Stats microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (last 7 days)

[me]

"Caveat: Quantity is not necessarily a measure of Quality"





Newsgroup.................: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

Stats Were Taken..........: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:18:44 GMT

Stats Begin...............: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:07:54 GMT

Stats End.................: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:04:16 GMT

Days......................: 7

Total No. of Articles.....: 501

Total No. of Characters...: 1226001

Total Volume..............: 1197

Messages Per Day..........: 71.6

Characters Per Day........: 175143.0

Average Daily Volume......: 171 kB

Total Posters This Week...: 157

Messages with Sigs........: 29.34%

Original Content Rating...: 44.84%



Top 10 Prolific Posters: Posts / Posts per Day / Percent Share

==============================================================

1. Pa Bear...........................................: 26 3.7 5.2%

2. Shenan Stanley....................................: 25 3.6 5.0%

3. Alias.............................................: 18 2.6 3.6%

4. Frank.............................................: 17 2.4 3.4%

5. Greg Russell......................................: 16 2.3 3.2%

6. Sc Tom............................................: 15 2.1 3.0%

7. Spamlet...........................................: 14 2.0 2.8%

8. Bruce Hagen.......................................: 12 1.7 2.4%

9. Alias.............................................: 12 1.7 2.4%

10. Paul..............................................: 11 1.6 2.2%



Top 10 Bandwidth-Using Posters: kBytes / kBytes per Day / Percent Share

=======================================================================

1. Pa Bear...........................................: 61 8.8 5.2%

2. =?Utf-8?B?Q3vybhltdwu=?=..........................: 61 8.8 5.1%

3. Paul..............................................: 50 7.3 4.3%

4. Alias.............................................: 50 7.2 4.2%

5. Shenan Stanley....................................: 48 6.9 4.0%

6. Frank.............................................: 48 6.9 4.0%

7. Sc Tom............................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

8. Bruce Hagen.......................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

9. Spamlet...........................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

10. Vanguardlh........................................: 28 4.1 2.4%



Top 10 Popular Threads: Posts / Posts per Day / Percent Share

=============================================================

1. Updates for Everything Mozilla....................: 65 9.3 13.0%

2. Ping - John John - MVP - AlacrityPC help, please?: 17 2.4 3.4%

3. IE8 Newsgroup?....................................: 14 2.0 2.8%

4. Moving ALL Data From C: To Another Drive: Utility?: 14 2.0 2.8%

5. Sounds and Audio Devices - How to add/remove progr: 14 2.0 2.8%

6. Mail to...........................................: 13 1.9 2.6%

7. System restore points.............................: 12 1.7 2.4%

8. Win7 Newsgroup??..................................: 11 1.6 2.2%

9. A new one on me...................................: 10 1.4 2.0%

10. Adding an Icon....................................: 10 1.4 2.0%



Top 10 Bandwidth-Consuming Threads: kBytes / kBytes per Day / Percent Share

===========================================================================

1. Updates for Everything Mozilla....................: 150 21.6 12.6%

2. CLEANED UP - - Missing or corrupted DxSetup.exe...: 71 10.3 6.0%

3. Sounds and Audio Devices - How to add/remove progr: 40 5.8 3.4%

4. Mail to...........................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

5. IE8 Newsgroup?....................................: 34 5.0 2.9%

6. Missing or corrupted DxSetup.exe..................: 33 4.9 2.8%

7. Ping - John John - MVP - AlacrityPC help, please?: 31 4.5 2.6%

8. Moving ALL Data From C: To Another Drive: Utility?: 30 4.3 2.5%

9. System restore points.............................: 29 4.3 2.5%

10. MCE - TV pauses 3/4 second, play 3/4 second - cont: 28 4.1 2.4%



Top 10 Original Content Ratings: (Original Bytes) / (Orig. + Quoted Bytes)

==========================================================================

1. Alb?Do....................................................: 87.9%

2. Peter Foldes..............................................: 79.9%

3. x.........................................................: 74.4%

4. =?Utf-8?B?Q3vybhltdwu=?=..................................: 70.4%

5. Anthony Buckland..........................................: 66.1%

6. Vanguardlh................................................: 63.7%

7. Greg Russell..............................................: 61.0%

8. =?Utf-8?B?Yjexxw==?=......................................: 57.7%

9. Mike S....................................................: 56.7%

10. Paul......................................................: 52.2%



Top 10 Crossposting Groups: Posts in Group

==========================================

(Articles cross-posted to > 5 groups are not considered in ANY stats.)

