Hi all,

I'm trying to migrate from Eudora  to Thunderbird under Vista 64 and
am having a rough time.  Installation of 2.0.0.18 (same for 2.0.0.19)
goes fine, but then the Thunderbird application just hangs (spinning
donut) without so much as displaying a window.  Any idea what might be
going on?  I believe there was an installation of 2.0.0.14 on this
machine that I just installed over.  Maybe there are left over files?
I'm not really a Windows guy so I don't even know where to start on
troubleshooting this!

Thanks much in advance,

Doug

mckeedm@gmail.com said the following on 12/30/2008 4:06 PM:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to migrate from Eudora  to Thunderbird under Vista 64 and
> am having a rough time.  Installation of 2.0.0.18 (same for 2.0.0.19)
> goes fine, but then the Thunderbird application just hangs (spinning
> donut) without so much as displaying a window.  Any idea what might be
> going on?  I believe there was an installation of 2.0.0.14 on this
> machine that I just installed over.  Maybe there are left over files?
> I'm not really a Windows guy so I don't even know where to start on
> troubleshooting this!
> 
> Thanks much in advance,
> 
> Doug

Have you tried uninstalling TB and trying to install again?
Would be something I would suggest if you have not already done it.

-- 

Al
http://www.sunrisedoors.com

Al on 12/30/2008 5:52 PM, keyboarded a reply:
> mckeedm@gmail.com said the following on 12/30/2008 4:06 PM:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm trying to migrate from Eudora  to Thunderbird under Vista 64 and
>> am having a rough time.  Installation of 2.0.0.18 (same for 2.0.0.19)
>> goes fine, but then the Thunderbird application just hangs (spinning
>> donut) without so much as displaying a window.  Any idea what might be
>> going on?  I believe there was an installation of 2.0.0.14 on this
>> machine that I just installed over.  Maybe there are left over files?
>> I'm not really a Windows guy so I don't even know where to start on
>> troubleshooting this!
>>
>> Thanks much in advance,
>>
>> Doug
> 
> Have you tried uninstalling TB and trying to install again?
> Would be something I would suggest if you have not already done it.
> 

Thunderbird is a Win32 app., so You may have to tell Vista Win64 to run Tb 
in Win32 compatibility mode. I have no problems with Vista Win32, AKA Home 
Basic.

-- 
Ron K.
Who is General Failure, and why is he searching my HDD?
Kernel Restore reported Major Error used BSOD to msg the enemy!

"Ron K." <killjay@gisco.net> wrote:

> Thunderbird is a Win32 app., so You may have to tell Vista Win64
> to run Tb in Win32 compatibility mode. 

Shouldn't have to do anything, T'bird runs very well on my Vista 
Ultimate 64.

-- 
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http://improve-usenet.org

On Dec 30, 8:08=A0pm, XS11E <xs11...@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
> "Ron K." <kill...@gisco.net> wrote:
> > Thunderbird is a Win32 app., so You may have to tell Vista Win64
> > to run Tb in Win32 compatibility mode.
>
> Shouldn't have to do anything, T'bird runs very well on my Vista
> Ultimate 64.

I didn't think I needed to do anything, but the fact remains that in
my installation, it doesn't work.  Uninstalling and reinstalling does
no good and I even tried the 3.0b1 package which simply crashes after
installation when it tries to run the program.  Any other ideas would
be most welcome!!

> XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
> The Usenet Improvement Project:http://improve-usenet.org

Ouch! I'm glad you didn't filter out my post!

