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Posted by Raj Pillai on June 2, 2005, 9:05 pm
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Hi Lara,
The problem you are facing with respect to the partnership name is explained
here - http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/raj/PartnershipName.html
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Regards,
Raj Pillai
Microsoft MVP - Mobile Devices
http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/raj
>I am having trouble syncing with two computers. All of the buttons on my
>iPAQ recently stopped working so I had to reset the device. Once I had done
>so, I could not sync with my existing partnership on my home computer, so I
>deleted the old partnership from ActiveSync then created a new partnership
>with the same name and synced at home successfully. Now, when I try to sync
>with my work computer, it says I already have a partnership with that name
>and I need to create a new name. Even after I delete the partnership from
>Activesync on the work computer, it still is forcing me to create a new
>partnership. If I do so, then I will have two different
>partnerships/different names on the same device, which I can only assume I
>don't want in my case.
>
> This is not the first time that I have had one of my computers "confused"
> about partnerships. I always seem to find my way out of it, but it usually
> involves "combining" items on the device and one of the computers and
> going through and manually deleting all duplicates, a big hassle. I have
> not been able to find anything about syncing to two computers in help,
> microsoft site, other FAQs. Can anyone offer any advice on how to cleanly
> sync to two computers? Specifically, is there a way to truly "wipe out"
> any memory of partnerships on both computers and start anew? And is there
> a better way for me to handle this in the future?
>
> While I love my iPAQ and having MS programs this is getting very
> frustrating. I feel like my old Palm software handled this much better.
> Would appreciate any guidance on the topic...
>
> Critical info:
> Device = HP iPAQ 4350 w/ Pocket PC 2003 Prem
> Home PC: Windows XP Pro, Activesync v? (at least 3.8)
> Work PC: Windows XP Pro, Activesync v3.8.0, syncing to PC not Exchange
>
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