Thanks for your reply, Raymond. It raises the possibility that my problem may
be related to Outlook. I am running Outlook 2007, and have run diagnostics on
it
with no indication of any problem. One odd thing though, is scanpst does not
seem to be a valid command on my system, even though it was part of the Vista
WMDC Troubleshooting FIP.--

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..."


"Raymond" wrote:

> I believe basically everybody with PDA will have problem syncing with
> Outlook. Mine was initially working but somehow it changed by itself. Now I
> can no longer sync with any data like contacts, calendar, notes, etc.
> How come Microsoft is keeping this major problem quiet?
> I have Vista home premium desk top, Mobile device center 6.1 installed and
> Dell Axim 50V with Mobile 2003 second edition installed syncing thru cradle.
> I also lost all data in my PDA while I was trying to sync with Outlook.
> I have talked to MS support out of India but it was total waste.
>
> "cleverusername" wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> > Thanks for reading my post, and to any of you who choose to respond, thank
> > you for your consideration.
> > I am having a problem with WMDC, where it randomly fails to recognize my
> > device, forces me to create a new partnership, and erases data from my
> > calendar and contacts created since my last successful sync.
> >
> > It seems to be independent of my device, and it's operating system. (It has
> > happened with my Cingular 8125, running WM5, and my ATT 8525, running WM6
> > Pro.) It doesn't seem to have anything to do with reboots of my desktop, or
> > soft-resets of my device.
> >
> > I have gone through the WMDC troubleshooting FIPs, and read many posts in
> > this and other forums, but not had any luck. I tried a clean reinstallation
> > of WMDC 6.1 with my firewall down and antivirus disabled. I am now waiting
> > for it to happen again. (It's intermittent.)
> >
> > This problem is not only annoying, but is making me doubt my decision to
> > switch to a PDA from a paper calendar. Any advice or insight would be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > "They couldn''t hit an elephant at this dist..."