PDA Woes

I have a HP IPAQ hx2750 which i probably dont use as much as i should but is great for getting quick access to email and appointments when i’m away from my PC.

After installing Vista i discovered that ActiveSync is no-more so installed the “Windows Mobile Device Center” Beta

Installation seemed to go ok and email, tasks, calendar and the like were all sync’d ok

Then i had a bright idea.

Now that i’m using Outlook 2007 for my RSS feeds wouldn’t be great if these sync’d to my PDA as well so that i could read those away from my desk?

So i found the “select folders” bit, ticked all the boxes and i get this

“There is a problem with your connection. Please disconnect and reconnect
your device and try again”

Wonderful!

I had a look around and couldn’t find anything of any help so posted on one of the Vista newsgroups without any real success.

I then spotted this download yesteday

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=83d513ea-9df9-4920-af33-3a0e2e4e7beb&DisplayLang=en

The RTM version of the mobile device centre

I installed this but unfortunately this doesn’t solve my problem. I dont really want to upgrade to a Windows Mobile 5 device as the one i have is just fine at the moment but suspect that is probably the answer.

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Andy Parkes

Andy Parkes is Technical Director at Coventry based IT support company IBIT Solutions. Formerly, coordinator of AMITPRO and Microsoft Partner Area Lead for 2012-2013. He also isn't a fan of describing himself in the third person.

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