Windows device name

[rob_pinnington]

Hi
Can any bobdy tell me why every time I had do a hard reset I have to rename the device when syncing with Active sync as I get a mwessage "xx" name already in use. I assume the device name is stored in the registry but I can not find it in order to delete the old names

[numanoids]

Open up activesync on the PC with the device UNDOCKED.

Go to the file menu, then go to Delete Partnership and choose the one you want to delete.

Swift - painless - effective!

[rob_pinnington]

What do you do if the old names do not appear?

[veletron]

Search the registry on the PC for the profile name and trash any occurances that you find. Note that if you have not chosen a common word for the device name then be carefull, you only want to trash active sync related stuff!

Nigel

[M4io]

or under c:\Documents and settings\username\Application Data\ActiveSync
are subdirs for each partnership

(or like 3waygeek says : .\Microsoft\activesync\profiles, I did it by heart since I'm not home :oops: )

[3waygeek]

On XP SP2, they're located in C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\ActiveSync\Profiles; one subdirectory per named device.

[jrmgolem]

Open up activesync on the PC with the device UNDOCKED.

Go to the file menu, then go to Delete Partnership and choose the one you want to delete.

Swift - painless - effective!

Now that was useful!! Thanks for that..its been doing my head in for ages.. :lol: