NG URL Tutorial

Hello;
and welcome to my how to convert Web TV newsgroup URLs tute for use on the MSN TV 2. Both boxes use a different URL method to access the same NGs. In order to use this method of converting the URL you must know how to CCP. If you don't know practice that tute first. Then follow these steps :

1) Obtain the Web TV URL for the NG. all Web TV NG URLs start with news: .

2) In the below text area paste the entire URL. Delete news: from the URL and leave the rest. Copy the remaining URL.
Example:
news:alt.discuss.msntv2 will look like this after deleting news: .
alt.discuss.msntv2

3) Take the URL you copied in the above step and paste it AFTER groupname= in the below text area .
Example:
http://sg3.msntv.msn.com/apps/discuss/ShowGroup.aspx?groupname=PASTE URL HERE !!!!
it should now look like this
http://sg3.msntv.msn.com/apps/discuss/ShowGroup.aspx?groupname=alt.discuss.msntv2

4) Take the above URL you converted and copy it from the text area. Hit type www on your keyboard and paste it in (Clear the type www window first).

5) To convert a MSN TV 2 URL to a Web TV URL reverse this procedure.


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