Instead of using the web site interface to access the newsgroups, set up
Outlook Express to do it. Open OE, click on Tools, Accounts, Add News
account. This brings up a wizard. When it asks for an email address, make
one up (i.e., nobody@nowhere.net) or you will drown in spam if your real one
is used. For the server name, use: msnews.microsoft.com

Once the account is set up, click the close button and it will ask if you
want to download newsgroups--say yes. Once downloaded, subscribe to those
groups that you want to follow. There are foreign language newsgroups so
stick with the ones that start with: microsoft.public and are NOT followed
by a two digit entry (i.e., jp, kr , etc). For example, you do not want to
subscribe to: microsoft.public.jp.windowsxp unless you speak Japanese.

Regarding your Notepad problem: Are you sure it is Notepad that is opening?
There is no entry called View Source on the right click context menu of an
unaltered Notepad program.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP Shell User


"Mari" <Mari@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C8AFC5E-437C-48DF-8408-111E6CD8CFB9@microsoft.com...
>I need to ask a question but when I click question, I get a clicking sound
> but a drop down box doesn't open. When I click comment, I get a window I
> can
> make a comment.
>
> If anyone reads this, I'd appreciate a fix on this.
>
> And here's my question, which I couldn't ask because it doesn't give me a
> place to ask it.
>
> During all the time I've been using a computer, I've never had this
> happen.
> Normally when I type something on notepad and save it, I can pull it up,
> add
> something to it, save it again. And again and again and again. A couple
> of
> weeks ago, something changed. Now when I pull up a saved txt file on
> notepad, I have to right click it, view source, do whatever editing I need
> to
> do and close it and then save it as a new file. Have you ever had that
> happen and what can I do to make it the way it's always been? I read
> every
> single one of the contents of the notepad help file and it's just not
> there.
>
> Mari
> Marisok@aol.com
>