1. alt.windows7.general.........................................: 68

2. microsoft.public.win2000.general.............................: 6

3. microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general.......................: 6

4. microsoft.public.windows.vista.general.......................: 6

5. microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support..................: 6

6. microsoft.public.security.virus..............................: 2

7. microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware..........................: 2

8. microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers..........................: 2

9. alt....p.periphs.videocards.nvidia...........................: 1

10. comp.graphics.misc...........................................: 1



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End of stats for microsoft.public.windowsxp.general















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[antioch]

I wonder how these stats compare to the Microsoft Answers web forum.

This page seems to show a high proportion of questions going unanswered or

am I reading it all wrong.

About the only ones that can be compared is 'Update' & 'Hardware'.

But the date system where an answer bumps the thread does not help.



Antioch



"me" wrote in message

news:b50c6$4c4d4909$943f966e$8868@STARBAND.NET...

> "Caveat: Quantity is not necessarily a measure of Quality"

>

>

> Newsgroup.................: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

> Stats Were Taken..........: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:18:44 GMT

> Stats Begin...............: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:07:54 GMT

> Stats End.................: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:04:16 GMT

> Days......................: 7

> Total No. of Articles.....: 501

> Total No. of Characters...: 1226001

> Total Volume..............: 1197

> Messages Per Day..........: 71.6

> Characters Per Day........: 175143.0

> Average Daily Volume......: 171 kB

> Total Posters This Week...: 157

> Messages with Sigs........: 29.34%

> Original Content Rating...: 44.84%

>

> Top 10 Prolific Posters: Posts / Posts per Day / Percent Share

> ==============================================================

> 1. Pa Bear...........................................: 26 3.7 5.2%

> 2. Shenan Stanley....................................: 25 3.6 5.0%

> 3. Alias.............................................: 18 2.6 3.6%

> 4. Frank.............................................: 17 2.4 3.4%

> 5. Greg Russell......................................: 16 2.3 3.2%

> 6. Sc Tom............................................: 15 2.1 3.0%

> 7. Spamlet...........................................: 14 2.0 2.8%

> 8. Bruce Hagen.......................................: 12 1.7 2.4%

> 9. Alias.............................................: 12 1.7 2.4%

> 10. Paul..............................................: 11 1.6 2.2%

>

> Top 10 Bandwidth-Using Posters: kBytes / kBytes per Day / Percent Share

> =======================================================================

> 1. Pa Bear...........................................: 61 8.8 5.2%

> 2. =?Utf-8?B?Q3vybhltdwu=?=..........................: 61 8.8 5.1%

> 3. Paul..............................................: 50 7.3 4.3%

> 4. Alias.............................................: 50 7.2 4.2%

> 5. Shenan Stanley....................................: 48 6.9 4.0%

> 6. Frank.............................................: 48 6.9 4.0%

> 7. Sc Tom............................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

> 8. Bruce Hagen.......................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

> 9. Spamlet...........................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

> 10. Vanguardlh........................................: 28 4.1 2.4%

>

> Top 10 Popular Threads: Posts / Posts per Day / Percent Share

> =============================================================

> 1. Updates for Everything Mozilla....................: 65 9.3 13.0%

> 2. Ping - John John - MVP - AlacrityPC help, please?: 17 2.4 3.4%

> 3. IE8 Newsgroup?....................................: 14 2.0 2.8%

> 4. Moving ALL Data From C: To Another Drive: Utility?: 14 2.0 2.8%

> 5. Sounds and Audio Devices - How to add/remove progr: 14 2.0 2.8%

> 6. Mail to...........................................: 13 1.9 2.6%

> 7. System restore points.............................: 12 1.7 2.4%

> 8. Win7 Newsgroup??..................................: 11 1.6 2.2%

> 9. A new one on me...................................: 10 1.4 2.0%

> 10. Adding an Icon....................................: 10 1.4 2.0%

>

> Top 10 Bandwidth-Consuming Threads: kBytes / kBytes per Day / Percent

> Share

> ===========================================================================

> 1. Updates for Everything Mozilla....................: 150 21.6 12.6%

> 2. CLEANED UP - - Missing or corrupted DxSetup.exe...: 71 10.3 6.0%

> 3. Sounds and Audio Devices - How to add/remove progr: 40 5.8 3.4%

> 4. Mail to...........................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

