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At the very end of creating an email account the program asks for a software security device password, I have no idea what this is or where to find it.

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At the very end of creating an email account the program asks for a software security device password, I have no idea what this is or where to find it. To my knowledge I don't have a "software security device". I am using Windows 7 on an IMac.

At the very end of creating an email account the program asks for a software security device password, I have no idea what this is or where to find it. To my knowledge I don't have a "software security device". I am using Windows 7 on an IMac.

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Apparently you did set a master password at some point. The master password protects account passwords Thunderbird has remembered. You can reset the master password. More information in this article.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Master_password

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What is the exact prompt or error message you get?

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The message is "Please enter the master password for the Software Security Device."

My email has a password and I entered it earlier in the install. I tried entering it here but it didn't take it.

Thanks for you help.

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Apparently you did set a master password at some point. The master password protects account passwords Thunderbird has remembered. You can reset the master password. More information in this article.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Master_password

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Thank you, this fix worked.