Re: Active Sync suddenly won't sync + Outlook behaving strangely

delete the old partnership and create a new one. use a different name for
yoru device.
this should solve your problem.

just be careful and remember to backup your PDA and your outlook pst files.
also make sure which device is going to be used to settle disputes in data.

hope this works.

i dont have problems with mine, am using

WinXP Pro SP2
Dell Axim x51v on WM5
Activesynch 4.2




allegro wrote:
After many years of using Outlook -- and using Outlook 2003 for several
years, continuously -- without a problem, it has suddenly started taking a
very long time to open messages when I click on them. Also, about one out of
every three times that I open Outlook, I get an error message saying that
Outlook was not closed properly and it goes through a lengthy routine of
ostensibly restoring my data file.

I always close Outlook properly. I never receive an error message when I
shut it down. I have tried every possible setting, many times, but nothing I
do has changed the above behavior in the least.

More importantly, my new HP iPAQ handheld computer (running Windows Mobile
5) has suddenly stopped syncing to my desktop pc (running Windows XP Pro). It
shows an error message saying that there was a "sync error" but does not give
an error code or say what caused it. (Not very helpful!). Now it tells me
that Windows is unable to communicate with the device and doesn't see it in
Windows Explorer, so I can't even drag files to it.

I have reinstalled ActiveSync several times -- wiping all my settings and
backed up handheld files. I have followed all the recommended remedies. And,
once again, absolutely nothing works. I tried different USB ports -- all of
which work fine with other devices -- disabled Windows firewall, etc.
Nothing, absolutely nothing, works. No viruses, spyware, etc. on this
machine. And, maddingly, nothing in online support that mentions this sort of
problem (for Outlook or Active Sync.)

In Outlook I have AVG anti-virus screening email. I also recently installed
Adobe Acrobat (Standard Edition). Both added buttons to Outlook's button bar.
But I have had successful syncs since then. No explanation for why this all
suddenly stopped working. No minidumps. No log entries, etc.

I really need a MS rep to look into this. Otherwise, I am going to return a
$500+ PDA to HP and buy a Palm.

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