Re: Vista <-> Pocket PC synchronization problems

I can't even get Windows Mobile Device Center to recognize my Ipaq 4150.
Vista is not ready for primetime!!!!


"AD" <> wrote in message
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> Dear all,
>
> I have various problems with Windows Mobile Device Center, but
> basically it refuses to identify my Qtek 9100 device as connected and
> consequently doesn't sync.
>
> Installed:
> - Windows Vista Enterprise x86 (32-bit)
> - WMDC Beta 3
> - MS Office 2007
>
> - have administrator rights
>
> Now here's the situation:
> I created a partnership and synced all data OK only the first time.
> After that there's a plethora of ways things can go wrong, but none
> right. Here's just some examples of what happens when I put Qtek 9100
> in the cradle (BTW, as a storage, both internal and storage card it is
> recognized OK)
>
> 1. Error from Microsoft Office Outlook
>
> X The profile name is not valid. Enter a valid profile name.
>
> It gives me options of OK and Cancel. OK leads to COntrol Panel's Mail
> item which suggest to rename the standard Outlook mail profile.
> Changing it leads to all sorts of ugly things I don't even want to get
> into. If Cancel is chosen the following message appears:
>
> Windows Mobile Device Center
>
> ! Synchronization cannot be started because you are not able to log on
> to the network and access information. Restart your desktop computer
> and synchronize again. If problem persists, contact your network
> administrator.
>
> OK
>
> 2. Outlook
>
> X Unspecified error.
>
> Yep. As plain as that.
>
> 3. On Qtek 9100:
>
> :MSSYNCAPP
> The file ':MSSYNCAPP' cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a
> trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. You
> might need to reinstall or restore this file.
>
> This happened only once, though, and was gone after Qtek soft reset.
>
> 4. Scan New Document
> ! Microsoft Office Document Scanning does not support this type of
> device.
>
> This one is funny. It thinks my Qtek is a scanner which it doesn't
> support Maybe Microsoft Windows Mobile Remote Adapter which is
> installed at first sync has some kind of conflict with scanner driver
> or even the Office Document Scanning part of Office 2007.
>
> 5. Windows Media Player - Device Setup
> 1,8 Gb Storage Card
>
> This one is OK. Media Player recognized my 2GB Mini SD card which I
> have in Qtek.
>
> 6. Nothing happens, except for the sound which tells me USB (storage)
> device was inserted and recognized.
>
>
> 7. Sometimes miracle happens and it recongnizes Qtek in the cradle, but
> that does not usually help cause I get one of the following:
>
> Sync Center arrows keep spinning forever saying sync in progress.
> Sync Center continues synchronizing after I took Qtek out of cradle.
> (sometimes opening WMDC and clicking small, green sync button stops the
> sync and says it's completed)
> Sync Center says device is disconnected when Qtek is in cradle (that's
> what I described before)
> Sync Center starts synchronization when nobody asked it to, and no
> changes were made in Outlook or elsewhere to promtp it to sync.
>
> What I've tried:
> 1. Rebooting Vista.
> 2. Soft resetting Qtek 9100.
> 3. Removing WMDC and WMDC Beta 3; then reinstalling just WMDC Beta 3
> 4. Deleting partnerships; rebooting; re-syncing (helps just on first
> sync)
> 5. Deleting and reinstalling Local Area Connection (Microsoft Windows
> Mobile Remote Adapter) in Network Connections
> 6. Reinstalling Office 2007 - full install
>
> What I plan to try:
> 1. Reinstalling Office 2007 without some components such as Document
> Scanning
> 2. Finding third party sync software (if it exists for Vista)
> 3. Waiting for an update to WMDC
>
> In the meanwhile, I would appeciate any suggestions (eg. registry
> fixes, replacing files on PC and Qtek, etc.) and other guru stuff.
>
> Thank you!
>
> AD
>
> ps. don't know where my question fits, so just in case, cross-posting
> to microsoft.public.outlook, microsoft.public.office,
> microsoft.public.pocketpc, microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync,
> microsoft.public.windows
>