Looking for VB.NET assistance / code?

The newsgroup you posted to is for users of VB version 6 or earlier, see this post by John Eikanger of Microsoft developer support on the subject.
While you may get a stray answer to VB.NET questions here you should ask them in newsgroups devoted exclusively to .NET programming. Look for newsgroups with the word "dotnet" in their name.

Where to go from here?

For the news.devx.com news server, try these:
vb.dotnet.discussion
vb.dotnet.technical

For the microsoft news server, try these:
microsoft.public.dotnet.general
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb

If your ISP doesn't carry them, use your NNTP client to connect directly to news://msnews.microsoft.com/

Websites

Google VB.NET web search.
VB.NET Google directories.
Microsoft VB.NET site.
Microsoft VB.NET on the MSDN.
VB.NET on GotDotNet.

Based on original response by Rick Rothstein on the microsoft.public.vb.* groups.
Any comments or suggestions about how to make this more helpful are welcome.

Mike D Sutton of EDais
(Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)