hi guys, just a quick and simple question.....
in windows vista, if i sync up and sync all contacts, where does it store this info, in xp it saved these contacts to my outlook, but on vista, alli have is windows mail and there are no contacts in there, i cannot seem to find them anywhere and need to know this works before loosing all my contacts with an upgrade.
i actually posted this somewhere else, i think it was the wrong forum, so added another here...
This forum is mainly for running Windows Mobile 6 on the HTC Universal.
However, here is how I understand it: If you don't run Outlook on your Vista machine, you can't sync your contacts or calendar... and that is REALLY stupid since Vista HAS a Calendar built-in!
For contacts, check in the 'Contacts' folder under your Username (click Start -> (username) and then Contacts. If it's not there, I don't know where it goes. I bought Outlook.
checked that, windows mail, no contacts, windows contacts, no joy, i even had a copy of microsoft office 2007 running the other day and still didnt work.
has anyone got any contacts synced up with vista??
I used to have Vista running with Office 2007 and it synced ok to Office, but after a couple of syncs it stopped recognising the device. After a lot of playing around, I came to the conclusion that Vista sucks the proverbial ass and is not really ready for release yet, so I downgraded again to XP.
My flatmate has stuck with Vista and is having the same problems on his Wizard. I do think it's a problem with Vista more than WMDC or the phone. Vista's 'Security' features render it pretty unstable at accepting communication with most devices as nearly no drivers are at WHQL level yet, even the inbuilt M$ drivers. (That's purely my own opinion, thousands disagree with me!).
Sorry I can't be more help.
SpyderTracks said:
Sorry I can't be more help.
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no worries fella, any information is good, i must admit vista has its good points, but fails on many needed values, especially when connecting devices with there own software.
unfortunatly, i had no choice in the matter of getting vista, my old laptop died and i couldnt get hold of a new one fast enough that still had xp installed. i didnt even get a backup copy of vista to downgrade then upgrade at a later date. oh well.
i heard about people using a virtual machine to run RUU for upgrading devices, i might give this a go... its a pain in the arse, but i really dont want to loose all my contacts....
My Universal seems to be syncing with Office 2k7 just fine. I haven't tried in a couple of days, but I'll give it a shot tonight just to make sure everything is working okay. I'm even running as a non-administrator.
Once you have Office installed you just need to make sure that the boxes are checked in mobile device manager. Have you installed the device manager update? (links towards the bottom of the page). That might help a bit.
i was running Vista since it RTMed and i have had no problems syncing Universal with WMDC, even when it was in Beta stage. Now with fully updated WMDC and Office 2007 Pro i cant see any better partnership for my device. everything syncs just perfectly. And i will never go back to Active Sync or XP for that matter. Vista, Office2007, WMDC are soooooooo much better.
I AM LOVING IT....
its all sorted now, thanks for your help guys.
i just reinstalled office 07 and repaired device as a new device, ticked contacts and it worked.
woohoo
Syncing with Wondows Calendar/Contacts
Right, I've got Vista on my new laptop but have no intention in acuiring Outlook 2007 for it (at the moment I'm running Office Home and Student 2007 - no Outlook any more, just Onenote, don't get me wrong I love Onenote!) I was just planning on using Windows Live Desktop Mail and Windows Contacts on my laptop as I have a desktop running the full Office Auite. However, I would like my hpone to be able to sync contacts and calendar onto my laptop.
Does anyone know of a 3rd party app which allows for WMDC to sync with the built in Calendar and Contacts within Vista?
Currently my Desktop in running Office 2003 and Active Sync 4.1 on a XP Home SP2 OS.
My laptop is running Office 2007 and WMDC on Vista Home Premium.
My phone is a T-Mobile Vario II running WM5. I'd love to upgrade to WM6 but I'm a bit worried to use a home brew as I don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to switching. I just wish T-Mobile would support the Vario II the same as the have done the Dash!
