To make sure I understand.. Since I can't run bitcoind as a background process started from Armory, in order to keep an Armory wallet on my computer, I have to keep Bitcoin Core and Armory running side-by-side constantly..?

EDIT: any suggestions on trouble-shooting bitcoind crashing when started from Armory?

That seems to be working. With Bitcoin Core running standalone, and synced, Armory spent a few minutes "Reading New Block Headers", then "Scan Transaction History".. Then "Building databases", for 20 minutes with progress moving. Now it's "Scanning Transaction History" - will take some 40 minutes. Awesome! Hopefully the root cause and messaging to end user about it can be figured out. Thanks for the help!!

Yes, Armory still stuck and Bitcoin Core fully synced. I have the log file. Will send PM.

Bitcoin Core finished overnight, and reports up-to-date.  However, Armory still refuses to get past the "Build databases" stage. I tried to submit a bug report - but it also failed. I am on Windows 10. Maybe that's why Armory no longer works.

Great - thanks again! Once bitcoin core finishes, I'll try Armory again and see if I can figure out why it's not working, but not reporting any errors.

Thanks - have 40 Mbps DSL download speeds. Bitcoin just now changed to one year and 23 weeks, and is actually moving forward. I am pretty sure my Armory was completely stuck and dead, but it's hard to tell, since there is no other visual progress than the slowly moving wheel.

Mine has been "stuck" like this for days - zero progress indication. Intel Core i5 2500K running at 4500Mhz, but it's not even using any CPU cycles, so who knows what it's doing.. I'll leave it a couple more days, then just give up.

EDIT: Started up Bitcoin Core GUI, at least it's showing some progress "Verifying blocks with a moving number". OK. Verification complete. Now one year and 24 weeks behind. Progress bar about 1/5th complete. I guess it will take some 2-3 more weeks to catch up. Pretty hopeless. Fortunately, what little I own in bitcons, is on coinbase. Doesn't seem viable to keep a wallet on home computer.