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Gerry Voras - 23 Dec 2003 03:36 GMT

I've noticed a few responders signature their posts with the title "MVP".
Could somebody shed a little light on the program, and explain how to get
involved?

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Alan Edwards - 23 Dec 2003 04:23 GMT

Gerry,

Start here:

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

...Alan

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In microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion, "Gerry Voras"
<Gerry.Voras@NEXTACTION.COM> wrote:

>I've noticed a few responders signature their posts with the title "MVP".
>Could somebody shed a little light on the program, and explain how to get
>involved?

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Hugh Candlin - 23 Dec 2003 17:58 GMT

> Gerry,
>
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
> http://dts-l.org/index.html

Clicking on the link

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

while logged in to your passport account will get you this

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[LN];mvpinvppsignin

if you are not an MVP, but will work if you are not an MVP.

I have emailed mvpga@microsoft.com to let MS know of the issue.

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Jim Eshelman - 23 Dec 2003 18:28 GMT

> Clicking on the link
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> while logged in to your passport account will get you this
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[LN];mvpinvppsignin
> if you are not an MVP, but will work if you are not an MVP.

For general public - Hugh is right, but if you just go to
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ as Alan suggested (don't worry about
logging in), there are several things about the program you can read. In the
upper left (on the grey) is a menu item "MVP Program" which has some
informative submenu items cascade off of it, for example. The front page
also has some bullet points. A simple overview is here:
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;mvpintro

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Hugh Candlin - 23 Dec 2003 19:20 GMT

> > Clicking on the link
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
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> also has some bullet points. A simple overview is here:
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;mvpintro

Sorry, let me try to correct and clarify my original statements:

Clicking on the link
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
while ALREADY logged in to your passport account will get you this
if you are not an MVP,
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[LN];mvpinvppsignin
but will get you this if you are not logged into Passport
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

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Jim Eshelman - 24 Dec 2003 00:27 GMT

> Sorry, let me try to correct and clarify my original statements:
>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> but will get you this if you are not logged into Passport
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Yes. Sorry, Hugh, I did understand what you meant and see that I sounded
quite the opposite.

It looks like the theory was that nobody was going to be logged into
Passport prior to approaching the page (a view distant from MS's original
concept of Passport, I think! not following their own best practices), and
that only MVPs would be logging in once there. This is a bad design concept.
I'm glad you reported it.

Happy Holidays! (to you and to all!)

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