[missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Still fighting ActiveSync

[Ken]

Ok, need more help , one last try before the Toshiba Pocket PC becomes 
a Frisbee.

I-Book Dual USB 700mhz
OS 10.2.8

Virtual PC 5.04
Microsoft ActiveSync 3.7.1
Installed Toshiba driver downloaded from Toshiba

MissingSync works just fine, wish I could use only it, but need to send 
files and do most software installs through the Virtual PC side.

Run Connection Wizard, says USB is available , but device not 
recognized.   But when I first connected the PocketPC after another 
reinstall, VPC Windows recognized the new device and said that it was 
ready to use.

On Virtual PC , "Settings for Windows XP"   USB is enabled, box is 
checked, and says "Unknown USB Device"

When I drop the PocketPC into its cradle , it attempts to connect , 
tries to connect 4 times , and gives up.

PocketPC  connection settings are : "connect to internet using these 
settings:  Internet Settings
                                                                   "when 
needed , automatically connect to work using these settings:: Work 
Settings
                                                                   "my 
network card connects to: Work

Have two different cradle setups: one at home and one at office, but 
all working through one I-Book.

Who knows what unintended consequences may have come up because of the 
literally hundreds of attempts that I have made to make this work?  At 
least a dozen reinstalls of ActiveSync in both 3.5 off the original CD  
and 3.7 downloaded from Microsoft.

Wish I could just work using MissingSync, and the files and programs 
that it can install, but that is just not realistic, based upon what I 
ned the PocketPC to do.  It does a great job with the I-Apps, but has a 
real problem with the Virtual PC side, and ActiveSync.

Thanks in advance.

Ken Heins
Coldwell Banker Real Estate