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How to install software under Vista

I have tried to install a few programms but i always get the error message that active sync is missing. Unfortunately there is no active sync available for Vista.
Is there a solution for that?
Thanks

dosada said:
I have tried to install a few programms but i always get the error message that active sync is missing. Unfortunately there is no active sync available for Vista.
Is there a solution for that?
Thanks
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Windows Mobile Device Center, just google it
and READ the Wiki, you will find all you need
Good luck

Help a new owner out...

I really did search and can not find some very basic answers to some questions. Just got the Fuze and its my first WM phone.
What is the best way to back up this phone to my pc?
I have tried Windows mobile center, but for some reason cant check contacts. I also tried Sprite, but it seems I have to first download a program to my pc????
How do I download an app from my pc to it???? (is a cab the same thing as an app)?
When Im synced to my pc, how do I disconnect???? It doesnt show up in my safely remove hardware icon?
Dont worry... I wont even think about ROM stuff yet!
I appreciate any help...

Some EXE installs you install to your computer while the phone is synced and once its complete it will install to your phone. Cab files are the install's that you copy to the phone and run on the phone itself.
What all are you backing up? If you want a straight image I believe there is a quick tutorial around in the flashing hard SPL threads. Theres also a backup utility in the program's folder of the phone, I have not used it or done any backup yet so I cant say how easy either is.
To back up your contacts why not just sync the phone with outlook and have them copied over that way?

10332007 said:
Some EXE installs you install to your computer while the phone is synced and once its complete it will install to your phone. Cab files are the install's that you copy to the phone and run on the phone itself.
What all are you backing up? If you want a straight image I believe there is a quick tutorial around in the flashing hard SPL threads. Theres also a backup utility in the program's folder of the phone, I have not used it or done any backup yet so I cant say how easy either is.
To back up your contacts why not just sync the phone with outlook and have them copied over that way?
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Thanks for the response..
When I copy a cab file to the phone (im using file management... is that what I should be using????), which folder should I drop it in.
My main concern is contacts, but for some reason it wont allow me to check that box???

you can click on the link on my tag for a tutorial

just load the cab on the device, it'll install.
if you just want your contacts, sync it with wmdc it'll put your contacts in outlook (your outlook needs to have been configured for use)

sniperess said:
just load the cab on the device, it'll install.
if you just want your contacts, sync it with wmdc it'll put your contacts in outlook (your outlook needs to have been configured for use)
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Ahhhh. I dont have outlook.

chrisbjr said:
you can click on the link on my tag for a tutorial
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Thanks.... Ill take my questions there.

G-mail setup??

Does anyone know how to set up your g-mail without having the data plan from t-mobile. I am an att user and cannot figure out the answer to this. Whenever I try my g-mail account gets rejected and i just get a message that reads "There is a problem communicating with the google servers: This could be a temporary problem or your SIM card may not be provisioned for data services." I cannot enable wi-fi because i can't get past this stupid g-mail setup to get to the actual home screen.

Search google for AT&T APN settings. Or go to http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f41/how-to-use-your-g1-on-at-and-t-without-a-data-plan-8735/

Justin Mgbeokwere said:
Does anyone know how to set up your g-mail without having the data plan from t-mobile. I am an att user and cannot figure out the answer to this. Whenever I try my g-mail account gets rejected and i just get a message that reads "There is a problem communicating with the google servers: This could be a temporary problem or your SIM card may not be provisioned for data services." I cannot enable wi-fi because i can't get past this stupid g-mail setup to get to the actual home screen.
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See this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452316

JF i was trying to help him yesterday... sent him to your thread and he was having problems or said it was not working... if you look in the thread he tried but got stuck. :| since i dont know that method im no help

Thanks JF but I'm using vista so the new hardware wizard does not appear vista just automatically installs the drivers. When i uninstall them and attempt to apply the new ones it just automatically installs everything again. I do not know how to stop the automatic instillation of the standard driver for the G1.

