lot, but I don't know Win98, so figure she can find out what she
needs on one of the 98 ng's. Trying to talk her into upgrading, but not
quite sure what the problem is.

Thanks Mart....Heather

OK.....took the first half of George's link and that is the one!!

news://msnews.microsoft.com

This will now get saved once again, grin.


"Mart" wrote in message
...
Hi Heather, I *think* the link you are after is :-
news.microsoft.com
set up in OE under Tools | Accounts \ Mail
(remembering to munge your email address)

Then choose the news groups you want

HTH

Mart


"Heather" wrote in message
...
HUH?? That is not the link. And I am using Outlook Express, not IE.
I used to have it saved, so it is something like "news at microsoft
dot ?"

"Corday" wrote in message
...
Microsoft Discussion Groups Home. With IE it should show on left of
screen.
--
I mastered Wordstar graphics!


"Heather" wrote:

OK....heading out, but she just told me she had AVG and
SpywareBlaster
on there. She took AVG off and wonders what to replace SB with. I
will
talk to her tomorrow cuz I am heading out.

Thanks.....

"Heather" wrote in message
...
Hi All.....the following message was posted to me on a non MS
news
group. I wondered if any of you could help because I absolutely
cannot remember how to access the MS news groups in toto.....or
as a
newbie......the link one clicks on to get to the MS news groups.

Any thoughts?? Or a link?? I guess I could post it to one of
the 98
groups.

Tks.....Heather
---------------------------------

Heather,
I've got a problem. Started a week or so again.
Win 98
On boot, error messages,
Occurred in this sequence.

Missing or corrupted display.sys c:\windows\command

Missing or corrupted system.dat c:\windows\command

they each happened several times, but I managed to get it to boot
by
turning
off, then back on, each time.

This a.m.
Missing or corrupted config.sys c:\windows\command
Edit line 1 and 2

I have 3 config.sys files in various locations.
The most recent is dated 2005 inc:\windows\command
There's only 2 lines in them.
I don't know what to edit???

My gut says that area of the hard drive is corrupted, but not
sure.
If I rename the file, then make a copy with correct name, will
the new
one
go back to the corrupted area?

or somewhere else I should be looking at config.sys?
J

Seems that both 'msnews.microsoft.com' and 'news.microsoft.com' work in OE,
so you're spoilt for choice g

Mart


"Heather" wrote in message
...
I think that is sort of it. Probably I have to put MS in front of that.
I will mess with it later. Just want to get to the server for MS. So I
can give her the whole bunch of MS groups. Does that make sense?? She
knows a lot, but I don't know Win98, so figure she can find out what she
needs on one of the 98 ng's. Trying to talk her into upgrading, but not
quite sure what the problem is.

Thanks Mart....Heather

OK.....took the first half of George's link and that is the one!!

news://msnews.microsoft.com

This will now get saved once again, grin.


"Mart" wrote in message
...
Hi Heather, I *think* the link you are after is :-
news.microsoft.com
set up in OE under Tools | Accounts \ Mail
(remembering to munge your email address)

Then choose the news groups you want

HTH

Mart


"Heather" wrote in message
...
HUH?? That is not the link. And I am using Outlook Express, not IE.
I used to have it saved, so it is something like "news at microsoft
dot ?"

"Corday" wrote in message
...
Microsoft Discussion Groups Home. With IE it should show on left of
screen.
--
I mastered Wordstar graphics!


"Heather" wrote:

OK....heading out, but she just told me she had AVG and
SpywareBlaster
on there. She took AVG off and wonders what to replace SB with. I
will
talk to her tomorrow cuz I am heading out.

Thanks.....

"Heather" wrote in message
...
Hi All.....the following message was posted to me on a non MS
news
group. I wondered if any of you could help because I absolutely
cannot remember how to access the MS news groups in toto.....or
as a
newbie......the link one clicks on to get to the MS news groups.

Any thoughts?? Or a link?? I guess I could post it to one of
the 98
groups.

Tks.....Heather
---------------------------------

Heather,
I've got a problem. Started a week or so again.
Win 98
On boot, error messages,
Occurred in this sequence.

Missing or corrupted display.sys c:\windows\command

Missing or corrupted system.dat c:\windows\command

they each happened several times, but I managed to get it to boot
by
turning
off, then back on, each time.

This a.m.
Missing or corrupted config.sys c:\windows\command
Edit line 1 and 2

I have 3 config.sys files in various locations.
The most recent is dated 2005 inc:\windows\command
There's only 2 lines in them.
I don't know what to edit???

