Hi - I'm having many issues with the new Sync Center (Windows Mobile
Device Center) software being used with Windows Vista. I'm thinking
that it has to do with software compatibility issues when syncing
between the following:
1. My Home PC - Windows Vista w/ Sync Center & MS Outlook 2007
2. My Work PC - Windows XP SP2 w/ ActiveSync 4.5 & MS Outlook 2007
3. My HP iPAQ PDA - Windows Mobile 2003 2nd Edition w/ Active Sync
I'm wondering if others are having similar issues and/or if I'm just
missing something obvious (maybe a software upgrade needed on my
PDA?). This all worked fine before I upgraded my home PC from XP SP2
to Vista a few weeks back. Here's a summary of the issues that I'm
hitting:
A. Conflict resolution - when I update items on different devices &
sync to my home PC, Sync Center does not detect the conflicts. Instead
it overwrites the items on my mobile device and is losing my updates.
It does not allow me to chose what version to keep.
B. Sync Center deletes calendar entries when rescheduling - if I
reschedule a calendar item on my work PC or PDA, my home PC has issues
and deletes the items completely!
C. Sync Center skipping/overwriting PDA tasks when moving target dates
- again Sync Center blows away PDA changes & replaces them w/ old
copies from Vista PC; does not warn of conflict & allow for choice to
resolve
D. Sync Center not handling closed tasks - if I close a task on my PDA
or work PC, it does not get synced to my home PC - despite the fact
that I have set Sync Center to sync all tasks (including closed items)
E. Can't close/complete PDA tasks after syncing w/ Vista pc - PDA runs
out of memory w/ nothing else running; to work around this, I need to
sync the PDA with my XP SP2 machine, which appears to reset some flag
on the device to fix the issue.
F. Can't have blank start date for tasks on PDA after Vista sync - PDA
sets start date = complete date & can't change 1 without affecting the
other; again to fix this, I need to sync the PDA with my XP SP2
machine, which appears to reset some flag on the device to fix the
issue.
I am an IT professional and have been in this industry for about 15
years. While I'm not surprised that there are some issues (it comes
with the territory for being an early adopter of new technology), I'm
still shocked that there are so many issues with this and Vista in
general. It kind of reminds of what things were like with Windows ME!
I'm kind of wishing that I had just waited for Vista SP1 to come out
first before upgrading. Please help.
Thanks,
Chris
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