> 5. IE8 Newsgroup?....................................: 34 5.0 2.9%

> 6. Missing or corrupted DxSetup.exe..................: 33 4.9 2.8%

> 7. Ping - John John - MVP - AlacrityPC help, please?: 31 4.5 2.6%

> 8. Moving ALL Data From C: To Another Drive: Utility?: 30 4.3 2.5%

> 9. System restore points.............................: 29 4.3 2.5%

> 10. MCE - TV pauses 3/4 second, play 3/4 second - cont: 28 4.1 2.4%

>

> Top 10 Original Content Ratings: (Original Bytes) / (Orig. + Quoted Bytes)

> ==========================================================================

> 1. Alb?Do....................................................: 87.9%

> 2. Peter Foldes..............................................: 79.9%

> 3. x.........................................................: 74.4%

> 4. =?Utf-8?B?Q3vybhltdwu=?=..................................: 70.4%

> 5. Anthony Buckland..........................................: 66.1%

> 6. Vanguardlh................................................: 63.7%

> 7. Greg Russell..............................................: 61.0%

> 8. =?Utf-8?B?Yjexxw==?=......................................: 57.7%

> 9. Mike S....................................................: 56.7%

> 10. Paul......................................................: 52.2%

>

> Top 10 Crossposting Groups: Posts in Group

> ==========================================

> (Articles cross-posted to > 5 groups are not considered in ANY stats.)

> 1. alt.windows7.general.........................................: 68

> 2. microsoft.public.win2000.general.............................: 6

> 3. microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general.......................: 6

> 4. microsoft.public.windows.vista.general.......................: 6

> 5. microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support..................: 6

> 6. microsoft.public.security.virus..............................: 2

> 7. microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware..........................: 2

> 8. microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers..........................: 2

> 9. alt....p.periphs.videocards.nvidia...........................: 1

> 10. comp.graphics.misc...........................................: 1

>

> ===================================================

> End of stats for microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

>

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[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Totally OT but a thread in MS Answers forum is not marked as ANSWERED unless

the OP or a Moderator marks a reply to the thread as the ANSWER to the

problem.



For example, Windows Update forum (which is NOT an OS-specific forum despite

what you see at the top of the page or in the forum URL) currently shows

1675 "Unanswered" threads and 12,059 "Answered" threads:

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/threads



A casual review of the first 4-5 forum pages will show quite a number of

threads where the OP was never heard from again (which one has also seen in

this newsgroup over the years).



Then you have OPs posting without bothering to review previous threads about

the same problem, most of which have been Answered.



Compare the above to the (mostly clueless & therefore pretty much ignored)

posts where there have been no replies (i.e., 50 out of nearly 14,000

threads since late October 2009):

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/threads?filter=noreplies



Stupid is as stupid does.





antioch wrote:

> I wonder how these stats compare to the Microsoft Answers web forum.

> This page seems to show a high proportion of questions going unanswered or

> am I reading it all wrong.

> About the only ones that can be compared is 'Update' & 'Hardware'.

> But the date system where an answer bumps the thread does not help.

>

> Antioch

>

> "me" wrote in message

> news:b50c6$4c4d4909$943f966e$8868@STARBAND.NET...

>> "Caveat: Quantity is not necessarily a measure of Quality"

>>

>>

>> Newsgroup.................: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

>> Stats Were Taken..........: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:18:44 GMT

>> Stats Begin...............: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:07:54 GMT

>> Stats End.................: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:04:16 GMT

