On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 14:47:01 -0800, JimmyA
<> wrote:
>I have seen that there has been an enormous amount of discussion on this
>topic but unfortunately I am still none the wiser. Some have suggested
>referring to previous newsgroup discussions for fixes but nothing I have
>tried has worked. I am also not very computer literate and this is my first
>ever foray into discussion groups, so please bear with me.
>
>I have a home PC (not networked) with XP and SP2 and Norton Internet
>Security. I have installed ActiveSync 4.1 and Outlook 2002 (which came on
>the disk with my pocket pc phone which is an Orange SPV M5000)
>
>I have tried:
>
>Reinstalling Outlook
>Breaking/Refixing the partnership
>Turning Norton off (despite having followed the advice given on the
>microsoft site to manually configure the firewall to ensure that it is not
>going to block anything).
>Reseting my pocket pc (including a hard reset)
>I have also made sure that I am working with Outlook online when I sync (I
>have broadband so I am assuming I am always online?)
>
>There is no problem with the connection - my device is recognised - it is
>simply this error that keeps popping up.
>
>I have tried everything I can think of for a remedy and have probably spent
>about 10 hours trying to get it to work. I would really appreciate it if
>someone is able to help. Thanks.
This is a communications error - try uninstalling Norton Internet
Security and see if you can connect. Odds are that Norton is blocking
some traffic, even when it is disabled.
--
Rob Borek
Microsoft MVP - Mobile Devices
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