Use of user's group with W2000

[gg]

Two things:
1-If no MVP can answer a question, someone should tell the questioner so
he/she can move on. Frustration is high enough without being ignored.

2-It is grossly unfair that I can't post questions because I have W2000 and
am limited to Explorer6. I can't even get to this page. Microsoft should
not squeeze us out of the loop. (I borrowed a friend's computer with XP and
explorer7 to write this and to post my unaswered question.)

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[John W. Vinson]

Two things:
1-If no MVP can answer a question, someone should tell the questioner so
he/she can move on. Frustration is high enough without being ignored.

MVP's are volunteers, working from all over the world, on our own variable
schedules. I have no idea whether any of the hundreds of other MVP's - or
other volunteers not yet recognized as MVP's, some just as knowledgable or
more - might or might not know the answer to a question; nor whether that
person has time to be online.

It's possible that your question was not phrased clearly; that you provided
too little or too much (overwhelming) information; that the question simply
has no answer; that the buggy webpage appeared to have posted the message but
didn't; that nobody who happened to see it had the knowledge or the time to
answer. Try rephrasing the question and asking again (perhaps with the keyword
REPOST in the subject line).

If that type of support isn't acceptable, you're welcome to a full refund of
the wages that we receive to post answers... $0.00.

2-It is grossly unfair that I can't post questions because I have W2000 and
am limited to Explorer6. I can't even get to this page. Microsoft should
not squeeze us out of the loop. (I borrowed a friend's computer with XP and
explorer7 to write this and to post my unaswered question.)

You're assuming that the Community webpage is the newsgroup. I realize
Microsoft works very hard to convey that impression but it is Not True. I
rarely or never even bring up the webpage; instead, I use Agent (a text-based
NNTP newsreader), linking to the NNTP newsgroups which are the *REAL*
microsoft.public.access forums. The webpage is just a different (inferior in
some ways) newsreader. You can use Outlook Express (in IE5, IE6, IE7, whatever
version you prefer), or a third party newsreader such as Agent
(www.forteinc.com) to connect to the newsgroups.

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[gg]

Thanks-I really didn't know how the system worked. I am surprised that is so
much ad hoc and that no one gets paid, makes me doubly thankful that you and
the other MVP's take the time to answer our often ameteurish questions at all.

I think that the question was phrased ok, but, admittedly I didn't know
about the new word "Ribbon" and said "Toolbar". Its a tough problem, and it
appears to be one that has been around a while. Once I learned about Ribbons
vs toolbars, I found quite a few threads on the same subject on other sites.
One suggestion seems to work.

Thanks again and next time I will search more before posting and will never
bitch again!