newsgroup online

Hi.
I want to check online newsgroups
when I go to http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/ I get as far as 
clicking  on the left hand column to expand to the newsgroup list, but when 
I click on the newsgroup, nothing happens for ages and then finally the 
window on the right says

Sorry, the page you requested is not available.
The page you were looking for is currently not available. The address may 
not be correct, or there may be a temporary problem with this site. Please 
try one of the following options:

That's with EVERY single one I try.
How is this happening??
J

Who knows?
Not many responders will use that quirky web interface and even less
may use the almost obsolete IE5 group.
Try a real newsreader for a better experience:

Outlook Express Newsreader-Setting up
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/community/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/resources/communities.htm#setupmsnews

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html



On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 09:56:59 +0100, in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.browser, "JN"
<someone@somewhere.com> wrote:

>Hi.
>I want to check online newsgroups
>when I go to http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/ I get as far as 
>clicking  on the left hand column to expand to the newsgroup list, but when

>I click on the newsgroup, nothing happens for ages and then finally the 
>window on the right says
>
>Sorry, the page you requested is not available.
>The page you were looking for is currently not available. The address may 
>not be correct, or there may be a temporary problem with this site. Please 
>try one of the following options:
>
>That's with EVERY single one I try.
>How is this happening??
>J
>