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Geeks, please congregate (Thunderbird issue)
I get reallllly annoyed when I can't solve a problem, because if an answer is out there, I can usually find it. However, with each of these, I've resolved that I need someone who is experienced in troubleshooting these issues.
The first has been ongoing for quite some time, and the other is very new.
1 - Corrupt Thunderbird Profile
| quote: | I need to create a new profile, and move my old folders and messages into it, but I have never done so before. I have most of the procedure figured out via tutorials,
Here's the deal - when I start TB, the Status Bar reads "Building summary file for Inbox...". Before this issue, I never compacted my folders. I get a ton of e-mail forwards to this account, and I'm usually good about cleaning up the Inbox and its subfolders. I know now that I have to keep up on that, as well as compact the folders, which I've set to occur automatically.
Additionally, when I browse to my profile directory, the Inbox file is 1.3GB. That might be everything that's ever come through my Inbox, but nowhere near what is in there now (maybe 50-100MB). I'm not confident that there was 1.3 GB of data in my Inbox and its subfolders, but possibly that much data has traveled through it, but was never deleted since I never compacted my folders.
As specified on a Mozilla forum, I tried deleting the inbox.msf file, but that didn't resolve the issue.
I read that I should delete all of the MSF files, but I still haven't found the easiest way to move everything into the new profile.
I just think I'm moving a couple of the wrong files, or something, but if anyone if familiar with recreating your Thunderbird profile, please let me know. |
After I resolve this, I'm moving to Outlook 2003 and finally reformatting.
2 - MSN login error 800072efd (related to 'key ports' in troubleshooter)
| quote: | I've never had any connection problems whatsoever, but as of late, I have not been able to drag files into MSN Messenger windows to transfer to contacts. So, I decided to reinstall...
I opted for Windows Live Messenger. However, it would not connect, ran its self-test, and then determined that Key Ports were the issue. A few reboots, a few reinstalls, to no avail. I DLed v7.5 and installed that, but the issue still persists!
I'm using a Dell Inspiron 9300, ethernet (wireless is enabled though), XP Home, Zone Alarm. Nothing relevant seems to be blocked, but when I restart now, a connection is prompted for 192.168.0.0. I select "internet zone", instead of "trusted zone", but I think this might be the problem, as this alert has never occurred prior to this installation. |
My next step is to uninstall Zone Alarm and reboot. I've done a shitload of things, based on Googles for "MSN Key Ports" and the error code. While "Key Ports" is a steps in MSN Messenger's troubleshooting sequence, that search comes up null everywhere on Microsoft.com. (no, I'm not surprised)
Please, no elitist recommendations. Thanks for reading 
Last edited by DigitalMP on Dec-01-2006 at 17:05
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