Active Sync 4.5, Outlook 2003 and Palm Treo 700W calendar problems

Hello,

I'm using Outlook 2003 SP2, Active Sync 4.5 and a Palm Treo 700W. And for
as long as I can remember, I have had the following problems:

-- The first time I sync my Treo, Outlook spikes the processor to 100% and
the RAM utilization climbs until it finally crashes (or I kill it in task
manager).

If Outlook crashes and restarts, or if I kill it in task mgr then restart
it, I can re-sync the device all day long without problems provided I don't
restart the computer.

I'm trying to sync contacts, calendar and files -- not email. And I'm not
using the exchange server settings for sync.


The second problem is with the calendar. Once I go through the procedure
above, no appointments will sync unless I have created them myself. For
appointments I have accepted from others, I have to open each appointment,
type a few characters and do a carriage return, then re-save the appointment
-- and it will immediately sync with my device. Nothing else works to move
these appointments down to the device.

I have tried to re-install Office 2003 but it did not help. I've done a
hard reset of my Treo, but it did not help. The same problem occurred with
previous versions of Active Sync -- I had hoped 4.5 would fix the problem,
but it did not.

It's getting really tiresome to go through this dance every time I want to
sync my device. So I'm writing to ask if anybody has seen these problems and
I appreciate any advice you can offer to me.

Thank you!

Scott

Hi,
Do you have any Outlook add-ons that could be causing a problem?


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"Scott" <> wrote in message
news:59654444-29D3-43C6-AAA1-...
> Hello,
>
> I'm using Outlook 2003 SP2, Active Sync 4.5 and a Palm Treo 700W. And for
> as long as I can remember, I have had the following problems:
>
> -- The first time I sync my Treo, Outlook spikes the processor to 100% and
> the RAM utilization climbs until it finally crashes (or I kill it in task
> manager).
>
> If Outlook crashes and restarts, or if I kill it in task mgr then restart
> it, I can re-sync the device all day long without problems provided I
> don't
> restart the computer.
>
> I'm trying to sync contacts, calendar and files -- not email. And I'm not
> using the exchange server settings for sync.
>
>
> The second problem is with the calendar. Once I go through the procedure
> above, no appointments will sync unless I have created them myself. For
> appointments I have accepted from others, I have to open each appointment,
> type a few characters and do a carriage return, then re-save the
> appointment
> -- and it will immediately sync with my device. Nothing else works to
> move
> these appointments down to the device.
>
> I have tried to re-install Office 2003 but it did not help. I've done a
> hard reset of my Treo, but it did not help. The same problem occurred
> with
> previous versions of Active Sync -- I had hoped 4.5 would fix the problem,
> but it did not.
>
> It's getting really tiresome to go through this dance every time I want to
> sync my device. So I'm writing to ask if anybody has seen these problems
> and
> I appreciate any advice you can offer to me.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Scott

Chris,

Thank you for your suggestion.

I'm only using the Microsoft plug-in to backup my PST files once every 2
weeks.
The link to this plug-in is below.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Thanks,
Scott



"Chris De Herrera" wrote:

> Hi,
> Do you have any Outlook add-ons that could be causing a problem?
>
>
> --
> Chris De Herrera
> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com
> http://www.tabletpctalk.com
> http://www.pocketpctalk.com
> http://www.mobilitytalk.com
>
> Windows Mobile Device Center FAQs -
> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/wmdc/index.htm
> ActiveSync Troubleshooting Guide -
> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/t-shootactivesync.htm
>
> "Scott" <> wrote in message
> news:59654444-29D3-43C6-AAA1-...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm using Outlook 2003 SP2, Active Sync 4.5 and a Palm Treo 700W. And for
> > as long as I can remember, I have had the following problems:
> >
> > -- The first time I sync my Treo, Outlook spikes the processor to 100% and
> > the RAM utilization climbs until it finally crashes (or I kill it in task
> > manager).
> >
> > If Outlook crashes and restarts, or if I kill it in task mgr then restart
> > it, I can re-sync the device all day long without problems provided I
> > don't
> > restart the computer.
> >
> > I'm trying to sync contacts, calendar and files -- not email. And I'm not
> > using the exchange server settings for sync.
> >
> >
> > The second problem is with the calendar. Once I go through the procedure
> > above, no appointments will sync unless I have created them myself. For
> > appointments I have accepted from others, I have to open each appointment,
> > type a few characters and do a carriage return, then re-save the
> > appointment
> > -- and it will immediately sync with my device. Nothing else works to
> > move
> > these appointments down to the device.
> >
> > I have tried to re-install Office 2003 but it did not help. I've done a
> > hard reset of my Treo, but it did not help. The same problem occurred
> > with
> > previous versions of Active Sync -- I had hoped 4.5 would fix the problem,
> > but it did not.
> >
> > It's getting really tiresome to go through this dance every time I want to
> > sync my device. So I'm writing to ask if anybody has seen these problems
> > and
> > I appreciate any advice you can offer to me.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Scott
>
>
>