Manage a Partnership settings question

I've been a Pocket PC user for years, but a former Palm Pilot user. I
recall that ActiveSync used to have a setting that let you choose how to
handle each individual device conflict under "Manage a Partnership". For
some reason, they removed that feature in WM6 (or actually, I think we lost
it after ActiveSync 3.8 - I think).

Why did Microsoft remove this granular level that worked so well in fixing
data conflicts, and give you only the choice of "Replace Items on Device" or
"Replace Items on Desktop". As a new Verizon Palm Treo 760wx user, there
are times when I update through my desktop, and times when I update through
the Treo. My "Replace Items on Device" will generally overwrite changes
that I've made from the Treo, which is very undesirable.

Is there a fix for this? For someone "in the know" like a Chris Herrera -
do you think Microsoft will ever address this? Do I need to find a 3rd
party solution to provide what I'd prefer to use?

Hi Paul,
With ActiveSync 4.x Microsoft removed features as well as improved security.
With subsequent releases they have not added back the features that existing
in 3.x. The particular issue you spoke about requires the user to answer a
prompt. Microsoft chose to avoid prompting the user. I do not have details
on why.

A way to deal with this is to use Intellisync from www.pumatech.com which
does allow you to prompt before replacing the items.

Also, please contact Verizon, Palm and Microsoft to voice your request. You
can contact Microsoft at to indicate you want a
feature.


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"Paul" <> wrote in message
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> I've been a Pocket PC user for years, but a former Palm Pilot user. I
> recall that ActiveSync used to have a setting that let you choose how to
> handle each individual device conflict under "Manage a Partnership". For
> some reason, they removed that feature in WM6 (or actually, I think we
> lost it after ActiveSync 3.8 - I think).
>
> Why did Microsoft remove this granular level that worked so well in fixing
> data conflicts, and give you only the choice of "Replace Items on Device"
> or "Replace Items on Desktop". As a new Verizon Palm Treo 760wx user,
> there are times when I update through my desktop, and times when I update
> through the Treo. My "Replace Items on Device" will generally overwrite
> changes that I've made from the Treo, which is very undesirable.
>
> Is there a fix for this? For someone "in the know" like a Chris Herrera -
> do you think Microsoft will ever address this? Do I need to find a 3rd
> party solution to provide what I'd prefer to use?