You may have a damaged identity especially if it is the default Main
Identity. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and set up
msnews in the new identity and see if you can download now, and if the Vista
groups show. I you are successful, you can import your email messages from
the old identity and delete it, or just keep the new identity for
newsgroups.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"limeybiker" wrote in message
...
I am using msnews.microsoft.com, using, Outlook Express news reader, for
the benefit of those that think I am off topic.
I have ordered the Beta of Vista, so I would like to monitor the Vista
specific News Group
I want to access the newsgroup
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vista.general, kindly
provided by Bruce Hagen.
But the link does not work.
The news group does not show in my list of news groups.
When I try to refresh and re-download the newsgroups, they still do not
show.
The Vista home pages show several Vista news groups, but none of them
download.

Ride safe

Barry

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message
news
"limeybiker" wrote in message
...
That is the Newsgroup I am using, as well as ATT & T's


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Ride safe

Barry
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"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in
message ...
"limeybiker" wrote in message
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How come the Vista News Groups don't show in the list of newsgroups.
Ride safe
Barry


The server you are using may not carry the Vista newsgroups.
In Outlook Express go to Tools | Accounts | Add (or New) | News.
Set up an account for this news server:

msnews.microsoft.com

The server is free and does not require you to logon. This news server
carries over 2200 newsgroups related to Microsoft products and keeps
messages at least 30 days.

For more detail see
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM
Please reply in newsgroup.



Then I don't understand your question.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM
Please reply in newsgroup.