Re: Partnership lost on PC side

Hi,
You have to delete the existing partnership on the PC or rename the device
and connect.

Answers:

1. You start over on synchronization - you may choose to merge the data and
look for duplicates.
2. No - you can delete the partnership (file - delete partnership) instead
of renaming it.
3. Sprite restore usually works off a flash disk. So it should still work.
I suggest making a backup before renaming the device.

One last thought - either way (rename or delete partnership) you may be
setting up a second partnership with the iPAQ. So what this means is that
you may have to delete a partnership if you have been synchronizing with 2
PCs or you will have a second partnership. In the case of the second
partnership you may have other limitations such as you cannot delete the
partnership on the device and you may not be able to sync Inbox with the
second partnership.


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"Beemer" <> wrote in message
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>I use ActiveSync 3.7.1 to synchronise my iPAQ 5550 to my desktop and
>Outlook 2003. For years all has been well but two days ago synch failed
>and it appears that I have lost my only partnership. I can partner as a
>guest and all files on my iPAQ are still present including Sprite backup.
>I do not have a current backup on my PC.
>
> I reinstalled ActiveSync 3.7.1 (I do not want to use 4.5) but cannot
> establish the partnership with the old iPAQ name. It asks me to use a new
> name as the old one is in use.
>
> My questions are:
>
> (a) what happens after I choose a new name?
> (b) do I first have to change the name on the ppc?
> (c) assuming I reestablish a partnership should this allow me to use the
> Sprite restore file to restore all my programs?
>
> Beemer
>