Any suggestions for keeping all my contacts and calendar up to date across all three devices?
Hi guys,
Ive been using HTC for 8 months now and I did not had any problems in synchronization w/ the PC.
I just changed my operating system to Vista and right now, I can't sycn contacts calendars and emails.
Help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Vista uses different sync software to xp
Look here http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/help/synchronize/device-center-download.mspx
Good luck
Ive read that active sync cannot sycnhronize windows 6.5. do you have any other tool to synchronize contacts?
jhuntarun said:
Ive read that active sync cannot sycnhronize windows 6.5. do you have any other tool to synchronize contacts?
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I have synced 6.5 when I flashed back to the stock rom when I sold on my wizard yesterday
jhuntarun said:
Ive read that active sync cannot sycnhronize windows 6.5. do you have any other tool to synchronize contacts?
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Active Sync and WMDC both can sync WM 6.5.
If your having issues try Microsoft MyPhone.
It stores your stuff online and you can sync up anytime.
I am a new convert to an HTC Hermes - very impressed with the forum and the help available. I have decided to stay with WM5 for the moment, but have flashed HardSPL. I have synced with Outlook using Activesync 4.5 with XP and everything looks good.
On Monday I installed Windows 7, on a separate hard drive, installed Office 2003 and then WMDC. I connected the Hermes, and drivers were automatically installed. Everything looks fine, with WMDC saying connected and a sync took place. But there the happy story ends....
WMDC says a sync has taken place, but the contents of my Hermes has not made it to Outlook. I have scoured this forum and the web, and it is clear that some people are very frustrated with WMDC, but other folks have no problems.
Can anyone point me at a guide or similar which can help me diagnose the problem?
I am considering installing XP Mode and running Activesync 4.5 from there and am happy to report back progress on that.
For those who may have been interested in this thread, I managed to crack the problem today. Took lots of Google searching, some of it looking for the correct question to ask . There are a lot of very upset people out there .
One bi-product of being able to sync was that I managed to move all my contact and calendar data from Outlook 2003 on XP to Outlook 2003 on Windows 7. Much better than playing with .pst files .
And? any references to how you did it?
Hi Bellandbottle,
Could you please enlighten us too, on how you solved the problem, or where to find the solution? That would be more helpful than just knowing you solved the problem!! TIA!
Hi Guys,
I have O2 XDA Orbit 2 (HTC Polaris). I had all the contacts sync with Win xp earlier and was working fine. I got a Win 7 machine which replaced the win xp now and while starting a new sync it asked me to remove the old partnership and create new. After removing the old partnership and creating a new on with Windows Mobile center I found that all the contacts are gone. Now I don't have the contacts in PC as the windows xp machine is also formatted.
Can anyone please help me on how to restore the contacts?
Thanks
Hi everybody,
My Windows Mobile Device Center no longer detects Outlook... :sad:
I have a HTC Diamond with Eto.Y rom installed. My operating system is Windows 7 with Office 2010 installed (x86 version).
The weirdest part is that yesterday everything was working fine, but today the wmdc is not detecting outlook. The options to sync the calendar and contacts are disabled and it shows a message saying "Outlook has not been installed".
I've searched the web already, although I wasn't able to solve my problem...
->I've already uninstalled office and wmdc, and installed it back again.
->I've already run "fixmapi.exe"
->I've run SCANPST in the outlook folder
->Redone the partnerships
And still, no luck...
I would deeply appreciate some new ideas in order to fix my problem.
I've been all day searching and trying different solutions. Thanks in advance!
I'm sure I've read about this before, it's that WMDC is just not compatible with Outlook 2010.
xaccers said:
I'm sure I've read about this before, it's that WMDC is just not compatible with Outlook 2010.
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From what I extensively read, it doesn't work when Office 2010 version is x64.
It was working before and it's already working now! I've solved my problem by creating a new profile...
Somehow the old profile got corrupted.
Thanks anyway!