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Daiseyland · 04-15-06, 04:11 AM

I put this in another thread also, but thought I would post it here as well in case it could help you.

I FINALLY got my ActiveSync working on my new Dell XPS laptop - it drove me crazy for 3 days. My boss is mad and my kids are mad, but I'm doing a little dance amid piles of work and laundry that have been neglected while I've been battling the ActiveSync demons. (could not connect, could not find my device, all the same problems everyone else has, worked fine on the PC, would not connect with the laptop.)

Here is what I did after reading and rereading thousands of these threads and winging it myself:

1) I turned off my firewall.
2) uninstalled AS
3) hooked up cradle with USB, Axim X51 in cradle
4) installed ActiveSync from my 'Axim getting started CD'
5) went to Device Manager/Action/ scan for hardware changes
6) It found it! then I got a new message, asking for the drivers to be installed - hadn't seen that on any of these posts and threads. so...
7) installed the Axim drivers on the laptop and
BOOM
ActiveSync goes green, connects, gives me the sync options, I pick what I want synced and now I am going to go do laundry and finally take a shower.

I don't know if this will help anyone else, but I never saw all these suggestions in any thread, so maybe this will help someone else.

04-15-06, 04:11 AM	#15 (permalink)
Daiseyland Aximsite Prospect DAP Rookie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: a rock in Puget Sound Posts: 8 Device: I hate cell phones Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I put this in another thread also, but thought I would post it here as well in case it could help you. I FINALLY got my ActiveSync working on my new Dell XPS laptop - it drove me crazy for 3 days. My boss is mad and my kids are mad, but I'm doing a little dance amid piles of work and laundry that have been neglected while I've been battling the ActiveSync demons. (could not connect, could not find my device, all the same problems everyone else has, worked fine on the PC, would not connect with the laptop.) Here is what I did after reading and rereading thousands of these threads and winging it myself: 1) I turned off my firewall. 2) uninstalled AS 3) hooked up cradle with USB, Axim X51 in cradle 4) installed ActiveSync from my 'Axim getting started CD' 5) went to Device Manager/Action/ scan for hardware changes 6) It found it! then I got a new message, asking for the drivers to be installed - hadn't seen that on any of these posts and threads. so... 7) installed the Axim drivers on the laptop and BOOM ActiveSync goes green, connects, gives me the sync options, I pick what I want synced and now I am going to go do laundry and finally take a shower. I don't know if this will help anyone else, but I never saw all these suggestions in any thread, so maybe this will help someone else. __________________ Daiseyland To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.