>> Days......................: 7

>> Total No. of Articles.....: 501

>> Total No. of Characters...: 1226001

>> Total Volume..............: 1197

>> Messages Per Day..........: 71.6

>> Characters Per Day........: 175143.0

>> Average Daily Volume......: 171 kB

>> Total Posters This Week...: 157

>> Messages with Sigs........: 29.34%

>> Original Content Rating...: 44.84%

>>

>> Top 10 Prolific Posters: Posts / Posts per Day / Percent Share

>> ==============================================================

>> 1. Pa Bear...........................................: 26 3.7 5.2%

>> 2. Shenan Stanley....................................: 25 3.6 5.0%

>> 3. Alias.............................................: 18 2.6 3.6%

>> 4. Frank.............................................: 17 2.4 3.4%

>> 5. Greg Russell......................................: 16 2.3 3.2%

>> 6. Sc Tom............................................: 15 2.1 3.0%

>> 7. Spamlet...........................................: 14 2.0 2.8%

>> 8. Bruce Hagen.......................................: 12 1.7 2.4%

>> 9. Alias.............................................: 12 1.7 2.4%

>> 10. Paul..............................................: 11 1.6 2.2%

>>

>> Top 10 Bandwidth-Using Posters: kBytes / kBytes per Day / Percent Share

>> =======================================================================

>> 1. Pa Bear...........................................: 61 8.8 5.2%

>> 2. =?Utf-8?B?Q3vybhltdwu=?=..........................: 61 8.8 5.1%

>> 3. Paul..............................................: 50 7.3 4.3%

>> 4. Alias.............................................: 50 7.2 4.2%

>> 5. Shenan Stanley....................................: 48 6.9 4.0%

>> 6. Frank.............................................: 48 6.9 4.0%

>> 7. Sc Tom............................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

>> 8. Bruce Hagen.......................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

>> 9. Spamlet...........................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

>> 10. Vanguardlh........................................: 28 4.1 2.4%

>>

>> Top 10 Popular Threads: Posts / Posts per Day / Percent Share

>> =============================================================

>> 1. Updates for Everything Mozilla....................: 65 9.3 13.0%

>> 2. Ping - John John - MVP - AlacrityPC help, please?: 17 2.4 3.4%

>> 3. IE8 Newsgroup?....................................: 14 2.0 2.8%

>> 4. Moving ALL Data From C: To Another Drive: Utility?: 14 2.0 2.8%

>> 5. Sounds and Audio Devices - How to add/remove progr: 14 2.0 2.8%

>> 6. Mail to...........................................: 13 1.9 2.6%

>> 7. System restore points.............................: 12 1.7 2.4%

>> 8. Win7 Newsgroup??..................................: 11 1.6 2.2%

>> 9. A new one on me...................................: 10 1.4 2.0%

>> 10. Adding an Icon....................................: 10 1.4 2.0%

>>

>> Top 10 Bandwidth-Consuming Threads: kBytes / kBytes per Day / Percent

>> Share

>> ===========================================================================

>> 1. Updates for Everything Mozilla....................: 150 21.6 12.6%

>> 2. CLEANED UP - - Missing or corrupted DxSetup.exe...: 71 10.3 6.0%

>> 3. Sounds and Audio Devices - How to add/remove progr: 40 5.8 3.4%

>> 4. Mail to...........................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

>> 5. IE8 Newsgroup?....................................: 34 5.0 2.9%

>> 6. Missing or corrupted DxSetup.exe..................: 33 4.9 2.8%

>> 7. Ping - John John - MVP - AlacrityPC help, please?: 31 4.5 2.6%

>> 8. Moving ALL Data From C: To Another Drive: Utility?: 30 4.3 2.5%

>> 9. System restore points.............................: 29 4.3 2.5%

>> 10. MCE - TV pauses 3/4 second, play 3/4 second - cont: 28 4.1 2.4%

>>

>> Top 10 Original Content Ratings: (Original Bytes) / (Orig. + Quoted

>> Bytes)

>> ==========================================================================

>> 1. Alb?Do....................................................: 87.9%

>> 2. Peter Foldes..............................................: 79.9%

>> 3. x.........................................................: 74.4%

>> 4. =?Utf-8?B?Q3vybhltdwu=?=..................................: 70.4%

>> 5. Anthony Buckland..........................................: 66.1%

>> 6. Vanguardlh................................................: 63.7%

>> 7. Greg Russell..............................................: 61.0%

>> 8. =?Utf-8?B?Yjexxw==?=......................................: 57.7%

>> 9. Mike S....................................................: 56.7%

>> 10. Paul......................................................: 52.2%

>>

>> Top 10 Crossposting Groups: Posts in Group

>> ==========================================

>> (Articles cross-posted to > 5 groups are not considered in ANY stats.)

>> 1. alt.windows7.general.........................................: 68

>> 2. microsoft.public.win2000.general.............................: 6

>> 3. microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general.......................: 6

>> 4. microsoft.public.windows.vista.general.......................: 6

>> 5. microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support..................: 6

>> 6. microsoft.public.security.virus..............................: 2

>> 7. microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware..........................: 2

>> 8. microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers..........................: 2

>> 9. alt....p.periphs.videocards.nvidia...........................: 1

>> 10. comp.graphics.misc...........................................: 1

>>

>> ===================================================

>> End of stats for microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

>>

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>>

>>

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[antioch]

Thank you for the explanation - I did go into some of the links and noticed

that there were other posts within - but did this after I posted.

