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Posted by Chris De Herrera on December 19, 2005, 1:44 pm
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I'm glad to hear you got the problem worked out. I know it is complex.
As for the master, I suggest making changes to the same contact on only one
machine. That way it will sync to all others without a conflict. You can
connect a second PC however it does make synchronizing more complex. Now
you end up having to sync each device twice with each PC in order to make
sure it has the same data for the same reasons I outlined before. It get
more complex as the number of devices increases.
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> Chris,
> Thanks for your input.
>
> 1) I was using "sync by category" thinking that would only move those
> people to my SmartPhone. Once I learned ActiveSync moved ALL contacts but
> only tried to sync those categories, I changed to Sync All. The deletions
> didn't show up till 2-3 sync's after that.
>
> 2) I make sure the sync's complete before disconnecting. Been down that
> road, have that T-Shirt
>
> 3) Double initial sync is new to me. I will step thru sync'ing all devices
> one more time, trying to get all alike.
>
> Is there a preferred sync topography? Should one machine be the master or
> should I be able to carry the phone or PDA to any system OK? Or should it
> maybe be a constant straight line (Phone - Desktop - PDA - Second Desktop.
> Never connect phone to second desktop?)
>
> Or should I be able to connect the Phone or the PDA to either machine and
> make it work
>
> Again, thanks
>
> Paul P
>
>
>> Hi,
>> Are you using the option to sync the Contacts and Appointments by
>> category? This can present problems because you are using 2 devices.
>>
>> Also, is the synchronization completing each time you connect? If the
>> device is not able to keep the connection going, it can cause problems as
>> well.
>>
>> Finally, are you aware of the need to sync the first device twice to be
>> able to sync all the data on all devices? This is because the first sync
>> only gets the data on the first device and the desktop the same. When
>> the second device is synchronized, then the desktop and the second device
>> are current and the first device does not have any of the updates from
>> the second device. Then if you sync the first device again, they should
>> be all the same.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris De Herrera
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>>
>>>I am sync'ing a PDA (iPaq 2215), SmartPhone (MPx220), and two desktop
>>>computers (home and work). I am running into issues where contacts and
>>>appointments are getting deleted, without having made any changes to
>>>them. I am confident it is due to ActiveSync comparing time tags and
>>>misinterpreting the data.
>>>
>>> Is there potential of conflict with this many devices? is there a
>>> preferred connection procedure to keep this from happening.
>>>
>>> The desktops are running WindowsXP Pro/SP2, ActiveSync 3.8. SmartPhone
>>> is WinSmtPh2003.
>>>
>>> I've had to set my "autodelete upon exit" back to NO as an insurance
>>> policy.
>>>
>>> Can anyone point me in the direction of a solution?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Paul P
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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