Changes to M$KB

For those of you, who like me, would be completely lost without the M$KB might like to know that from today, there are some substantial changes to be seen and will continue for some time to come


"As of November 7, 2002, prefix letters will be phased out of all Knowledge Base (KB) articles worldwide making it easier for you to request an article in a language other than your browser settings.

Today, KB articles are published in 21 languages, each with an unrelated number scheme and prefix letter. By eliminating the prefix and changing the numbers of some articles, we will make sure that all translations of any article will have exactly the same content number. Customers worldwide can view localized versions of articles by passing an internet standard for language locale and the content number....

Existing URLs to KB articles will continue to function for two years, but new articles will no longer be published to the old naming conventions.

[On] November 7, 2002 U.S. English KB articles will lose the Q prefix but retain the same numbers.

November 18, 2002 through December 31, 2002 all other languages will lose their prefix letters and in many cases be renumbered to line up with the US source numbers.


In January 2005 the old content numbers will no longer function...."

Full info: http://support.microsoft.com/default...#91;ln];kbnumb


So those who have websites linking to the M$KB are going to have their work cut out