Most confusing then, but better understood now.

Each day it is getting quieter and quieter in the ngs. But as long as I can

see you and the other MVP regulars I doubt I will mind using the forum.

Nice to see a few completely new ones as well. Good to see a younger

generation



Antioch



"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message

news:#Rx2etQLLHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Totally OT but a thread in MS Answers forum is not marked as ANSWERED

> unless

> the OP or a Moderator marks a reply to the thread as the ANSWER to the

> problem.

>

> For example, Windows Update forum (which is NOT an OS-specific forum

> despite

> what you see at the top of the page or in the forum URL) currently shows

> 1675 "Unanswered" threads and 12,059 "Answered" threads:

> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/threads

>

> A casual review of the first 4-5 forum pages will show quite a number of

> threads where the OP was never heard from again (which one has also seen

> in

> this newsgroup over the years).

>

> Then you have OPs posting without bothering to review previous threads

> about the same problem, most of which have been Answered.

>

> Compare the above to the (mostly clueless & therefore pretty much ignored)

> posts where there have been no replies (i.e., 50 out of nearly 14,000

> threads since late October 2009):

> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/threads?filter=noreplies

>

> Stupid is as stupid does.

>

>

> antioch wrote:

>> I wonder how these stats compare to the Microsoft Answers web forum.

>> This page seems to show a high proportion of questions going unanswered

>> or

>> am I reading it all wrong.

>> About the only ones that can be compared is 'Update' & 'Hardware'.

>> But the date system where an answer bumps the thread does not help.

>>

>> Antioch

>>

>> "me" wrote in message

>> news:b50c6$4c4d4909$943f966e$8868@STARBAND.NET...

>>> "Caveat: Quantity is not necessarily a measure of Quality"

>>>

>>>

>>> Newsgroup.................: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

>>> Stats Were Taken..........: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:18:44 GMT

>>> Stats Begin...............: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:07:54 GMT

>>> Stats End.................: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:04:16 GMT

>>> Days......................: 7

>>> Total No. of Articles.....: 501

>>> Total No. of Characters...: 1226001

>>> Total Volume..............: 1197

>>> Messages Per Day..........: 71.6

>>> Characters Per Day........: 175143.0

>>> Average Daily Volume......: 171 kB

>>> Total Posters This Week...: 157

>>> Messages with Sigs........: 29.34%

>>> Original Content Rating...: 44.84%

>>>

>>> Top 10 Prolific Posters: Posts / Posts per Day / Percent Share

>>> ==============================================================

>>> 1. Pa Bear...........................................: 26 3.7 5.2%

>>> 2. Shenan Stanley....................................: 25 3.6 5.0%

>>> 3. Alias.............................................: 18 2.6 3.6%

>>> 4. Frank.............................................: 17 2.4 3.4%

>>> 5. Greg Russell......................................: 16 2.3 3.2%

>>> 6. Sc Tom............................................: 15 2.1 3.0%

>>> 7. Spamlet...........................................: 14 2.0 2.8%

>>> 8. Bruce Hagen.......................................: 12 1.7 2.4%

>>> 9. Alias.............................................: 12 1.7 2.4%

>>> 10. Paul..............................................: 11 1.6 2.2%

>>>

>>> Top 10 Bandwidth-Using Posters: kBytes / kBytes per Day / Percent Share

>>> =======================================================================

>>> 1. Pa Bear...........................................: 61 8.8 5.2%

>>> 2. =?Utf-8?B?Q3vybhltdwu=?=..........................: 61 8.8 5.1%

>>> 3. Paul..............................................: 50 7.3 4.3%

>>> 4. Alias.............................................: 50 7.2 4.2%

>>> 5. Shenan Stanley....................................: 48 6.9 4.0%

>>> 6. Frank.............................................: 48 6.9 4.0%

>>> 7. Sc Tom............................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

>>> 8. Bruce Hagen.......................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

>>> 9. Spamlet...........................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

