+Firth of Forth Posted November 1, 2005 Posted November 1, 2005 My Dell PDA synchronised perfectly with my old laptop. Then I bought a new desktop. When I connect the PDA cradle to the desktop, activesynch starts up, takes forever to work through the process of looking for changes and then querying whether to combine the files etc, and eventually ends up giving me an error message that synchronisation was not possible. The troubleshooter is no use at all. It makes no difference whether I connect through a USB hub or directly into the back of the computer. I hope someone out there has a possible solution to this as it's beginning to seriously annoy me! Quote
+Naefearjustbeer Posted November 1, 2005 Posted November 1, 2005 I take it you have tried the little reset button on the pda? I had something similar with my Axim a while ago. Quote
+Renegade Knight Posted November 1, 2005 Posted November 1, 2005 I had this issue with my Axim. So I did a hard reset and started over. Then tracked each piece of software to see if that was the problem. Finally I had one peice of software left and so that was the one causing the problem. Naturally it was the most expensive one I've got and they don't seem to know how to fix the problem. Still if you are getting this issue from a fresh PDA...About all you can do is uninstall Active Sync and start over. You can try upgrading active sync first and see if that helps. Quote
+Firth of Forth Posted November 1, 2005 Author Posted November 1, 2005 Yes - I tried that, several times to no avail. I don't know if its significant, but when I was in Australia the charge ran low, the PDA went blank and only restarted after being charged by pressing the reset button. Quote
+Naefearjustbeer Posted November 1, 2005 Posted November 1, 2005 does it still sync ok on your laptop? Quote
+Naefearjustbeer Posted November 1, 2005 Posted November 1, 2005 Yes - I tried that, several times to no avail. I don't know if its significant, but when I was in Australia the charge ran low, the PDA went blank and only restarted after being charged by pressing the reset button. turn it upside down then press the reset Quote
+Moote Posted November 1, 2005 Posted November 1, 2005 This can happen if the process is blocked by your firewall be that Windows or a Third Party firewall, the process which you need to give access through the firewall is called wcescomm.exe (If I remember correctly) I think that I will add a section into my PPC guide about PPC issues such as this. Also if the PDA is connected to a USB1 connection that can cause problems. Milton (aka Moote) Quote
+Firth of Forth Posted November 1, 2005 Author Posted November 1, 2005 does it still sync ok on your laptop? Yep! Quote
+Firth of Forth Posted November 1, 2005 Author Posted November 1, 2005 Yes - I tried that, several times to no avail. I don't know if its significant, but when I was in Australia the charge ran low, the PDA went blank and only restarted after being charged by pressing the reset button. turn it upside down then press the reset One of the caches that I did in Australia required the cacher to take a compass bearing from a particular point. It took me some minutes to remember that I was down under and had to reverse everything and point the compass needle towards South instead of North. Quote
+Firth of Forth Posted November 1, 2005 Author Posted November 1, 2005 Still if you are getting this issue from a fresh PDA...About all you can do is uninstall Active Sync and start over. You can try upgrading active sync first and see if that helps. Oh boy!! Thanks Renegade Knight. Simply upgrading activesync did the trick!! What a happy cacher I am now. Quote
+Moote Posted November 2, 2005 Posted November 2, 2005 (edited) Still if you are getting this issue from a fresh PDA...About all you can do is uninstall Active Sync and start over. You can try upgrading active sync first and see if that helps. Oh boy!! Thanks Renegade Knight. Simply upgrading activesync did the trick!! What a happy cacher I am now. Yes this is correct, upgrading ActiveSync to 3.7 and will allow access through The Windows Firewall included in XP SP2 without any further intervention as it was designed to blast through without causing a problem. Milton (aka Moote) Edited November 2, 2005 by Moote Quote
+Learned Gerbil Posted November 2, 2005 Posted November 2, 2005 One of the caches that I did in Australia required the cacher to take a compass bearing from a particular point. It took me some minutes to remember that I was down under and had to reverse everything and point the compass needle towards South instead of North. Did you reverse the polarity of the compass? Or just switch the Earth's magnetic field? Quote
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