Re: Seamonkey installation mystery
David Lawler wrote: hawker wrote: On 5/10/2012 11:58 PM, David Lawler wrote: This totally mystifies me. A week ago I installed SM 2.9.1, apparently successfully, replacing (I thought) 1.1.19. I noticed right away my computer ran slower. Finally, on Monday or Tuesday of this week, things were so bad I had to give up and reboot. So, imagine my surprise when, after rebooting, I was again running 1.1.19. I went through the process of again installing 2.9.1, again apparently successfully. Then, again this (Thu) evening, my computer was again tied in knots so bad I had to reboot. Again, SM 1.1.19 was running after the reboot. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? How does 1.1.19 survive the installation of 1.9.1? (I actually used an intermediate step, making the actual conversion from 1.1.19 to 2.X.X in SM 2.0.5, my old profile imported ok, then upgrading to 2.9.1.) Win XP3, up to date, 2.5 gb memory. With 1.1.19 running, I could go weeks without rebooting. Something is odd here. Dave This is what will happen if you try to install the upgrade with USER and not ADMINISTRATOR privileges (I just made the same mistake on my multi-media computer yesterday). Is that what was going on? Are you sure you had Administrator privileges? Thanks everyone for your ideas. As near as I can tell, I was running as Administrator. A brief summary of what I did: 1) I uninstalled SM1 and installed SM2; 2) SM2 installed ok but did not migrate my profile; 3) after several attempts and much research I decided to sleep on it; 4) I re-installed SM1 as I had to check my email; 5) I re-installed SM2 (with SM1 still installed); 6) SM2 installed ok and this time successfully migrated my profile; 7) I uninstalled SM1 so I no longer have the odd boot problem; SM2 works fine, except it seems to get itself tied up in knots pretty quickly, requiring SM2 to be shut down and re-started, if not a full re-boot. Hope this is helpful to others. DL Newer Seamonkey 2.x releases no longer migrate 1.x profiles. You need to migrate to one of the early 2.x releases (probably one of the 2.0.x set) and then move on to a current version. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Seamonkey installation mystery
Ray_Net wrote: David Lawler wrote, On 14/05/2012 04:56: hawker wrote: On 5/10/2012 11:58 PM, David Lawler wrote: This totally mystifies me. A week ago I installed SM 2.9.1, apparently successfully, replacing (I thought) 1.1.19. I noticed right away my computer ran slower. Finally, on Monday or Tuesday of this week, things were so bad I had to give up and reboot. So, imagine my surprise when, after rebooting, I was again running 1.1.19. I went through the process of again installing 2.9.1, again apparently successfully. Then, again this (Thu) evening, my computer was again tied in knots so bad I had to reboot. Again, SM 1.1.19 was running after the reboot. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? How does 1.1.19 survive the installation of 1.9.1? (I actually used an intermediate step, making the actual conversion from 1.1.19 to 2.X.X in SM 2.0.5, my old profile imported ok, then upgrading to 2.9.1.) Win XP3, up to date, 2.5 gb memory. With 1.1.19 running, I could go weeks without rebooting. Something is odd here. Dave This is what will happen if you try to install the upgrade with USER and not ADMINISTRATOR privileges (I just made the same mistake on my multi-media computer yesterday). Is that what was going on? Are you sure you had Administrator privileges? Thanks everyone for your ideas. As near as I can tell, I was running as Administrator. A brief summary of what I did: 1) I uninstalled SM1 and installed SM2; 2) SM2 installed ok but did not migrate my profile; 3) after several attempts and much research I decided to sleep on it; 4) I re-installed SM1 as I had to check my email; 5) I re-installed SM2 (with SM1 still installed); 6) SM2 installed ok and this time successfully migrated my profile; 7) I uninstalled SM1 so I no longer have the odd boot problem; SM2 works fine, except it seems to get itself tied up in knots pretty quickly, requiring SM2 to be shut down and re-started, if not a full re-boot. Hope this is helpful to others. DL Due to the fact that SM2 is using the migrated profile, you can un-install SM2 - re-boot the pc -> then install SM2. an XP3, at least if you have a proper Micro-soft licent.. -- ~Vink GerardJan Vinkesteijn VRI http://vinkesteijn.info mailto://g.j.f.vinkeste...@hotmail.es http://ciudadpatricia.com on Linux ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Seamonkey installation mystery
