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On 6-7-2014 I was working with Joomla 2.5.14,  CiviCRM 4.1.2,   PHP 5.2, and MySQL 5.0.96.  All was going well with the database as it had for a couple years.   My job was to upgrade my system to the latest CiviCRM 4.4.5.   I backed up my database on 6-7.  On 6-8, I uploaded and attempted to install CiviCRM.   Some errors occurred and it was determined that I had needed PHP 5.3.  After getting 5.3,   I did another install and it was "successful".   I see that the resulting config did not include my database tables.  So I restored from my backup file.   Now I can open the component CiviCRM, but

I do not have the main menu bar --- just a Home page.  No Search, Contacts, etc.   

I know that MySQL 5.0.96 does not have trigger privileges.  My php and sql have timestamps that differ by 1 second.   
 
           My email is wbailey@visi.com

I am not techie enough to continue researching the documentation provided by CiviCRM -- though it seems terribly complete.  I just don't know where to start.   I don't know if I should try to see if I can revert to 6-7's status.  It might not come back as I had it. 

My current status is Joomla 2.5.14, CiviCRM 4.4.5,   PHP 5.3, and MySQL 5.5   

Note: I continue to test and will reinstall CiviCRM if nothing changes.

The Reinstall got me by the no-menu issue.  Civi now looks like I expect.  I ran the Database Upgrade Utility (http://councilofthebaptized.org/administrator/?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/upgrade&reset=1)  but was stopped almost immediately by the error below.  I am attempting to get my provider to be certain I have trigger privilege.  Civi is certainly not looking at my data, since the most simple search yields:  Field not found.  More hope for tomorrow. 

CiviCRM-001 - An error has occurred.
Sorry but we are not able to provide this at the moment.
CiviCRM 4.4.5 requires MySQL trigger privilege