Just curious

[steve-pressman]

Do you think Microsoft people also come here to get solutions to their problem ? I was just curious to know

Steve

 

[Jonathan_King]

Good question. How much do you want to bet that the techs at the local computer repair shop use these Windows forums for the problems they can't figure out?

 

[WalkerA WinTeam]

Microsoft person here and yes, these forums have some of the best information and tutorials on the web. We're working on building out the official knowledge base for Windows 7 however, taking into account things we're learning from users on forums like this as well as our Microsoft Answers site. SF is a great resource!

Cheers,

Walker
Windows Outreach Team

 

[pebbly]

praise indeed

 

[seekermeister]

Microsoft person here and yes, these forums have some of the best information and tutorials on the web. We're working on building out the official knowledge base for Windows 7 however, taking into account things we're learning from users on forums like this as well as our Microsoft Answers site. SF is a great resource!

Cheers,

Walker
Windows Outreach Team

This is only the second time that I have seen a response from anyone from MS before, so if you guys do hang around some, we wouldn't mind if you occasionally stepped in to help out with some of our more enigmatic questions.

 

[richc46]

Microsoft person here and yes, these forums have some of the best information and tutorials on the web. We're working on building out the official knowledge base for Windows 7 however, taking into account things we're learning from users on forums like this as well as our Microsoft Answers site. SF is a great resource!

Cheers,

Walker
Windows Outreach Team

This is only the second time that I have seen a response from anyone from MS before, so if you guys do hang around some, we wouldn't mind if you occasionally stepped in to help out with some of our more enigmatic questions.

I have seen a few. Believe me, Walker and the rest are a real asset to our forum

 

[WalkerA WinTeam]

This is only the second time that I have seen a response from anyone from MS before, so if you guys do hang around some, we wouldn't mind if you occasionally stepped in to help out with some of our more enigmatic questions.

The Windows Outreach Team has a few people on each major forum, so we take on as many questions as we realistically can. None of us are trained as Microsoft MVPs - we're able to do research and answer quick questions as well as link users to helpful resources, but we can't offer full-blown tech support. That said, I'm always intrigued by the mysteries of Windows

I have seen a few. Believe me, Walker and the rest are a real asset to our forum

Thanks! Like I said we're not all tech gurus (I don't know why I was given the purple badge...) but we do provide a valuable service and hopefully take some of the load off SF's regular contributors like yourselves!

Cheers,

Walker
Windows Outreach Team

 

[richc46]

Thank you for explaining that to us Walker, I was truly interested

 

[Lordbob75]

This is only the second time that I have seen a response from anyone from MS before, so if you guys do hang around some, we wouldn't mind if you occasionally stepped in to help out with some of our more enigmatic questions.

The Windows Outreach Team has a few people on each major forum, so we take on as many questions as we realistically can. None of us are trained as Microsoft MVPs - we're able to do research and answer quick questions as well as link users to helpful resources, but we can't offer full-blown tech support. That said, I'm always intrigued by the mysteries of Windows

I have seen a few. Believe me, Walker and the rest are a real asset to our forum

Thanks! Like I said we're not all tech gurus (I don't know why I was given the purple badge...) but we do provide a valuable service and hopefully take some of the load off SF's regular contributors like yourselves!

Cheers,

Walker
Windows Outreach Team

Thats really cool, glad that we get a few guys like yourself here (I think we have 3...).

As a suggestion, perhaps you guys could help with the parts of Windows we may not be familiar with in Tech Support, such as odd settings, and customization tips we may not know about!
Also, if you guys find that there is a useful tutorial you know, but is not up here, post it!

~Lordbob

 

[whs]

And the manufacturers help teams do too. Long time ago I needed help from the HP support people. They logged into my system and I could see what the person was doing. She said to me on the phone: "I will look at my resources". What she did was Google and ended up at a Forum where the answer was posted. Then she told me the solution (that I could see on my screen too) - LOL. Since then I took the habit of Googling myself.

 

[omegatron]

Microsoft person here and yes, these forums have some of the best information and tutorials on the web. We're working on building out the official knowledge base for Windows 7 however, taking into account things we're learning from users on forums like this as well as our Microsoft Answers site. SF is a great resource!

Cheers,

Walker
Windows Outreach Team

Could you please ask your design team to modify the display settings so that each user account will have it's own user display settings?

 

[Lordbob75]

Microsoft person here and yes, these forums have some of the best information and tutorials on the web. We're working on building out the official knowledge base for Windows 7 however, taking into account things we're learning from users on forums like this as well as our Microsoft Answers site. SF is a great resource!

Cheers,

Walker
Windows Outreach Team

Could you please ask your design team to modify the display settings so that each user account will have it's own user display settings?

I agree that this would be a good feature, but I am not sure that this is a habit we should be starting....

We don't want to start a thread on this, it would end up at 300+ pages in a week....
Unless they are ok with that...

~Lordbob

 

[WalkerA WinTeam]

Could you please ask your design team to modify the display settings so that each user account will have it's own user display settings?

Have you checked out any of these? I doubt any of them will work in Windows 7, but they might be worth a shot. (Use at your own risk; I can't be held responsible for any damage or data loss!) In order of increasing sketchiness:
UltraMon Features - Display profiles
Per User Display Settings
XPKeepPerUserDisplaySettings

There isn't any way for me to pass along feature suggestions internally, but you might consider posting on Windows 7's Get Satisfaction forum: Recently active topics in Microsoft Corporation about Windows 7
There are MSFT representatives monitoring that forum, and it's specifically designed for users to share innovative ideas for improving a product.

I agree that this would be a good feature, but I am not sure that this is a habit we should be starting....

We don't want to start a thread on this, it would end up at 300+ pages in a week....
Unless they are ok with that...

~Lordbob

You're right, let's not open that can of worms! As I said I'm not the proper channel for feature suggestions.

Cheers,

Walker
Windows Outreach Team

 

[gregrocker]

The Windows Outreach Team has a few people on each major forum, so we take on as many questions as we realistically can. None of us are trained as Microsoft MVPs -

That's ok, in the time you'd wait around to get MVP support on Technet Install forum, we've here:

already knocked off a half dozen complicated dual-boot extractions,

gotten half the failed installs to work,

and answered many activation questions they're still squabbling about on Technet...


Always proud to have MS reps in the house

 

[steve-pressman]

I am glad to know my question was answered

Steve