David Lawler wrote, On 14/05/2012 04:56: hawker wrote: On 5/10/2012 11:58 PM, David Lawler wrote: This totally mystifies me. A week ago I installed SM 2.9.1, apparently successfully, replacing (I thought) 1.1.19. I noticed right away my computer ran slower. Finally, on Monday or Tuesday of this week, things were so bad I had to give up and reboot. So, imagine my surprise when, after rebooting, I was again running 1.1.19. I went through the process of again installing 2.9.1, again apparently successfully. Then, again this (Thu) evening, my computer was again tied in knots so bad I had to reboot. Again, SM 1.1.19 was running after the reboot. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? How does 1.1.19 survive the installation of 1.9.1? (I actually used an intermediate step, making the actual conversion from 1.1.19 to 2.X.X in SM 2.0.5, my old profile imported ok, then upgrading to 2.9.1.) Win XP3, up to date, 2.5 gb memory. With 1.1.19 running, I could go weeks without rebooting. Something is odd here. Dave This is what will happen if you try to install the upgrade with USER and not ADMINISTRATOR privileges (I just made the same mistake on my multi-media computer yesterday). Is that what was going on? Are you sure you had Administrator privileges? Thanks everyone for your ideas. As near as I can tell, I was running as Administrator. A brief summary of what I did: 1) I uninstalled SM1 and installed SM2; 2) SM2 installed ok but did not migrate my profile; 3) after several attempts and much research I decided to sleep on it; 4) I re-installed SM1 as I had to check my email; 5) I re-installed SM2 (with SM1 still installed); 6) SM2 installed ok and this time successfully migrated my profile; 7) I uninstalled SM1 so I no longer have the odd boot problem; SM2 works fine, except it seems to get itself tied up in knots pretty quickly, requiring SM2 to be shut down and re-started, if not a full re-boot. Hope this is helpful to others. DL Due to the fact that SM2 is using the migrated profile, you can un-install SM2 - re-boot the pc -> then install SM2. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Seamonkey installation mystery
hawker wrote: On 5/10/2012 11:58 PM, David Lawler wrote: This totally mystifies me. A week ago I installed SM 2.9.1, apparently successfully, replacing (I thought) 1.1.19. I noticed right away my computer ran slower. Finally, on Monday or Tuesday of this week, things were so bad I had to give up and reboot. So, imagine my surprise when, after rebooting, I was again running 1.1.19. I went through the process of again installing 2.9.1, again apparently successfully. Then, again this (Thu) evening, my computer was again tied in knots so bad I had to reboot. Again, SM 1.1.19 was running after the reboot. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? How does 1.1.19 survive the installation of 1.9.1? (I actually used an intermediate step, making the actual conversion from 1.1.19 to 2.X.X in SM 2.0.5, my old profile imported ok, then upgrading to 2.9.1.) Win XP3, up to date, 2.5 gb memory. With 1.1.19 running, I could go weeks without rebooting. Something is odd here. Dave This is what will happen if you try to install the upgrade with USER and not ADMINISTRATOR privileges (I just made the same mistake on my multi-media computer yesterday). Is that what was going on? Are you sure you had Administrator privileges? Thanks everyone for your ideas. As near as I can tell, I was running as Administrator. A brief summary of what I did: 1) I uninstalled SM1 and installed SM2; 2) SM2 installed ok but did not migrate my profile; 3) after several attempts and much research I decided to sleep on it; 4) I re-installed SM1 as I had to check my email; 5) I re-installed SM2 (with SM1 still installed); 6) SM2 installed ok and this time successfully migrated my profile; 7) I uninstalled SM1 so I no longer have the odd boot problem; SM2 works fine, except it seems to get itself tied up in knots pretty quickly, requiring SM2 to be shut down and re-started, if not a full re-boot. Hope this is helpful to others. DL ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Seamonkey installation mystery
MCBastos wrote: Interviewed by CNN on 11/05/2012 00:58, David Lawler told the world: This totally mystifies me. A week ago I installed SM 2.9.1, apparently successfully, replacing (I thought) 1.1.19. I noticed right away my computer ran slower. Finally, on Monday or Tuesday of this week, things were so bad I had to give up and reboot. So, imagine my surprise when, after rebooting, I was again running 1.1.19. I went through the process of again installing 2.9.1, again apparently successfully. Then, again this (Thu) evening, my computer was again tied in knots so bad I had to reboot. Again, SM 1.1.19 was running after the reboot. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? How does 1.1.19 survive the installation of 1.9.1? (I actually used an intermediate step, making the actual conversion from 1.1.19 to 2.X.X in SM 2.0.5, my old profile imported ok, then upgrading to 2.9.1.) Win XP3, up to date, 2.5 gb memory. With 1.1.19 running, I could go weeks without rebooting. Something is odd here. I don't know exactly what's happening, but SM 2.x installs in a different path from 1.x, and instead of *modifying* the profile the migration *copies* the old profile. So you end up with two installs. For some reason, the shortcut is still pointing to the old one. You probably will want to *uninstall* the old SM 1.1 at some point. The problem is, if I remember well, this may remove *all* the Seamonkey shortcuts. A reinstall of 2.9.1 should fix that more easily than manually recreating the shortcuts. It will only uninstall the shortcuts it installed. I manually created shortcuts of my own (browser, mail, and profile manager) years ago, pointing to my profile. They never get deleted. -- Ed Mullen http://edmullen.net/ Marriage changes passion. Suddenly you're in bed with a relative. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Seamonkey installation mystery