My gut says that area of the hard drive is corrupted, but not
sure.
If I rename the file, then make a copy with correct name, will
the new
one
go back to the corrupted area?

or somewhere else I should be looking at config.sys?
J

Heather

Once you have your MS Newsgroup account in Outlook Express,
there are numerous ways to see the list of Newsgroups that
are available, here's 3 of them.

1, Click the whacking great big 'Newsgroup' icon on the top toolbar.
2, Tools Newsgroups.
3, Ctrl+W

George Gee


"Heather" wrote in message
...
THAT'S IT!!!!! The first one. But if I want to get the general slew of
news groups, I would take out the last half?? I want to get her to the 98
ones.

IOW, I need the link for the Microsoft News Group Server or some such, so
that she can access all gazillion of them.

KISSIES!! Heather

"George Gee" wrote in message
...
Heather

I'm not really sure what you're asking for but...
This is the link for a newbie to set up Microsoft newsgroups in
Outlook Express with just one click:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsme.general

Or maybe it's this:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.aspx

If these aren't what you mean, please explain!!!

George Gee


"Heather" wrote in message
...
Hi All.....the following message was posted to me on a non MS news
group. I wondered if any of you could help because I absolutely cannot
remember how to access the MS news groups in toto.....or as a
newbie......the link one clicks on to get to the MS news groups.

Any thoughts?? Or a link?? I guess I could post it to one of the 98
groups.

Tks.....Heather
---------------------------------

Mart wrote:

Seems that both 'msnews.microsoft.com' and 'news.microsoft.com' work
in OE, so you're spoilt for choice g

news is an alias for msnews and both resolve to the same group of IP
addresses (there are more than one) as can be seen by:

D:\Tempping news.microsoft.com

Pinging msnews.microsoft.com [207.46.248.16] with 32 bytes of data:

D:\Tempping msnews.microsoft.com

Pinging msnews.microsoft.com [207.46.248.16] with 32 bytes of data:
--
Mike Maltby

Figgles,

Jim Eshelman used to - and probably still does - have a list of the MS news
groups at aumha.org, that you can find easily enough from the index page.
Click the one you want and it opens in OE. Useful in certain circumstances.

Arturo


"Heather" wrote in message
...
THAT'S IT!!!!! The first one. But if I want to get the general slew of
news groups, I would take out the last half?? I want to get her to the 98
ones.

IOW, I need the link for the Microsoft News Group Server or some such, so
that she can access all gazillion of them.

KISSIES!! Heather

"George Gee" wrote in message
...
Heather

I'm not really sure what you're asking for but...
This is the link for a newbie to set up Microsoft newsgroups in
Outlook Express with just one click:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsme.general

Or maybe it's this:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.aspx

If these aren't what you mean, please explain!!!

George Gee


"Heather" wrote in message
...
Hi All.....the following message was posted to me on a non MS news
group. I wondered if any of you could help because I absolutely cannot
remember how to access the MS news groups in toto.....or as a
newbie......the link one clicks on to get to the MS news groups.

Any thoughts?? Or a link?? I guess I could post it to one of the 98
groups.

Tks.....Heather
---------------------------------

Heather,
I've got a problem. Started a week or so again.
Win 98
On boot, error messages,
Occurred in this sequence.

Missing or corrupted display.sys c:\windows\command

Missing or corrupted system.dat c:\windows\command

they each happened several times, but I managed to get it to boot by
turning
off, then back on, each time.

This a.m.
Missing or corrupted config.sys c:\windows\command
Edit line 1 and 2

I have 3 config.sys files in various locations.
The most recent is dated 2005 inc:\windows\command
There's only 2 lines in them.
I don't know what to edit???

My gut says that area of the hard drive is corrupted, but not sure.
If I rename the file, then make a copy with correct name, will the new
one
go back to the corrupted area?

or somewhere else I should be looking at config.sys?
J

Gracias, Arturo......the problem is/was that I was going to have to
explain on a totally different news group as an off-topic message to my
friend how she could access the MS ng's and then how to find the ones
she wanted. And as she prefers to remain anonymous for good reasons, I
suppose....I can't write her at home via email.

But you guys eventually got what I was asking. I just didn't explain
myself very well. (G)

Abrazos....Sra. Figgles

"Arturo Seis" wrote in message
...
Figgles,

Jim Eshelman used to - and probably still does - have a list of the MS
news groups at aumha.org, that you can find easily enough from the
index page. Click the one you want and it opens in OE. Useful in
certain circumstances.

