RE: Device name changes on its own after sync with Vista

Sorry, I'm not much help, except to tell you that I'm having the EXACT same
problem. I sync with my Vista machine, then when I sync with my XP machine it
changes the device name to WINDOWSMOBILEXX, where XX is some incrementing
number. What I really love is that it creates a new synchronized file folder
each time.

Anyone from Microsoft listening?

"AD" wrote:

> Hi everybody!
>
> I have 2 PCs and a Windows Mobile 6 device (HTC 3600) used to sync
> between them. The two PCs are:
>
> 1. Desktop with Windows XP SP2 and ActiveSync 4.5
> 2. Laptop with Windows Vista and WMDC 6.1
>
> I set the name of my device to HTC_3600 in the device itself. Set up
> partnership and synchronize with XP, then with Vista. Then when I go
> back to XP, in ActiveSync I can see the name of my device has changed
> to WINDOWSMOBILE47.... If I rename it back to HTC_3600, it tries to
> create new partnership. I delete old partnership, create a new one,
> but after synchronizing with Vista, the device name changes again to
> WINDOWSMOBILE54.. Same thing with other devices - it changes their
> names to HTC29, and other random names....
>
> So I wonder if there's a way for Vista not to change the name of my
> mobile device? I want it called HTC_3600 and nothing else, and I want
> to be able to sync with other devices and name them to whatever is
> convenient for me. There's is no such problem if I sync between two
> computers running XP.
>
> Thank you!
>