Can I get an explanation? I'm not seeing or at least not recognizing that I'm seeing some kind of connection compensation as no connection is evident. Got a link of something to read to enlighten me? Len Hammond CSI:Hartland lenhamm...@gmail.com
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Rod Trent <rodtr...@myitforum.com> wrote: > BTW: Win7 **does** compensate for connection issues. > > > > *From:* Len Hammond [mailto:lenhammo...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Saturday, August 01, 2009 1:35 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: sync PDA phone > > > > OK. I reset the phone with the reset button. What they call a soft reset. > Not the hard reset with the power button held down while touching the reset > button that results in total data loss. No joy. > > > > So now I'm back to removing the software and reinstalling with the device > reset. > > > Len Hammond > CSI:Hartland > lenhamm...@gmail.com > > On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Rod Trent <rodtr...@myitforum.com> wrote: > > For the record, it’s not WMDC, it’s the phone. Have you reset the phone? > > > > *From:* Len Hammond [mailto:lenhammo...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Saturday, August 01, 2009 12:56 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* sync PDA phone > > > > I know there are those of you that have had success with this == connecting > and syncing a PDA/smartphone with Outlook on Vista/Windows 7. So, what is > the trick to making it connect reliably? I get one connection and sync per > installation of the Windows Mobile Device Center software. I can remove > WMDC and reinstall and finally get it to connect and sync. I remove the > device and try again later - with or without a reboot - and Nothing. No > connection and no recognition of the device. The device is a 2 year-old HTC > 8525 with WM5 that has been reliably connecting and syncing with an XP box > for 2+ years. At least I can get some kind of communications with Win7. > That's a huge improvement over Vista with which I NEVER got a connection at > all. With XPpro the connections were pretty consistent, and whenever it lost > connectivity, I just had to reboot both devices and it would re-establish a > connection and function normally for while again. Nothing seems to help WMDC > get going again - short of a removal and reinstallatin of the whole thing. > The device shows in the WMDC app but flat refuses to do anything with it. > > > > This should not be this difficult - I'm sure I'm just missing some kind of > setting change and all will be well. I just can't seem to stumble on what to > change. Do I have to bump the device up to WM6 or WM6.1 to get this to work? > > > > /Rant > > Why can't Microsoft get this right? For $#!* sake, they wrote both halves > of the software and even they can't make the, never to be cursed enough, > thing work. Can you tell the frustration level is climbing? This kind of > crap never happened in the ten years I was running Palm devices. (even > though Palm had major digitizer issues) > > /rant off > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated as the XP box is in dire need of a > rebuild and I really would like to go to W7. > Len Hammond > CSI:Hartland > lenhamm...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