Justin Mgbeokwere said:
Thanks JF but I'm using vista so the new hardware wizard does not appear vista just automatically installs the drivers. When i uninstall them and attempt to apply the new ones it just automatically installs everything again. I do not know how to stop the automatic instillation of the standard driver for the G1.
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neither do I. I don't use vista . sorry I can't help

Justin Mgbeokwere said:
Thanks JF but I'm using vista so the new hardware wizard does not appear vista just automatically installs the drivers. When i uninstall them and attempt to apply the new ones it just automatically installs everything again. I do not know how to stop the automatic instillation of the standard driver for the G1.
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Go into device manager > find the device > right mouse click > click update driver > then browse my computer > find the .inf file > then let it install > then use the device. I'm on Windows 7 M1, it's essentially the same.

card13 said:
Go into device manager > find the device > right mouse click > click update driver > then browse my computer > find the .inf file > then let it install > then use the device. I'm on Windows 7 M1, it's essentially the same.
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Vista just says that "windows has determined that the drivers for this device are up to date" and will not let me install any new ones or change the old ones.

What ver of Vista r u on?

card13 said:
What ver of Vista r u on?
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Windows vista home premium

Then ou could try deleting the inf file coppied into the driver dir. or just keep trying. Everytime I did it, it work, course I had Vista Enterprise.

Unable to sync with exchange

Hi all,
I tried almost everything but I cannot connect to my exchange account. With our IT we enabled OMA, OWA also, I installed the self-signed certificate on my Touch Pro, tried with and without SSL, erased the account on the device to create it from scratch, read all the posts, googled and tried what suggested but still get connecting for a while and then Error Synchronizing (built-in e-mail client), when I switch to active sync and view status I get "Synchronization couldn't be completed. Try again later" and Support code says 0x80072F17 (certificate related). WHen I set up my iPhone with the account details I sync without problem all the mails with subfolders...Any help?

snekoza said:
Hi all,
I tried almost everything but I cannot connect to my exchange account. With our IT we enabled OMA, OWA also, I installed the self-signed certificate on my Touch Pro, tried with and without SSL, erased the account on the device to create it from scratch, read all the posts, googled and tried what suggested but still get connecting for a while and then Error Synchronizing (built-in e-mail client), when I switch to active sync and view status I get "Synchronization couldn't be completed. Try again later" and Support code says 0x80072F17 (certificate related). WHen I set up my iPhone with the account details I sync without problem all the mails with subfolders...Any help?
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i had the same problem and later i realized that there two different reasons for this problem. but before i can help i need to know two things. 1st what rom and build version r u using? 2nd what version of htcalbum r u using?

Thank you for the quick rsponse, I hope you can help me. The ROM version is 1.90.401.1 WWE, Radio 1.02.25.19, as for album I have the version that was originally distributed (I could find any version number), BTW it is very slow on loading.

snekoza said:
Thank you for the quick rsponse, I hope you can help me. The ROM version is 1.90.401.1 WWE, Radio 1.02.25.19, as for album I have the version that was originally distributed (I could find any version number), BTW it is very slow on loading.
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so you don't have a cooked rom or an updated verison of htc album of 2.5 or 3.0?

nothing, everything as shipped.

snekoza said:
nothing, everything as shipped.
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then i don't know, my problem had to do with a cooked rom and after upgrading to htcalbum 2.5, sorry

Make sure you have the correct root certificate as well. Im using a free ssl cert from Startcom and I have to have both the Intermediate and Root certs installed for it to work because by default the root cert isnt there. You can check this out by Start > Settings > Certificates.

Ren13B I have just intermediate cert installed, the one that OWA is using, self-signed. Can you tell me more about how to make it appear in ROOT tab?

snekoza said:
Ren13B I have just intermediate cert installed, the one that OWA is using, self-signed. Can you tell me more about how to make it appear in ROOT tab?
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The fastest way I've seen to do this is search for a Microsoft tool called "SSLChainSaver". There are instructions on the site for using it, but the short form is:
Code:
sslchainsaver.exe [I]<exchange hostname>[/I]
This creates a directory with the certificates, and also creates two XML files containing the full certificate chain, one for Windows Mobile 5, and one for WinMo 6.
Find the XML file you want (<exch. server>.wm6.xml, probably), copy to _setup.xml, and make it a .CAB file:
Code:
copy exchserver.wm6.xml _setup.xml
makecab certs.cab _setup.xml
This creates a .CAB file you can download directly to your phone containing all the necessary SSL certificates for your server.
Hope that helps...

