Software Update Failed Error Thunderbird

Another user is running Thunderbird

If you share your computer with other users, and another user's account is still logged in with Thunderbird running, this error can occur. Make sure you're the only user logged in to the computer when updating Thunderbird. The easiest way to do this is to restart your computer. Once the computer starts up again, start Thunderbird, click the Help menu, and select Check for Updates....

End all Thunderbird processes and restart Thunderbird

End any Thunderbird processes that may still be active, either manually or by restarting your computer.

Once all instances of Thunderbird have been ended or after the computer starts up again, restart Thunderbird to see if the updater is now working.

Ending Thunderbird processes on Windows

You can manually end the Thunderbird process using Windows Task Manager.

1. Right-click on an empty spot in the Windows task bar and select Task Manager (or press Ctrl+Shift+Esc).
2. Select the Processes tab.
3. Select the thunderbird.exe entry in the processes list, click End Process and click Yes in the "Task Manager Warning" dialog that appears.

Run Update as Administrator

If you are using Windows 7 or Vista:

1. End the Thunderbird process in Windows Task Manager as explained above, or reboot the computer so that no Thunderbird processes are active.
2. Open the Windows Start Menu, type thunderbird and right-click on the "Mozilla Thunderbird" entry that appears.
3. Select Run as Administrator and Continue if the User Account Control dialog comes up.

If the issue is not resolved, end Thunderbird again, as explained above, but this time, open the C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird folder, right-click on the thunderbird or thunderbird.exe file icon and select Run as Administrator.

Learning Widget for Lotus Notes

 Installing the Learning Widget

Use the following instructions to install the Lotus Learning Widget into the Lotus Notes 8.0.1 or higher sidebar.

Note: If you previously installed the Learning Plug-In for IBM Lotus Notes, you will need uninstall that plug-in prior to installing the Learning Widget.

1. Start the Lotus Notes client.
2. Select File > Preferences > Widgets in Windows or Lotus Notes > Preferences > Widgets on the MAC.
3. As shown in the following figure, check the Show Widget Toolbar and the My Widgets Sidebar panel field, and click OK.
   
   
   Result: The My Widgets icon displays in the sidebar as shown below:
   
   
4. Expand the My Widgets panel by clicking the icon, or by clicking and dragging to resize, as shown below:
   
   
   Result: The My Widgets panel will open.
   
   
5. Drag the learning_widget_extension.xml file from this browser window to the My Widgets panel in your Lotus Notes client:
   Hint: If you are using a separate web browser (instead of the embedded web browser in Notes), you will need to position your windows so that you can drag the widget from your web browser to the widget sidebar. Watch the following video to see how to do this.
   
6. If you are using Notes 8.5.1, the Lotus Learning Widget icon will display in the My Widgets panel, and be added to the Notes sidebar, as shown below:
   
   
   
   Click the Lotus Learning Widget in the sidebar to see its contents.
7. If using a version prior to Notes 8.5.1, right-click the Lotus Learning Widget icon in the My Widgets panel, and select Open in > Sidebar Panel.
   
   

The Learning Widget is ready to use. After installing the Learning Widget, your Notes client sidebar will look like the following screen image.

How to manage data in OutLook 2007

 

My Places bar Customize Outlook Today Import and Export

My Places bar

1) The My Places bar is an area at the left side in some dialog boxes. You can use the My Places bar to specify a folder where you want to store your files for easier access.

2) Making changes to the My Places bar in any one dialog box causes the same changes to appear in other dialog boxes that have the My Places bar.

3) The My Places bar contains shortcuts to the My Recent Documents, Desktop, My Documents, My Computer, and My Network Places folders.

4) To add a shortcut to the My Places bar click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Save As.

5) In the Save in list, click the drive, folder, or Internet location for which you want to create a My Places bar shortcut.

6) Right-click a blank space in the My Places bar below the existing shortcuts, and then click Add folder name. Your new shortcut appears at the bottom of the My Places bar.

Customize Outlook Today

7) The Outlook Today page provides a preview of your day. Here you can see your appointments, your tasks, and newest e-mail messages you have.

8) You can set this page to be the first page that opens when you start Outlook, and you can change the way Outlook Today appears.

9) To change how many appointments appears In the Navigation Pane, click Outlook Today.

10) If you use a Personal Folders file (.pst) Data file that stores your messages and other items on your computer. You can assign a .pst file to be the default delivery location for e-mail messages.

11) You can use a .pst to organize and back up items for safekeeping as your mailbox, you'll see name of the .pst.

12) On the Outlook Today page, click Customize Outlook Today.

13) In the Calendar area, enter a number of days. The appointments that take place within this time span will appear on the Outlook Today page under Calendar.

14) Click Save Changes.

15) To Make Outlook Today your default page, clicks Outlook Today In the Navigation Pane.

16) On the Outlook Today page, click Customize Outlook Today.

17) In the Startup area, select the When starting, go directly to Outlook Today check box.

18) Click Save Changes.

Illustration 1: Outlook Today.  Click here to view larger image.

Import and Export

19) Go to File Menu. Select the Import and Export menu Item.

Illustration 2: Mailbox properties

20) Select the Export to a file option and press the Next button. Illustration 3: Export Option. 21) Select Microsoft Excel 2003-97 as destination file format. 22) Select Contacts as the Outlook folder to export to. Press the Next button. 23) Assign a name to the file. Press the Next button. 24) Select the fields and contents to export. Press the Map custom Fields button. Illustration 4: Map Fields. 25) Review and accept the field's mapping. Press the OK button. 26) Press the Finish button to start the data export. Illustration 4: Exported contacts.

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