On 5/10/2012 11:58 PM, David Lawler wrote: This totally mystifies me. A week ago I installed SM 2.9.1, apparently successfully, replacing (I thought) 1.1.19. I noticed right away my computer ran slower. Finally, on Monday or Tuesday of this week, things were so bad I had to give up and reboot. So, imagine my surprise when, after rebooting, I was again running 1.1.19. I went through the process of again installing 2.9.1, again apparently successfully. Then, again this (Thu) evening, my computer was again tied in knots so bad I had to reboot. Again, SM 1.1.19 was running after the reboot. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? How does 1.1.19 survive the installation of 1.9.1? (I actually used an intermediate step, making the actual conversion from 1.1.19 to 2.X.X in SM 2.0.5, my old profile imported ok, then upgrading to 2.9.1.) Win XP3, up to date, 2.5 gb memory. With 1.1.19 running, I could go weeks without rebooting. Something is odd here. Dave This is what will happen if you try to install the upgrade with USER and not ADMINISTRATOR privileges (I just made the same mistake on my multi-media computer yesterday). Is that what was going on? Are you sure you had Administrator privileges? ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Seamonkey installation mystery
Interviewed by CNN on 11/05/2012 00:58, David Lawler told the world: > This totally mystifies me. A week ago I installed SM 2.9.1, apparently > successfully, replacing (I thought) 1.1.19. I noticed right away my > computer ran slower. Finally, on Monday or Tuesday of this week, things > were so bad I had to give up and reboot. > > So, imagine my surprise when, after rebooting, I was again running > 1.1.19. I went through the process of again installing 2.9.1, again > apparently successfully. Then, again this (Thu) evening, my computer was > again tied in knots so bad I had to reboot. Again, SM 1.1.19 was running > after the reboot. > > Does anyone have any idea what is going on? How does 1.1.19 survive the > installation of 1.9.1? (I actually used an intermediate step, making the > actual conversion from 1.1.19 to 2.X.X in SM 2.0.5, my old profile > imported ok, then upgrading to 2.9.1.) > > Win XP3, up to date, 2.5 gb memory. With 1.1.19 running, I could go > weeks without rebooting. Something is odd here. I don't know exactly what's happening, but SM 2.x installs in a different path from 1.x, and instead of *modifying* the profile the migration *copies* the old profile. So you end up with two installs. For some reason, the shortcut is still pointing to the old one. You probably will want to *uninstall* the old SM 1.1 at some point. The problem is, if I remember well, this may remove *all* the Seamonkey shortcuts. A reinstall of 2.9.1 should fix that more easily than manually recreating the shortcuts. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my cyborg implant. * Added by TagZilla 0.7a1 running on Seamonkey 2.9 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Seamonkey installation mystery
David Lawler wrote, On 11/05/2012 05:58: This totally mystifies me. A week ago I installed SM 2.9.1, apparently successfully, replacing (I thought) 1.1.19. I noticed right away my computer ran slower. Finally, on Monday or Tuesday of this week, things were so bad I had to give up and reboot. So, imagine my surprise when, after rebooting, I was again running 1.1.19. I went through the process of again installing 2.9.1, again apparently successfully. Then, again this (Thu) evening, my computer was again tied in knots so bad I had to reboot. Again, SM 1.1.19 was running after the reboot. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? How does 1.1.19 survive the installation of 1.9.1? (I actually used an intermediate step, making the actual conversion from 1.1.19 to 2.X.X in SM 2.0.5, my old profile imported ok, then upgrading to 2.9.1.) Win XP3, up to date, 2.5 gb memory. With 1.1.19 running, I could go weeks without rebooting. Something is odd here. Dave Are you sure that your old SM was not running when you installed the new version ? You can check it by looking for your list of process running. If semonkey.exe after you stop SM is there, you have to kill it. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Seamonkey installation mystery
This totally mystifies me. A week ago I installed SM 2.9.1, apparently successfully, replacing (I thought) 1.1.19. I noticed right away my computer ran slower. Finally, on Monday or Tuesday of this week, things were so bad I had to give up and reboot. So, imagine my surprise when, after rebooting, I was again running 1.1.19. I went through the process of again installing 2.9.1, again apparently successfully. Then, again this (Thu) evening, my computer was again tied in knots so bad I had to reboot. Again, SM 1.1.19 was running after the reboot. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? How does 1.1.19 survive the installation of 1.9.1? (I actually used an intermediate step, making the actual conversion from 1.1.19 to 2.X.X in SM 2.0.5, my old profile imported ok, then upgrading to 2.9.1.) Win XP3, up to date, 2.5 gb memory. With 1.1.19 running, I could go weeks without rebooting. Something is odd here. Dave ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
