Re: Cannot sync with 2 PCs

At 08 Aug 2007 15:39:55 +0200 Edmund Sackbauer wrote:

today I hard resetted my device, and deleted all partnerships on both
PCs.
Then I connected with my XP PC and the AS4.5 wizard for establishing a
partnership came up.
At first question, if I want to sync with Exchange server, I unchecked
this.
At second question, what to sync: Took all options except email and
Media.
Initial sync did work correctly.
Went to 2nd PC, but when WMDC sets up the new partnership, the options
for contacts, calendar and tasks were already grey, so I could not
choose to sync them ("Is already synced with 'Windows PC'").


Just for grins- and perhaps find the bug, what happens if you uncheck the
e-mail box in AS on the device (stop synching e-mail)? Are you then
allowed to synch calendar, contacts, etc. with the second PC? (I'm
wondering if the bug checks for a previous e-mail-synched PC then
roadblocks all PIM data in error.)

If deactivating e-mail synching works, at least you could work around
that (just recreate your POP/IMAP accounts on the PPC. I've never
personally found off-line e-mail synching to be a very satisfying
experience.)

As I found out I am by far not the only one with this problem. It seems
nobody has a solution.
I am really desperate now, because I work a lot from home, so its
essential for me to have my appointments at my home Outlook also.


Depending on your desperation level, you could toss money at the problem-
1&1.com offers hosted Exchange service for $7/month, IIRC. You could set
your calendar up on that, which would automatically keeps both PCs and
the PPC in sync at all times. (Not ideal, but it's an option.)

Regarding Inbox, it can be synced with only 1 PC, but that does not
affect calendar, contacts and task sync. At least it didnt on my
WM2003SE device.

You're right- this certainly sounds like a bug, and a big one at that!

Good luck!

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