goddess of go

I have been syncing my Axim with my laptop successfully since I established the partnership a few months ago. Just today when I went to sync it I got recognized as a Guest and it didn't sync. I could browse the device, but could not figure out how to get it to sync. I have no clue what to do.

I had this problem on my desktop awhile back. When I first bought the Axim I synced it with the desktop only and really didn't use the device until my Visor died. At that time I went to start using it and it would not sync and I could not figure out how to get it working with the desktop. That was when I gave up on the desktop and established a partnership with the laptop, which actually was a good idea because I hardly use the desktop.

What should I do?

I backed up the device as a guest. It was the first time I ever backed it up. Should I just do a hard reset and hope I can establish the partnership on the laptop and reinstall the backup?

I hardly have any actual data on the unit because I decided to start from scratch when I started using the device rather than try to move my data from the Visor backup. I have programs on it but they would be easy enough to reinstall.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Terri

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ikehiker

Check out the 'Guest Issues' section of this web page. In particular, the reinstall/repair IE6 described in no. 4.

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goddess of go

Do these "guest" issues assume that you are connecting as a guest deliberately? I never tried to connect as a guest. I simply tried to sync and found that I was a guest against my own will so to speak.

Terri

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goddess of go

I am using Windows XP and there is something there about making changes to the registry which I can't imagine doing.

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ikehiker

You're right it's not clear but I do believe they (especially the #4 IE issue) refers to non-purposeful guest connections.

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goddess of go

Wow! I am really happy.

This worked...

If you connect as GUEST, then click the start button and select the “run” option and type “syncmgr /quit”. Then turn off your Pocket PC and turn it on again.

Amazing. Thanks for the link.

Terri

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