>>> 10. Vanguardlh........................................: 28 4.1 2.4%

>>>

>>> Top 10 Popular Threads: Posts / Posts per Day / Percent Share

>>> =============================================================

>>> 1. Updates for Everything Mozilla....................: 65 9.3 13.0%

>>> 2. Ping - John John - MVP - AlacrityPC help, please?: 17 2.4 3.4%

>>> 3. IE8 Newsgroup?....................................: 14 2.0 2.8%

>>> 4. Moving ALL Data From C: To Another Drive: Utility?: 14 2.0 2.8%

>>> 5. Sounds and Audio Devices - How to add/remove progr: 14 2.0 2.8%

>>> 6. Mail to...........................................: 13 1.9 2.6%

>>> 7. System restore points.............................: 12 1.7 2.4%

>>> 8. Win7 Newsgroup??..................................: 11 1.6 2.2%

>>> 9. A new one on me...................................: 10 1.4 2.0%

>>> 10. Adding an Icon....................................: 10 1.4 2.0%

>>>

>>> Top 10 Bandwidth-Consuming Threads: kBytes / kBytes per Day / Percent

>>> Share

>>> ===========================================================================

>>> 1. Updates for Everything Mozilla....................: 150 21.6 12.6%

>>> 2. CLEANED UP - - Missing or corrupted DxSetup.exe...: 71 10.3 6.0%

>>> 3. Sounds and Audio Devices - How to add/remove progr: 40 5.8 3.4%

>>> 4. Mail to...........................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

>>> 5. IE8 Newsgroup?....................................: 34 5.0 2.9%

>>> 6. Missing or corrupted DxSetup.exe..................: 33 4.9 2.8%

>>> 7. Ping - John John - MVP - AlacrityPC help, please?: 31 4.5 2.6%

>>> 8. Moving ALL Data From C: To Another Drive: Utility?: 30 4.3 2.5%

>>> 9. System restore points.............................: 29 4.3 2.5%

>>> 10. MCE - TV pauses 3/4 second, play 3/4 second - cont: 28 4.1 2.4%

>>>

>>> Top 10 Original Content Ratings: (Original Bytes) / (Orig. + Quoted

>>> Bytes)

>>> ==========================================================================

>>> 1. Alb?Do....................................................: 87.9%

>>> 2. Peter Foldes..............................................: 79.9%

>>> 3. x.........................................................: 74.4%

>>> 4. =?Utf-8?B?Q3vybhltdwu=?=..................................: 70.4%

>>> 5. Anthony Buckland..........................................: 66.1%

>>> 6. Vanguardlh................................................: 63.7%

>>> 7. Greg Russell..............................................: 61.0%

>>> 8. =?Utf-8?B?Yjexxw==?=......................................: 57.7%

>>> 9. Mike S....................................................: 56.7%

>>> 10. Paul......................................................: 52.2%

>>>

>>> Top 10 Crossposting Groups: Posts in Group

>>> ==========================================

>>> (Articles cross-posted to > 5 groups are not considered in ANY stats.)

>>> 1. alt.windows7.general.........................................: 68

>>> 2. microsoft.public.win2000.general.............................: 6

>>> 3. microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general.......................: 6

>>> 4. microsoft.public.windows.vista.general.......................: 6

>>> 5. microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support..................: 6

>>> 6. microsoft.public.security.virus..............................: 2

>>> 7. microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware..........................: 2

>>> 8. microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers..........................: 2

>>> 9. alt....p.periphs.videocards.nvidia...........................: 1

>>> 10. comp.graphics.misc...........................................: 1

>>>

>>> ===================================================

>>> End of stats for microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> --

>

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Thanks for your kind words. WinXP General is the only NG I'm still

monitoring but it'll be dropped from the MS newsserver by October 1st, too.



antioch wrote:

> Thank you for the explanation - I did go into some of the links and

> noticed

> that there were other posts within - but did this after I posted.

> Most confusing then, but better understood now.

> Each day it is getting quieter and quieter in the ngs. But as long as I

> can

> see you and the other MVP regulars I doubt I will mind using the forum.

> Nice to see a few completely new ones as well. Good to see a younger

> generation

>

> Antioch

>

> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message

> news:#Rx2etQLLHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Totally OT but a thread in MS Answers forum is not marked as ANSWERED

>> unless

>> the OP or a Moderator marks a reply to the thread as the ANSWER to the

>> problem.

