Hm-hm, so basically this happened:
I tried to set up my client to the online wallet I created through the desctop sync function it provides in order to speed the process up, seeing as how I've been waiting for the client to 'catch up' for two days now, after it got stuck on 98.70% (what a bummer, I know). I used this tutorial:
I can help!
Your money is "yours", it just isn't being listed in your wallet because as you say, your wallet is having trouble updating... Thats ok! You can access it other ways, such as an online e-wallet:
First, we need to get your "private key":
Close bitcoin completely, then
Open control panel, select "large icons" in the top right corner
Click "folder options", or if you are opening it from the start menu, just click "folder options"
Click the "view" tab
under "hidden files and folders", click "show hidden files and folders and drives"
Deselect "hide extensions of known file types" this will allow you to see the bitcoin working folder
press OK
right click the start button and click "open windows explorer"
doubleclick "local disk (c:)" under "my computer"
doubleclick "users"
doubleclick "yourusername" eg "john"
doubleclick "appdata"
doubleclick "roaming"
doubleclick the "bitcoin" folder
(this is for win 7, for xp the directory is C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application data\Bitcoin (XP))
right click an empty area in the folder and select "new">"text document"
doubleclick the new text document
type the following 2 lines into the empty text document:
rpcuser=someusername
rpcpassword=somepassword
replace someusername and somepassword with anything (you dont have to remember it later) so button mashing udhf9w8dg98rgu will work (no spaces)
"file">"save as" type "bitcoin.conf"
press save
Right click the start button and click "open windows explorer"
doubleclick "local disk (c:)" under "my computer"
doubleclick "program files(x86)"
doubleclick "bitcoin"
hold shift and right click on "daemon"
click "open command window here"
type "bitcoind"
leave that window open,
Wait 2 minutes for the daemon to load
Don't close the window
Go back to the explorer window, and again,
Hold shift and right click on "daemon"
Click "open command window here"
If your wallet is encrypted, goto A then proceed to B if not go straight to B
A: type "bitcoind walletpassphrase 600" where walletpassphrase is your wallet password and press enter
B: type "bitcoind dumpprivkey 1YourBitcoinAddress1234567890"
replace 1YourBitcoinAddress1234567890 with the address where you withdrew the money to. You will get a long string of numbers. leave this window open...
Upload the private key to a managed service
Goto blockchain.info
click "wallet" at the top
click "start a new wallet"
sign up for a new wallet
once your new wallet is created, log in to it.
goto the tab that says "import/export"
press "continue" at the warning
where it says "import private key", type the long string of number EXACTLY from the black window
press "add private key"
Your wallet is now managed online.
Everything went allright up until the final point, when things seem to just be against me. Now, my IT skills are novice at best, but still... I create the file, password, username, the works, I load the deamon, load it again, type in everything as I should, but the exe console simply tells me this: 'error: You must set rpcpassword=<password> in the configuration file (shows directory). If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permission'. All's well, but I created this file, along with the password, the whole thing seems just not be responding to any change. Any thoughts? Basically my question is - how do I get my private key, because this is not working...
