I don't know how many of you have tried vista, but if anyone has, maybe you can help.

Running Vista RC2, the latest windows mobile device center, and a toshiba
branded usb bluetooth adapter.

I am able to sync fine with a usb cable. But I have been unable to
wirelessly sync my dell axim x30 pda with mobile device center through
bluetooth. The pda runs windows mobile 2003.

I have tried doing so with the generic bluetooth drivers windows installed
with the usb adapter and also the beta drivers toshiba has for vista, same
results. I create a partnership first in device center with the usb cable,
and then I disconnect and either used the toshiba bluetooth settings manager
or the control panel to find my pda and connect to it, which it does.
However, when I go through the menus in my pda to create an activesync
bluetooth connection, it also sees my pc, but after connecting with
activesync I always get the same error- service is not running on the pc etc.

I did this successfully on windows xp (I have a dual boot setup) with the
same hardware, using activesync on the pc. However, activesync allows you to
choose an incoming com port during setup that matches your pda's serial port
settings. Is this the stumbling block with mobile device center on vista? I
don't see any similiar option. The help file for setting up a bluetooth
connection with mobile device center makes it all sound so easy. What am I
missing?

My pda uses com ports 7 and 8 for incoming and outgoing, and this can not be
changed it seems.

same problem with me here.....
Vista Business and x51v ....
Cant sync with bluetooth.....using the windows or the widcomm stack

Same for me...

Vista Profesionnal edition and x51v don't seem to enjoy synching with bluetooth (which, honestly, is very very bad news IMO).

Has anyone managed to find a way to make it work ?

Mels

I 'm sorry I can't think of any particular instructions or steps I followed, but, in fact, my wife's X51V still had A01 on it, and I couldn't sync via cable (because I couldn't disable the advanced USB functionality), so I had to use Bluetooth and it just worked using Vista Business Final, WMDC beta 3.

I have since dual-booted into XP and flashed her X51V's ROM to A12, so she can now sync via cable. Of course, WMDC is now out of beta, as well.

Same problem here. I have Vista Ultimate and an x50v running WM2003SE. My Axim and Vista recognize the partnership on BT, but it will not sync.

Doug

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