Re: Contact and Calendar notes

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Thanks for that Paul. I'm away from the office for a while so I will have to
try it when I return. I will let you know for the record what i get.

Lou

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:

Yes, both PCs show in the Options dialog when the device is connected. Both
PCs have Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Notes, and Favorites selected for them,
yes. I had a problem with that when I first connected the device, but it
corrected itself. Sorry I don't remember the circumstances, but I don't
think that it involved uninstalling. Might have killed both partnerships on
the device and each PC and then started over. Might have been setting the
name, not to what ActiveSync wants it to be by default, but to "KJAM".
Might have been a later-than-release ROM update from Club iMate.

Paul T.

"Lou" <Lou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Paul,

Because I rambled on a bit before let me just clarify. Under the options
menu on either PC you have two PC's showing, Laptop and Desktop and under
each one you have the entries for Contacts, Calendar etc. Then for
example,
for contacts, your saying you have the box ticked under both your laptop
and
desktop. If this is the case then my installation is completely screwed. I
may have to uninstall the lot and start again.

Thanks

Lou

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:

No, I don't have to deselect one PC to sync anything. Both my laptop and
my
desktop are syncing contacts, calendar items, favorites, and notes with
the
K-Jam. I don't sync with the laptop very often, so it could be that with
daily syncing comes some problem that I don't see.

Paul T.

"Lou" <Lou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Paul,

The Notes I think we are both referring to are the notes that are
attached
to Contacts & Calendars (Outlook 2003 on both PC's). The changes are
straightforward with the change either being made on one PC or the
other
and
not on the device itself. If I just synch with one PC then it is quick.

What I find strange is the way you set the synching up between two PC's
with
Mobile 5.0. I mention this more for clarification though I'm sure that
what I
am about to write is the way it works. In previous versions of Pocket
PC's
you were asked whether you wanted to synch with one or two PC's when
you
setup the second connection. If you selected two then it would go ahead
and
sychronise the content and then under the option menu all you saw was
Calendar, Contacts email etc. Email could only be sychronised with one
PC
as
it is with Mobile 5.0 but all the other objects were just ticked and
they
would synch with both PC's. You did not see references to for both
PC's.

With Mobile 5.0 you see both PC's listed and for Contacts, Calendar and
Tasks you can only check the box under one PC at any one time having to
deselect the currently selected one which then comes up with a message
stating whether I would like to retain the information for the object
selected. Once I do this it then goes away and saves the settings which
can
take more then a minute. It then synchronizes and takes a while to
complete.
Is this the way it works on your's?

Sorry if it seems a daft question but it seems a step backwards to me
as
regards the previous versions of Pocket PC.

Thanks

Lou

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:

I use a K-Jam and sync with two computers with few problems. There
are
cases with notes where you edit a note on the device, sync with one
PC,
change the note again, maybe on the PC, sync the device with the other
PC,
then return to the first one and end up with multiple versions of the
note
Grocery List, Grocery List1 or something, but notes are relatively
reliable
for me.

What version of Outlook are you using? Same on both machines? You're
using
Notes created, not as separate files, but as Notes in Outlook, right?

I never had a WM2003 device, but syncing takes a relatively short
period,
after the initial sync to each PC (maybe a minute, if the PC is busy).

I think we're going to need a *lot* more information and investigation
before a solution becomes apparent. You might eliminate the
partnership
to
one PC on the device (via the ActiveSync application running on the
device),
and see if syncing with just the one partner does anything for your
performance. That's a pretty easy experiment (you'll want to delete
the
partnership on the other PC, too, before recreating it, for
cleanliness)...

Paul T.

"Lou" <Lou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jon,

I thought I was the only one getting this. I am getting various
problems
since upgrading to a WM5 device (I-Mate K-Jam) My previous Ipaq
synchronised
perfectly with the odd glitch now and then. For me as well as the
notes
not
synchronising, i also get deletions not carrying across and
synchronising
taking forever. I am synchronising with two PC's and I don't know
whether
the
speed issue is related to this as it synchronises with two PC's in a
completely different way to how it did it previously. Hopefully
someone
out
ther has a solution.

Lou

I've had a real nightmare with my phone since i upgraded from
WM2003
to
WM5
(m500 to M600) with contacts and appointments with notes note
syncing
up.
I
was using AS4.5 and office 2003.
I take on board the point made here:
Hi,
The problem with synchronizing Notes attached to Contacts and
Appointments
is related to their size. The comments field in Contacts and
Appointments
is limited on the Windows Mobile side to about 16k.

Chris De Herrera

but most of my notes are a couple of lines at the most.

I have solved the problem by exporting all my contacts and calendar
to
csv,
and then downgrading to outlook 2002 which came with the phone. I
now
have
all attached notes but an older version of outlook. Apparently if
you
upgrade to office 2007 it works too.

First of all why does this occur: i presume it's due to the
different
way
that 2003 handles the .pst file.

Secondly is there any way of going back to 2003.












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