Palm Fixes HotSync Problems with Windows 2000
Palm has released an upgrade to the Palm Desktop to solve the HotSync problems many Windows 2000 users have complained about, especially the inability to sync via infrared. The upgrade also fixes a problem in which some Win2K computers may not undock properly if an older version of the HotSync manager is running and it corrects the problem in which the PC may lock up if the HotSync Manager is running and the cradle is connected to the computer.
If you install this upgrade, please share your experiences with the rest of us.
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RE: Visor compatible?
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Hotsync problems with Windows ME!
RE: Hotsync problems with Windows ME!
RE: Hotsync problems with Windows ME!
Try installing the Palm Desktop after uninstalling it first. Then Hotsync, it might just work. Good luck.
RE: Hotsync problems with Windows ME!
RE: Hotsync problems with Windows ME!
RE: Hotsync problems with Windows ME!
I figured out the problem with the Windows ME - Palm Vx IR Hotsync error I was getting since upgrading from Windows 98 to Windows ME. To fix the error, I turned off ALL of the Wireless Link option so that the application does NOT pop up on the screen. Now, I can IR Hotsync again. It appears that this new windows tool blocks the Palm hotsync from working.
RE: Hotsync problems with Windows ME!
Installed successfully
Boosting the COM1 port speed in HotSync Manager to 115200 makes my syncs as fast as using the cradle. This is great since I leave my cradle at work and currently use a HotSync cable on my laptop. Now I can IR sync while the Palm is charging with the travel charger.
RE: Installed successfully
I'm going to try using the ir hotsync on a Dell Inspiron 3800. What are the detailed steps for setting it up?
So far the Windows ME has not been a problem for cradle hotsyncing. I'm using the Datebook 4 over a Franklin calendar.
RE: Installed successfully
It works!
Excellent, it worked but .....
Still, it's great that it works.
Palm Desktop Updater Breaks Pocket Quicken
The new Palm Desktop Updater (http://www.palm.com/support/downloads/palmdt_update.html) breaks LandWare's Pocket Quicken.
The problem is a lack of backwards compatibility in PALM41.DLL and Pocket Quicken.
The symptom is a Windows Illegal Operation Error message when the Pocket Quicken conduit becomes active during a HotSync. When the IEA is acknowldged, the HotSync completes normally, except that PQ does not synchronize. The following error appears in the HotSync Manager log: "Conduit 'Pocket Quicken' Error: Unknown error. (FFFF)" .
This is similar to problems experienced with PumaTech's Intellisync Lotus Organizer conduit, and with Pendragon Forms.
Replacing the exisiting PALM41.DLL with a a backward-compatible version appears to resolve the problem. You can get a backward-compatible version of PALM41.DLL from PumaTech: http://207.222.64.25/support/products/ver36/pp36_patch.html . Simply copy it over the existing PALM41.DLL, found in your Palm software folder.
While LandWare has yet to address this issue, applying PumaTech's fix to a LandWare Pocket Quicken problem apparently causes no undesireable side effects.
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synch problem with Pendragon and WinXP
Not a bit of luck so far.
Nobody has been much help on this one. Dell won't help me because I am no longer using the OS that came with the computer despite the fact that I could have bought it with Win 2K, Palm's online tech support answers my questions with idiotic replies like "be sure your IR port is enabled" (it IS by the way....sheeeez) and their phone support refuses to talk to me unless I pay them $25.
If thats all the help avaialble from major companies when someone has a problem I'm about to just throw my Palm in the garbage.
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Visor compatible?