Windows FAQ: How to get it

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Author: Tom Haapanen
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 17:46

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Archive-name: ms-windows/faqwin.how-to
Last-modified: 1994-03-14
Related-archives: ms-windows/faqwin.asc,ms-windows/faqwin.zip
Last-FAQ-Update: Mar 24 03:00


This is a regularly scheduled weekly posting, which explains how you can
obtain a copy of the Microsoft Windows FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
list.  The Windows FAQ is an extensive compilation of Windows facts, tips,
techniques, troubleshooting techniques and other useful information. The
FAQ is about 8300 lines long (in ASCII format) or 210K (as a ZIP archive
of a Windows Help file).

The Windows NT FAQ, authored by Adam Hamilton, is currently only available
in ASCII format.

All updates to the Windows FAQ and Windows Programmer FAQs are posted to the 
following two newsgroups:
	comp.binaries.ms-windows	WinHelp format
	comp.os.ms-windows.announce	ASCII text format
The updates are usually 2-3 months apart, depending on the amount of new
information and the maintainer's workload.

You can also FTP the FAQs from the following sites:
	ftp.nimh.nih.gov	/pub/win3/FAQ
	wuarchive.wustl.edu	/usenet/comp.binaries.ms-windows/faqs
	ftp.metrics.com		/faq
The FAQs will have filenames in the format of FAQWINxx.ZIP (Windows),
FAQPRGxx.zip (Windows Programmer), and FAQWNTxx.zip where xx is the version
number.  Please do not abuse these sites; limit your FTP activity to time
outside business hours (8 PM EST through 9 AM EST, or 0100 GMT through 1400
GMT).

If you wish to retrieve the FAQs using Gopher, you can locate them at
gopher.nimh.nih.gov.

If the news postings have expired on your site, and you have no FTP access,
you can obtain it using the decwrl ftp mail server.  For instructions, send
a mail message to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com with a body containing simply:
       help
You will receive a full set of instructions by return mail.

-- 
[ /tom haapanen -- tomh@metrics.com -- software metrics inc -- waterloo, ont ]
[ "okie use' ta mean you was from oklahoma. now it means you're scum. don't  ]
[  mean nothing itself, it's the way they say it.          -- john steinbeck ]

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