- Help and Support Center not connecting to the internet
- Posted by clippert@adelphia.net on October 17th, 2005
When I access the Help and Support Center through the Start menu in
Windows XP, the bottom right hand portion of the window where it says
"Did you know?" I get a message that says:
"When you are connected to the Internet, this area will display links
to timely help and support information. If you want to connect to the
Internet now, start the New Connection Wizard and see how to establish
a Web connection through an Internet service provider."
even though I'm connected through a broadband connection.
I found the following "work-around" but the link to the example is dead
and I don't consider myself proficient enough to trust my merged file.
Here's the work-around:
Download newsblock1.xml and newsblock2.xml using a download manager.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...ewsblock01.xml
http://support.microsoft.com/support...ewsblock02.xml
Open newsblock1.xml with Notepad
Open newsblock2.xml with Notepad
Merge both the files (leaving out the redundant NEWSHEADLINES tags) and
save as the following:
"NewsHeadlines_1033_Professional.xml"
Format of the NewsHeadlines_1033_Professional.xml file:
Example: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/temp/mergedxml.txt
Place this file in this location:
C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Config\News
Does anybody know what the merged file should look like and if it works
to solve my problem?
Charles
- Posted by Ramesh, MS-MVP on October 17th, 2005
Charles,
The manual procedure should work, but I don't think it's really worth that
effort. BTW, here is the attached XML file, posted by Wesley Vogel.
news:OOMIT4p0FHA.560@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl
The merged file will look like that.
--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
<clippert@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:1129515682.192652.183130@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> When I access the Help and Support Center through the Start menu in
> Windows XP, the bottom right hand portion of the window where it says
> "Did you know?" I get a message that says:
>
> "When you are connected to the Internet, this area will display links
> to timely help and support information. If you want to connect to the
> Internet now, start the New Connection Wizard and see how to establish
> a Web connection through an Internet service provider."
>
> even though I'm connected through a broadband connection.
>
> I found the following "work-around" but the link to the example is dead
> and I don't consider myself proficient enough to trust my merged file.
> Here's the work-around:
>
>
> Download newsblock1.xml and newsblock2.xml using a download manager.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...ewsblock01.xml
> http://support.microsoft.com/support...ewsblock02.xml
>
> Open newsblock1.xml with Notepad
> Open newsblock2.xml with Notepad
>
> Merge both the files (leaving out the redundant NEWSHEADLINES tags) and
> save as the following:
>
> "NewsHeadlines_1033_Professional.xml"
>
> Format of the NewsHeadlines_1033_Professional.xml file:
> Example: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/temp/mergedxml.txt
>
> Place this file in this location:
> C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Config\News
>
>
> Does anybody know what the merged file should look like and if it works
> to solve my problem?
>
> Charles
>
- Posted by clippert@adelphia.net on October 19th, 2005
The hyperlink won't work for some reason. Is there a title you can
provide so I can look up the message? Thanks.
- Posted by Ramesh, MS-MVP on October 19th, 2005
You need to use a newsreader to download the attachment.
Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...roupsetup.mspx
http://www.rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
<clippert@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> The hyperlink won't work for some reason. Is there a title you can
> provide so I can look up the message? Thanks.
>
- Posted by clippert@adelphia.net on October 29th, 2005
I'm sorry to some across as such a neophyte, but I set up the
newsreader and I still don't know how to access the original message
that references the merged file. Any more specific instructions?
- Posted by Ramesh, MS-MVP on October 29th, 2005
Type in Start, Run:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/OOMIT4p0...TNGP12.phx.gbl
Your default News reader will open that message (which contains the
attachment)
--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
<clippert@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> I'm sorry to some across as such a neophyte, but I set up the
> newsreader and I still don't know how to access the original message
> that references the merged file. Any more specific instructions?
>
- Posted by clippert@adelphia.net on October 30th, 2005
I get an error message stating "The parameter is incorrect"
I pasted and didn't type in the text so it shouldn't be a typo. Any
more hints?
- Posted by Black Baptist on November 20th, 2005
Ramesh, MS-MVP rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:
> Type in Start, Run:
>
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/OOMIT4p0...TNGP12.phx.gbl
>
> Your default News reader will open that message (which contains the
> attachment)
>
post has expired
- Posted by Ramesh, MS-MVP on November 20th, 2005
Nope. It's still existing.
--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
"Black Baptist" <pray@the.church.com> wrote in message
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> Ramesh, MS-MVP rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:
>
>> Type in Start, Run:
>>
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/OOMIT4p0...TNGP12.phx.gbl
>>
>> Your default News reader will open that message (which contains the
>> attachment)
>>
>
> post has expired
- Posted by Black Baptist on November 21st, 2005
Ramesh, MS-MVP rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:
> Nope. It's still existing.
>
I can't get it for some reason. I'm using X-News
- Posted by Ramesh, MS-MVP on November 21st, 2005
Works fine in OE. There is a 6KB attachment file named
NewsHeadlines_1033_Professional.xml
--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
"Black Baptist" <pray@the.church.com> wrote in message
news:Xns971549BD5078praythechurchcom@Letuspray...
> Ramesh, MS-MVP rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:
>
>> Nope. It's still existing.
>>
>
> I can't get it for some reason. I'm using X-News
- Posted by Black Baptist on November 22nd, 2005
Ramesh, MS-MVP rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:
> Works fine in OE. There is a 6KB attachment file named
> NewsHeadlines_1033_Professional.xml
>
Yeap switched to OE and got it. Thanks
- Posted by taci19 on February 23rd, 2006
--
Many Thanks .
"clippert@adelphia.net" wrote:
start run and enter this
regsvr32 HHCTRL.OCX
and ok it