>>

>> For example, Windows Update forum (which is NOT an OS-specific forum

>> despite

>> what you see at the top of the page or in the forum URL) currently shows

>> 1675 "Unanswered" threads and 12,059 "Answered" threads:

>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/threads

>>

>> A casual review of the first 4-5 forum pages will show quite a number of

>> threads where the OP was never heard from again (which one has also seen

>> in

>> this newsgroup over the years).

>>

>> Then you have OPs posting without bothering to review previous threads

>> about the same problem, most of which have been Answered.

>>

>> Compare the above to the (mostly clueless & therefore pretty much

>> ignored)

>> posts where there have been no replies (i.e., 50 out of nearly 14,000

>> threads since late October 2009):

>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/threads?filter=noreplies

>>

>> Stupid is as stupid does.

>>

>>

>> antioch wrote:

>>> I wonder how these stats compare to the Microsoft Answers web forum.

>>> This page seems to show a high proportion of questions going unanswered

>>> or

>>> am I reading it all wrong.

>>> About the only ones that can be compared is 'Update' & 'Hardware'.

>>> But the date system where an answer bumps the thread does not help.

>>>

>>> Antioch

>>>

>>> "me" wrote in message

>>> news:b50c6$4c4d4909$943f966e$8868@STARBAND.NET...

>>>> "Caveat: Quantity is not necessarily a measure of Quality"

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Newsgroup.................: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

>>>> Stats Were Taken..........: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:18:44 GMT

>>>> Stats Begin...............: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:07:54 GMT

>>>> Stats End.................: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:04:16 GMT

>>>> Days......................: 7

>>>> Total No. of Articles.....: 501

>>>> Total No. of Characters...: 1226001

>>>> Total Volume..............: 1197

>>>> Messages Per Day..........: 71.6

>>>> Characters Per Day........: 175143.0

>>>> Average Daily Volume......: 171 kB

>>>> Total Posters This Week...: 157

>>>> Messages with Sigs........: 29.34%

>>>> Original Content Rating...: 44.84%

>>>>

>>>> Top 10 Prolific Posters: Posts / Posts per Day / Percent Share

>>>> ==============================================================

>>>> 1. Pa Bear...........................................: 26 3.7 5.2%

>>>> 2. Shenan Stanley....................................: 25 3.6 5.0%

>>>> 3. Alias.............................................: 18 2.6 3.6%

>>>> 4. Frank.............................................: 17 2.4 3.4%

>>>> 5. Greg Russell......................................: 16 2.3 3.2%

>>>> 6. Sc Tom............................................: 15 2.1 3.0%

>>>> 7. Spamlet...........................................: 14 2.0 2.8%

>>>> 8. Bruce Hagen.......................................: 12 1.7 2.4%

>>>> 9. Alias.............................................: 12 1.7 2.4%

>>>> 10. Paul..............................................: 11 1.6 2.2%

>>>>

>>>> Top 10 Bandwidth-Using Posters: kBytes / kBytes per Day / Percent Share

>>>> =======================================================================

>>>> 1. Pa Bear...........................................: 61 8.8 5.2%

>>>> 2. =?Utf-8?B?Q3vybhltdwu=?=..........................: 61 8.8 5.1%

>>>> 3. Paul..............................................: 50 7.3 4.3%

>>>> 4. Alias.............................................: 50 7.2 4.2%

>>>> 5. Shenan Stanley....................................: 48 6.9 4.0%

>>>> 6. Frank.............................................: 48 6.9 4.0%

>>>> 7. Sc Tom............................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

>>>> 8. Bruce Hagen.......................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

>>>> 9. Spamlet...........................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

