I have similar issues as OP:
My system:
Win 7 64bit
3 GB RAM (2,87 GB usable)
Intel Pentium Dual CPU T3400 @ 2.16 GHz and 2.17 GHz
Bitcoin v0.8.0-beta (Satoshi Client)
Armory 0.87.2-beta
Other:
I store the blockchain files of my Satoshi Client in a non-standard directory using the "-datadir=D:\Programme\Bitcoin\Blockchain" command in the bitcoin-qt.exe shortcut. This way the "Target"-field in the shortcut's properties looks like this:
"D:\Programme\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -datadir=D:\Programme\Bitcoin\Blockchain"
The "Execute in:"-field looks like this: "D:\Programme\Bitcoin"
It works for the Satoshi Client but I guess my Armory client cant find the blockchain files on my hard drive and thus doesnt synch with the network. Im posting because I couldnt find any advice on how to tell it where to look, so Im stuck with "Connected (0 Blocks)".
My story:
I installed the Armory Offline Wallet on a separate Linux Laptop. Imported a priv key thats loaded with some 0.001 BTC.
Made a watch-only copy and saved the wallet to USB stick.
Then installed the Armory client on my other laptop (Windows 7) that also runs the Bitcoin Client and imported the watch-only wallet from the USB stick. Closed it down after the import worked alright and waited for the Bitcoin Client to synch with the blockchain. Rebooted Computer, then first started the Satoshi Client, waited for the green check mark, then started the Armory and waited for the correct balance to show in the Armory. It never showed up. It says in the dash board: "Armory is online!" but shows in the bottom right corner of the window: "Connected (0 Blocks)". It doesnt seem to synch with the blockchain.
Then I sent another 0.01 BTC to the Address from the imported watch-only wallet and surprise! It showed up, hence with 0 confirmations.
Now I rebooted and everything but the final balance is again displayed as 0.00 BTC. Blockchain.info shows 23 confirmations though.
How can I get my online wallet to synch with the blockchain!?
Thx
Thanks for the detailed report. I appreciate it!
You didn't mention starting Armory with "--satoshi-datadir=D:\Programme\Bitcoin\Blockchain". Have you done that? If not, that would explain it ... it's probably reading whatever super-old blockfiles you have in your C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin directory, which is why it went online but didn't show any transactions.
The zero-confirmation tx showed up because Bitocin-Qt passed it on to Armory, which recognized it as being part of the wallet. But it stayed at zero conf, because Armory never saw it get into a block. Or it disappeared between restarts, because Armory can't seem to keep that data persistent between loads in Windows...