Arturo


"Heather" wrote in message
...
THAT'S IT!!!!! The first one. But if I want to get the general slew
of news groups, I would take out the last half?? I want to get her
to the 98 ones.

IOW, I need the link for the Microsoft News Group Server or some
such, so that she can access all gazillion of them.

KISSIES!! Heather

"George Gee" wrote in message
...
Heather

I'm not really sure what you're asking for but...
This is the link for a newbie to set up Microsoft newsgroups in
Outlook Express with just one click:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsme.general

Or maybe it's this:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.aspx

If these aren't what you mean, please explain!!!

George Gee


"Heather" wrote in message
...
Hi All.....the following message was posted to me on a non MS news
group. I wondered if any of you could help because I absolutely
cannot remember how to access the MS news groups in toto.....or as
a newbie......the link one clicks on to get to the MS news groups.

Any thoughts?? Or a link?? I guess I could post it to one of the
98 groups.

Tks.....Heather
---------------------------------

Heather,
I've got a problem. Started a week or so again.
Win 98
On boot, error messages,
Occurred in this sequence.

Missing or corrupted display.sys c:\windows\command

Missing or corrupted system.dat c:\windows\command

they each happened several times, but I managed to get it to boot
by turning
off, then back on, each time.

This a.m.
Missing or corrupted config.sys c:\windows\command
Edit line 1 and 2

I have 3 config.sys files in various locations.
The most recent is dated 2005 inc:\windows\command
There's only 2 lines in them.
I don't know what to edit???

My gut says that area of the hard drive is corrupted, but not sure.
If I rename the file, then make a copy with correct name, will the
new one
go back to the corrupted area?

or somewhere else I should be looking at config.sys?
J

Not as easy to find as it used to be, but take a look sometime, Figgs:

http://aumha.org/support.php#msng

As I recall - can't test it now as I'm in Linux - you click the link, it
opens in and downloads into OE, then when you close it you're asked if
you want to subscribe to the group. When you say "I do" you'll have the
Microsoft server set up automatically and, if you want to end it you
have to go to Reno. Though I might have that last bit wrong.

Shane






Heather wrote:
Gracias, Arturo......the problem is/was that I was going to have to
explain on a totally different news group as an off-topic message to my
friend how she could access the MS ng's and then how to find the ones
she wanted. And as she prefers to remain anonymous for good reasons, I
suppose....I can't write her at home via email.

But you guys eventually got what I was asking. I just didn't explain
myself very well. (G)

Abrazos....Sra. Figgles

"Arturo Seis" wrote in message
...
Figgles,

Jim Eshelman used to - and probably still does - have a list of the MS
news groups at aumha.org, that you can find easily enough from the
index page. Click the one you want and it opens in OE. Useful in
certain circumstances.

Arturo


"Heather" wrote in message
...
THAT'S IT!!!!! The first one. But if I want to get the general slew
of news groups, I would take out the last half?? I want to get her
to the 98 ones.

IOW, I need the link for the Microsoft News Group Server or some
such, so that she can access all gazillion of them.

KISSIES!! Heather

"George Gee" wrote in message
...
Heather

I'm not really sure what you're asking for but...
This is the link for a newbie to set up Microsoft newsgroups in
Outlook Express with just one click:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsme.general

Or maybe it's this:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.aspx

If these aren't what you mean, please explain!!!

George Gee


"Heather" wrote in message
...
Hi All.....the following message was posted to me on a non MS news
group. I wondered if any of you could help because I absolutely
cannot remember how to access the MS news groups in toto.....or as
a newbie......the link one clicks on to get to the MS news groups.

Any thoughts?? Or a link?? I guess I could post it to one of the
98 groups.

Tks.....Heather
---------------------------------

Heather,
I've got a problem. Started a week or so again.
Win 98
On boot, error messages,
Occurred in this sequence.

Missing or corrupted display.sys c:\windows\command

Missing or corrupted system.dat c:\windows\command

they each happened several times, but I managed to get it to boot
by turning
off, then back on, each time.

This a.m.
Missing or corrupted config.sys c:\windows\command
Edit line 1 and 2

I have 3 config.sys files in various locations.
The most recent is dated 2005 inc:\windows\command
There's only 2 lines in them.
I don't know what to edit???

My gut says that area of the hard drive is corrupted, but not sure.
If I rename the file, then make a copy with correct name, will the
new one
go back to the corrupted area?

or somewhere else I should be looking at config.sys?
J