It seems there is something wrong with our OWA certificate, I found out that issuer has to be same as subject which is not, so even the tool work smoothly it could not get the root cert...Strange that iPhone has no problem with that but WM6 does:-(

Help with sync configuration

i just buy wp7 yesterday, i was no idea how to sync it to the pc.
i heard that you need zune to sync with it like itunes. i'm installed it once, but it cannot update and say 'connection error, restart software'.
so i reinstalled again, but stuck at 100%.
a lot in the internet say that their os was XP of vista, and no windows 7 (and i'm using w7).
please, share with me how things are working here. thanks

i was able to sync and I have windows 7.
-make sure ZUNE is up to date
-you may get better results using the USB cable that came with the phone
-if you have more than one, try them all.
-you may get better results using the USB ports on the back of the PC

ScreenMode said:
i just buy wp7 yesterday, i was no idea how to sync it to the pc.
i heard that you need zune to sync with it like itunes. i'm installed it once, but it cannot update and say 'connection error, restart software'.
so i reinstalled again, but stuck at 100%.
a lot in the internet say that their os was XP of vista, and no windows 7 (and i'm using w7).
please, share with me how things are working here. thanks
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Have ya configured your phone already, a Live account and all that jazz ?
I have Windows 7, so that is not your problem... make sure your Zune is workling properly and if needed download a new version and reinstall it. Syncing Zune and WP7 is a pretty straight forward thing.

i'm already did that, it's just now i am trying to "reinstall" zune because it cannot update my windows phone 7 (version with no copy-cut-paste)
my zune installer is "downloading update at 100%" and stuck, no solution on the internet. some say to go back to xp (LOL)
for sync-ing my wp is no problem because it is straight forward

ScreenMode said:
my zune installer is "downloading update at 100%" and stuck, no solution on the internet. some say to go back to xp (LOL)
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Like I said, I have Windows 7 x64 and the system runs great and no problems with Zune.
In you Windows try and create a new use with admin rights and try and install Zune in that user area, or use System Restore to roll back to a few days back... telling you to format and reinstall Windows 7 should be a last resort.

What "update" are you trying to install?

Avandor said:
Like I said, I have Windows 7 x64 and the system runs great and no problems with Zune.
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that's what i was worried about, it should be no problem, but why there's problem?
What "update" are you trying to install?
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nothing, i'm trying to install, but the installer say updating, maybe i got old version package.
new problem here: i'm already download new package for installation, and i stuck at this point "preparing you computer, installing the zune sofware", so i think i have to contact zune for this problem
update: i just got the solution form help forum, apparently he say "just hit spacebar", and it work, feel like slap the software to wake up.
but now the software doesn't installed properly, no shortcut in the desktop

ScreenMode said:
new problem here: i'm already download new package for installation, and i stuck at this point "preparing you computer, installing the zune sofware", so i think i have to contact zune for this problem
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How long have you had that current installation of you Windows 7 ?
It might be a problem with your OS and not Zune... like I said, create a new user with admin right and install from there, Restore System to an older date.
If all fails, might be time for a fresh Windows 7 install.

Avandor said:
How long have you had that current installation of you Windows 7 ?
It might be a problem with your OS and not Zune... like I said, create a new user with admin right and install from there, Restore System to an older date.
If all fails, might be time for a fresh Windows 7 install.
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sorry for not doing that directly, i don't know what happen to me.
i am tried new account, it says "zune already on latest version"
how can i do the restore system thing?

ScreenMode said:
sorry for not doing that directly, i don't know what happen to me.
i am tried new account, it says "zune already on latest version"
how can i do the restore system thing?
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Accessories, System Tools and you should have System Restore there. Try and restore to an older point in time, see if that helps.
When all else fails... format c:

system restore didn't have any effect at all. format is the only option left, i give up on this software.
i just don't want to waste anymore time, i'll use wp7 connector for mac instead.
thank you very much for everyone here for spending time to answer me. operator may closed this post in peace.