>>>> 10. Vanguardlh........................................: 28 4.1 2.4%

>>>>

>>>> Top 10 Popular Threads: Posts / Posts per Day / Percent Share

>>>> =============================================================

>>>> 1. Updates for Everything Mozilla....................: 65 9.3 13.0%

>>>> 2. Ping - John John - MVP - AlacrityPC help, please?: 17 2.4 3.4%

>>>> 3. IE8 Newsgroup?....................................: 14 2.0 2.8%

>>>> 4. Moving ALL Data From C: To Another Drive: Utility?: 14 2.0 2.8%

>>>> 5. Sounds and Audio Devices - How to add/remove progr: 14 2.0 2.8%

>>>> 6. Mail to...........................................: 13 1.9 2.6%

>>>> 7. System restore points.............................: 12 1.7 2.4%

>>>> 8. Win7 Newsgroup??..................................: 11 1.6 2.2%

>>>> 9. A new one on me...................................: 10 1.4 2.0%

>>>> 10. Adding an Icon....................................: 10 1.4 2.0%

>>>>

>>>> Top 10 Bandwidth-Consuming Threads: kBytes / kBytes per Day / Percent

>>>> Share

>>>> ===========================================================================

>>>> 1. Updates for Everything Mozilla....................: 150 21.6 12.6%

>>>> 2. CLEANED UP - - Missing or corrupted DxSetup.exe...: 71 10.3 6.0%

>>>> 3. Sounds and Audio Devices - How to add/remove progr: 40 5.8 3.4%

>>>> 4. Mail to...........................................: 35 5.1 3.0%

>>>> 5. IE8 Newsgroup?....................................: 34 5.0 2.9%

>>>> 6. Missing or corrupted DxSetup.exe..................: 33 4.9 2.8%

>>>> 7. Ping - John John - MVP - AlacrityPC help, please?: 31 4.5 2.6%

>>>> 8. Moving ALL Data From C: To Another Drive: Utility?: 30 4.3 2.5%

>>>> 9. System restore points.............................: 29 4.3 2.5%

>>>> 10. MCE - TV pauses 3/4 second, play 3/4 second - cont: 28 4.1 2.4%

>>>>

>>>> Top 10 Original Content Ratings: (Original Bytes) / (Orig. + Quoted

>>>> Bytes)

>>>> ==========================================================================

>>>> 1. Alb?Do....................................................: 87.9%

>>>> 2. Peter Foldes..............................................: 79.9%

>>>> 3. x.........................................................: 74.4%

>>>> 4. =?Utf-8?B?Q3vybhltdwu=?=..................................: 70.4%

>>>> 5. Anthony Buckland..........................................: 66.1%

>>>> 6. Vanguardlh................................................: 63.7%

>>>> 7. Greg Russell..............................................: 61.0%

>>>> 8. =?Utf-8?B?Yjexxw==?=......................................: 57.7%

>>>> 9. Mike S....................................................: 56.7%

>>>> 10. Paul......................................................: 52.2%

>>>>

>>>> Top 10 Crossposting Groups: Posts in Group

>>>> ==========================================

>>>> (Articles cross-posted to > 5 groups are not considered in ANY stats.)

>>>> 1. alt.windows7.general.........................................: 68

>>>> 2. microsoft.public.win2000.general.............................: 6

>>>> 3. microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general.......................: 6

>>>> 4. microsoft.public.windows.vista.general.......................: 6

>>>> 5. microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support..................: 6

>>>> 6. microsoft.public.security.virus..............................: 2

>>>> 7. microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware..........................: 2

>>>> 8. microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers..........................: 2

>>>> 9. alt....p.periphs.videocards.nvidia...........................: 1

>>>> 10. comp.graphics.misc...........................................: 1

>>>>

>>>> ===================================================

>>>> End of stats for microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> --

 

[Greg Russell]

In news:#v$W4WVLLHA.5680@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl,

PA Bear [MS MVP] typed:



> WinXP General is the only NG I'm still monitoring but it'll be

> dropped from the MS newsserver by October 1st, too.



.... so get a *real* newsserver such as http://individual.net that can be

accessed from any NNTP client such as OE.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Greg Russell wrote:

>> WinXP General is the only NG I'm still monitoring but it'll be

>> dropped from the MS newsserver by October 1st, too.

>

> ... so get a *real* newsserver such as http://individual.net that can be

> accessed from any NNTP client such as OE.



I didn't say I'd not be able to access the NG, did I?



No, thanks, too much spam once the MS filters are no longer present.

 

[Greg Russell]

In news:#IjraBZLLHA.5668@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl,

PA Bear [MS MVP] typed:



>>> WinXP General is the only NG I'm still monitoring but it'll be

>>> dropped from the MS newsserver by October 1st, too.

>>

>> ... so get a *real* newsserver such as http://individual.net that

>> can be accessed from any NNTP client such as OE.

>

> I didn't say I'd not be able to access the NG, did I?

>

> No, thanks, too much spam once the MS filters are no longer present.



Message -> Block Sender works for everybody else in OE; why aren't you able

to use it?



Or get a *real* newsreader such as http://pan.rebelbase.com/download/ which

allows relative scoring for fine-grained filtering according to your own

criteria.