About this tag
The 'members' tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about the forum's user community, including welcoming new moderators, celebrating membership milestones, and addressing issues related to member behavior such as spam prevention and profile post misuse. Topics also involve member participation in technical support threads, such as SharePoint Online group filtering and virtual machine installations. The tag reflects community growth, member engagement, and administrative efforts to maintain a helpful environment.
  1. J

    Sharepoint Online filter by group

    I have a Sharepoint Online list, I need to create a view that has a filter, the filter must allow to create a condition that displays some elements of the list taking as a value a Sharepoint group, for example Show elements only when / Some column / is equal a / A Sharepoint Online group (which...
  2. Russell

    Attempting to install CentOS 7 in Oracle VM VirtualBox virtual machine ( VM ).

    Attention: windowsForum members: I have recently downloaded a CentOS 7 x86_64 ISO image file and burned it to a DVD. While following the instructions on this link, I arrive at the CentOS "INSTALLATION SUMMARY" page. It is supposed to appear as shown below ( note the "SOFTWARE" section...
  3. kemical

    Please Welcome Neemobeer to the windowsforum.com Team

    Hi, Please welcome our new moderator Neemobeer! Many of you will be familiar with his good work around the forum and we are very excited to have such a great contributor join the team. His wealth of knowledge speaks for itself as does his work rate. :)
  4. holdum333

    Look At Us Growing

    Hi ! Windows forum is growing. We just reached 41,000 members today. That's a great! Nearly a 1000 sense I registered. Getting up there with the big dogs. It's a great place to learn new things and pass forward things you have learned to others. I hope we don't get to big and lose our friendly...
  5. holdum333

    Anyone Here That Loves This Forum?

    Hi Just wondering if anyone here loves Windows Forum as much as I do. I'm no stranger to help forums. I've been searching for this kind a help forum for 12 years. I really doubted that one existed until I found Windows Forum! Thanks @Mike You are appreciated my friend. Is there any way I can...
  6. davidhk129

    How to stop spam

    I have been spotting spams very regularly. One fact to be certain is ....... the spam post is also always the first post by the "new" member/spammer. In some forums, the FIRST post of a new member does not get posted automatically until it is "approved" by moderation. This definitely will stop...
  7. davidhk129

    RE : Profile post

    Whatever the Profile Post is meant to be, it seems to have been misused. Spammers had been using it to post spams, and now new members are using it to post computer questions. Perhaps, management will consider adding a line at the profile box to explain to new members what it is NOT meant for?
  8. Andrea Borman

    Anyone Else Get An Email like This From the forum?

    I got an email from this forum Windows Forums a few hours ago -What's Going On? I was wondering if any other members here have got the same email? So what is going on admin?
  9. davidhk129

    A matter I would like to bring forth.......

    I am having an issue on Tutorial forum. In most forums, Tutorial section is reserved for well known selected few with the credentials to indicate their expertise. Other members will not have the privilege to post there. Tutorial section, therefore, enjoys well deserved prestige and...
  10. davidhk129

    Hotmail.com is down

    as of Jan 17, 2014. Members using Hotmail.com for this forum will not receive email alerts for a while. It's been down for quite a while now.
  11. Mike

    ESET Promotional Giveaway

    We are pleased to announce a WindowsForum.com partnership in a promotional giveaway for ESET Family Security Pack, the latest in ESET’s line of security products. By working with the marketers and developers at the company, WindowsForum.com can now provide you with an opportunity to try this...
  12. Mike

    New Forum Node Structure

    We have recently updated the forums, and this update is on-going. At this time, not all data is visible. We are in the process of consolidating redundant forums. During this time, some information will not be easily accessible. The format seen on the forum index are the permanent forums. Going...
  13. Jimbo22

    MCCA Award Transferability Issues Between Forum 7 and Forum 8

    I've noticed that the newly awarded members with MCCA award on the 7 forum does not carry over to the 8 forum. Is this not a transferable award form forum site to forum site as is the MVP award is in the other 7 and 8 forums that are hosted by others.
  14. News

    VIDEO Microsoft and Windows 7 Forums Partners for Microsoft Community Contributor Program

    New York, NY and Redmond, WA – Windows 7 Forums ("windows7forums.com") and its successor websites are pleased to announce a partnership agreement with Microsoft Corporation to participate in the Link Removed - Invalid URL program. Under the rules of this program, our top contributors will...
  15. davehc

    Current posts.

    What the heck! No members posts for four days?? Is everyone clearing out for the RTM??
  16. Kosh Vorlon

    MVP/MCCA Recognition "badge" and posts here counting toward those awards

    Two things really. 1. Is there some way to recognize members who have MVP or MCCA designations with some type of badge or indicator next to their post identification information? I found a sneaky way to edit the comment below member status (as you can see though I missed how that was...
  17. C

    Related to Skype Webcast email I recieved

    I'm not sure if I would be welcomed in the Skype Webcast. There are other issues I have heard about but here is my issue. I leave it here for you to discuss or ignore. With the risk of receiving another infraction over the same topic, I present the main reason behind why I quit visiting...
  18. Mike

    Spam from Vietnam

    We have been forced into the difficult position of spam blocking Yahoo! Vietnam due to over two hundred suspected spam-related accounts using that mail service. The admin team is concerned about the free flow of information between our website and the nation of Vietnam being disturbed by these...
  19. R

    Windows 7 BSOD - reoccuring

    Dear members, Since a long time, I have problems with BSOD's. Every time I want to install updates from windows, or other things from microsoft, like microsoft Office, I get a BSOD. Today, I was sick of it. I couldn't even uninstall .NET Framework...:mad: When I start my computer, the CPU is...
  20. G

    Congratulations & Thanks Administrators

    As a recently joined member I was surprised but uplifted to receive today's email re the expulsion of members who have been using the forum quite inappropriately. Thank-you to our forum administrators for taking strong action to protect the quality of the forum - you have my respect. Graham...