There are umteen posts about the troubles we all have with Windows Mobile 5 and Activesync 4.x. I have my Axim X51v set up to Sync via USB and not the funky network emulation that is the default (set in Settings/Connection/USB to PC on the PDA). This workaround pertains to when Windows detects the hardware (i.e. the device does show in Device Manager) but Activesync doesn't activate. I noticed that when I take the PDA out of the cradle and then run the connection wizard in Activesync, the wizard would make the successfully detected sound if I placed the PDA back in the cradle during the detection phase.

So I thought, well Windows sees it, Activesync sees it, but the PDA never displays the "Connect To" progress indicator that shows up when the PDA syncs successfully. So I looked through the Windows directory on the PDA and I found that if I run repllog.exe Activesync will initiate on both the PDA and the PC and I get a sync. After this it seems to work even after soft-reset until I try to sync with another PC.

So, if you make a shortcut to the repllog.exe and place it somewhere that you can easily get to it, this might work for you too. I hope this helps relieve someone's frustration as it did for mine

So take a deep breath - in with the butterflies out with the bees - and relax so you can get back to the many other frustrations of life. Your PDA should not be one of them.

JaMMy

Nope, didn't work for me... didn't do anything...