ok thanks for the help.  I plan on getting an additional computer over the holidays so I will wait to put any thing on it as well.  Also, it was recomended to me to move my shares from BTER (or any exchange) to my bitshares wallet incase the exchange went belly up, but from what I gather would it behoove me to just leave it on the exchange for now?  I was wanting to invest a little more in bitshares so please let me know when you would recomend a good time to do that as far as having a secure wallet set up that I could transfer them into etc. Also what about the faucet site as I thought I was successful in funding it (micah118) through there?

I did not register "micah" on July 23 so perhaps that is the problem?-  It was closer to November 23.  When I could never get it to show up under my accounts that is when I "created a new account" with micah118 and that would have been around the 5th of December like you state.

When I originally requested you guys to fund it so I could open it, I also tried to transfer some bitshares (from Bter) so that would have been to the "micah" account. I did it with the account key. I only did it once and not very many shares.  I have downloaded bitshares on my desktop and another laptop can only get "micah118" to show up on one of them under my accounts but it is still not funded even though someone on the forum states that they did and I funded it with the new faucet site.

onceuponatime funded my first try, then I could not find my account. I appeared that I was asigned another "public key" when I imported my backup wallet which is what I thought the problem was. Then overthetop funded that one and told me to be patient.  I can not find my account under my accounts but when try to created a new account with that name ( micah ) it says "invalid account name (20017) This name is already in your wallet!"  I don't know what to do.  I also tried to move money from BETr and don't know where that is either. I think my key is:

BTSX7iFLmoSXjNUkMeGy2ek1ENKu3UZivoAs8SRkETudV8L5AjEqkV

but the other one that was "created when I imported my wallet is:

BTSX7wJHdwn2BMqvCU2Uc8VZVs5BK8nhupqsH482Ayxeb9sthJ4kGu

Does the key code change everytime I import the backup wallet?  any direction would help.

this is the chain of blog posts, I am micah118:

https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=6439.1545

I don't know exactly how to ancwer that because yes I did create "micah" originally, funded it through BETr and this forum but I can't find it does not show up under my accounts. then i just created "micah118" and tried to fund it also through the forum and the new faucet web site, which it said I was successful at, but a 0.0 balance continues to show, and when I click on "register micah118" is says "account registration requires funds, pleas fund one of your accounts". If I go back and try to fund the account again through the faucet site is says the account is already registered. If it is already registered, then why does it not show up in my account?? I flat don't know what to do.

the following is what my support ticket says:

onceuponatime funded my first try, then I could not find my account. It appeared that I was asigned another "public key" when I imported my backup wallet which is what I thought the problem was. Then overthetop funded that one and told me to be patient.  I can not find my account under my accounts but when try to created a new account with that name ( micah ) it says "invalid account name (20017) This name is already in your wallet!"  I don't know what to do.  I also tried to move money from BETr and don't know where that is either. I think my key is:

BTSX7iFLmoSXjNUkMeGy2ek1ENKu3UZivoAs8SRkETudV8L5AjEqkV

but the other one that was "created when I imported my wallet is:

BTSX7wJHdwn2BMqvCU2Uc8VZVs5BK8nhupqsH482Ayxeb9sthJ4kGu

Does the key code change everytime I import the backup wallet?  any direction would help.

this is the chain of blog posts, I am micah118:

https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=6439.1545

the following is a copy/paste from another forum that onceuponatime suggested someone here could help me with.  I don't know what to do. My account/accounts do not show to be funded. Please help.

I am in a never ending circle and don't know what to do.  My first account was just "micah" you funded two different keys a couple of weeks ago, they never show up and when I click on that account it says that account already exists.  so I created "micah118" that is me.  I show a 0 balance in the account, I even funded it with you new "faucet" web site. this is the message I get when I try to fund it again:"Unknown error: duplicate account name (20025) This account name has already been registered!"  If I import my backup wallet with the original "micah" account it creates another "key". Like I said I already have two of those funded. When I click on "register micah" on the top right it says the account needs funding.  What do I do? I also created a support ticket last week on the help desk: entitled/and ticket #-:00096   account missing/funding problem.  Pleas help.

the following is a copy/paste from another forum that onceuponatime suggested someone here could help me with.  I don't know what to do. My account/accounts do not show to be funded. Please help.

I am in a never ending circle and don't know what to do.  My first account was just "micah" you funded two different keys a couple of weeks ago, they never show up and when I click on that account it says that account already exists.  so I created "micah118" that is me.  I show a 0 balance in the account, I even funded it with you new "faucet" web site. this is the message I get when I try to fund it again:"Unknown error: duplicate account name (20025) This account name has already been registered!"  If I import my backup wallet with the original "micah" account it creates another "key". Like I said I already have two of those funded. When I click on "register micah" on the top right it says the account needs funding.  What do I do? I also created a support ticket last week on the help desk: entitled/and ticket #-:00096   account missing/funding problem.  Pleas help.

I am in a never ending circle and don't know what to do.  My first account was just "micah" you funded two different keys a couple of weeks ago, they never show up and when I click on that account it says that account already exists.  so I created "micah118" that is me.  I show a 0 balance in the account, I even funded it with you new "faucet" web site. this is the message I get when I try to fund it again:"Unknown error: duplicate account name (20025) This account name has already been registered!"  If I import my backup wallet with the original "micah" account it creates another "key". Like I said I already have two of those funded. When I click on "register micah" on the top right it says the account needs funding.  What do I do? I also created a support ticket last week on the help desk: entitled/and ticket #-:00096   account missing/funding problem.  Pleas help.

Max Wright from support council

max sent me, please fund. :  BTSX6R4XDjg26mDDJ2vHiAq1wR3kLiXMigVBZX8uJguaouTKFm3jMc

I'm not sure what happened. After I backed up my wallet to my desktop it disapeared from bitshares. then when I imported my wallet back it says that my user name was already in use and it appears that I have been asigned another "public Key". This is the one it shows now.  Also I did try to send some bitshares from BTER exchange and I don't see them either, maybe I jumped the gun?

THis is the public I'm showing now.. could you try it? thanks

BTSX7wJHdwn2BMqvCU2Uc8VZVs5BK8nhupqsH482Ayxeb9sthJ4kGu

just wondering how long it takes as I still can't see a transaction under "recent transactions"?  Also there is nothing listed under "my accounts". Its like it has disappeared.  Is there another post section for this question?

Trying to register my account- bitshares needed....please

BTSX7iFLmoSXjNUkMeGy2ek1ENKu3UZivoAs8SRkETudV8L5AjEqkV

thanks in advance