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tdwilliams · 02-09-05, 05:05 AM

When I originally got my X50v, I set it up to sync with only my home machine. Yesterday, I decided to set up a seond partnership with my work PC.

Everything went fairly smoothly but I did encounter one strange problem. When I synced to my work machine, it duplicated every contact where there was a common contact on both the Axim and my work PC.

For example, if John Doe existed in my Axim contact list and it also existed in my desktop work PC contact list, I ended up with two separate entries for John Doe on both the Axim and on the desktop PC.

What worked just fine was when there was a contact on the Axim that was not on the desktop PC, a new contact entry was placed on the desktop PC. The same was true for contacts that were on my desktop PC but not on the Axim--the sync process created a contact entry on the Axim. Perfect!!

What surprised me was that the sync process apparently could not tell when an identical contact already existed on both the Axim and the desktop PC and it created duplicate entries.

Active sync only gave me two options when I synced, something like combine items or replace items. I chose combine because I had contacts on my PDA that were not on the desktop PC and vice versa and I wanted the sync process to have an end outcome where both the Axim and the desktop contained identical contact lists.

No big deal but I did have to delete about 90 duplicate contact entries. Did I do something wrong or is this normal behavior?

Thanks.

02-09-05, 05:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
tdwilliams Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland Posts: 75 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Contacts Duplicated When Syncing Between two PCs When I originally got my X50v, I set it up to sync with only my home machine. Yesterday, I decided to set up a seond partnership with my work PC. Everything went fairly smoothly but I did encounter one strange problem. When I synced to my work machine, it duplicated every contact where there was a common contact on both the Axim and my work PC. For example, if John Doe existed in my Axim contact list and it also existed in my desktop work PC contact list, I ended up with two separate entries for John Doe on both the Axim and on the desktop PC. What worked just fine was when there was a contact on the Axim that was not on the desktop PC, a new contact entry was placed on the desktop PC. The same was true for contacts that were on my desktop PC but not on the Axim--the sync process created a contact entry on the Axim. Perfect!! What surprised me was that the sync process apparently could not tell when an identical contact already existed on both the Axim and the desktop PC and it created duplicate entries. Active sync only gave me two options when I synced, something like combine items or replace items. I chose combine because I had contacts on my PDA that were not on the desktop PC and vice versa and I wanted the sync process to have an end outcome where both the Axim and the desktop contained identical contact lists. No big deal but I did have to delete about 90 duplicate contact entries. Did I do something wrong or is this normal behavior? Thanks.