D

mckeedm@gmail.com keyboarded, On 12/30/2008 11:42 PM:
> On Dec 30, 8:08 pm, XS11E<xs11...@SPAMyahoo.com>  wrote:
>    
>> "Ron K."<kill...@gisco.net>  wrote:
>>      
>>> Thunderbird is a Win32 app., so You may have to tell Vista Win64
>>> to run Tb in Win32 compatibility mode.
>>>        
>> Shouldn't have to do anything, T'bird runs very well on my Vista
>> Ultimate 64.
>>      
>
> I didn't think I needed to do anything, but the fact remains that in
> my installation, it doesn't work.  Uninstalling and reinstalling does
> no good and I even tried the 3.0b1 package which simply crashes after
> installation when it tries to run the program.  Any other ideas would
> be most welcome!!
>
>    
>> XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
>> The Usenet Improvement Project:http://improve-usenet.org
>>      
>
> Ouch! I'm glad you didn't filter out my post!
>
> D
>    
Are You running a multi-core CPU?  If so You should restrict Tb to only 
one core.  Tb runs as a single thread in Windows.

-- 
Ron K.
Who is General Failure, and why is he searching my HDD?
Kernel Restore reported Major Error used BSOD to msg the enemy!

"Ron K." <killjay@gisco.net> wrote:

> mckeedm@gmail.com keyboarded, On 12/30/2008 11:42 PM:
>> On Dec 30, 8:08 pm, XS11E<xs11...@SPAMyahoo.com>  wrote:
>>> XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
>>> The Usenet Improvement Project:http://improve-usenet.org
>>>      
>>
>> Ouch! I'm glad you didn't filter out my post!

I did filter your post, I replied to "Ron K" who quoted your post.

Filtering GGers is NOT in any way personal, it's to remove the large 
quantities of spammers that Google seems to encourage.  For posts such 
as yours I usually see it when someone replies to you so your 
question/comment isn't lost.
    
> Are You running a multi-core CPU?  If so You should restrict Tb to
> only one core.  Tb runs as a single thread in Windows.

Again, should not be necessary, I've done nothing but install and run 
T'burp trouble free in Vista Ultimate 64. 


-- 
XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project:
http://improve-usenet.org

> Filtering GGers is NOT in any way personal, it's to remove the large
> quantities of spammers that Google seems to encourage. =A0For posts such
> as yours I usually see it when someone replies to you so your
> question/comment isn't lost.

Gotcha; I won't take it personally!

> > Are You running a multi-core CPU? =A0If so You should restrict Tb to
> > only one core. =A0Tb runs as a single thread in Windows.
>
> Again, should not be necessary, I've done nothing but install and run
> T'burp trouble free in Vista Ultimate 64.

I tried running in Windows XP compatibility mode: Still hangs at
startup
I ran with "start /affinity 01 thunderbird.exe": Still hangs at
startup
Installed 2.0.0.14: It starts! But then it "stops responding" in the
middle of importing my Eudora mail.
I'm beginning to wonder if there is something strange with my Vista
installation.  Any ideas what I might look for?

And what version of T-bird are you using XS11E?

Thx, Doug

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:03:46 -0700, XS11E <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com>
wrote:

>>> Ouch! I'm glad you didn't filter out my post!
>
>I did filter your post, I replied to "Ron K" who quoted your post.
>
>Filtering GGers is NOT in any way personal, it's to remove the large 
>quantities of spammers that Google seems to encourage.  For posts such 
>as yours I usually see it when someone replies to you so your 
>question/comment isn't lost.

Likewise.  If it's obvious that the Google poster is:

1.  Not a spammer and
2.  Makes valuable contributions to the group

then I put him on a "white list" which has priority over my general
kill-file for Google.

FYI, this chapter doesn't have a terribly happy ending.  I'ved decided
to just use Outlook on the machine since I can't get Thunderbird to
work.  As new versions of T-bird come out, I'll try them, but it's a
real shame.

Doug

mckeedm@gmail.com wrote:
> FYI, this chapter doesn't have a terribly happy ending.  I'ved decided
> to just use Outlook on the machine since I can't get Thunderbird to
> work.  As new versions of T-bird come out, I'll try them, but it's a
> real shame.
> 
> Doug

As I use it on vista 64 as well without problems, I think you have a non
generic problem. Remove it entirely from your computer and start a fresh
install...

You can also try without extnesions...

--eric