Internet Connection - Strange!

[tc6568]

Hi everyone. Hope you can help.

Set-up :
HTC Monet (Lovster 700TV)
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC) 6.1

Issue :
I am trying to connect my phone to the internet when docked (connected via the USB cable) in order to download RSS feeds and surf the internet to install programs like Opera Mini.

When trying to open a page in Internet Explorer, I get the error message : The page you are looking for cannot be found due to unknown error 0x80072f78

Things that work : Syncing works OK.
GMobileSync - Works OK over USB connection (Sync Calendar with Google Calendar)
Fizz Traveller - Works OK over USB connection

Things I've tried : - Googling for error 0x80072f78 comes up with some fixes to an ActiveSync 4.2 problem which has something to do with Internet Pass-through and requires changing a registry entry. I've tried this but to no effect - see here (http://www.aximsite.com/boards/activesync/137666-fix-unknown-error-0x80072f78.html)
- I've opened ports on my firewall as described here (http://modernnomads.info/wiki/index.php?page=Windows+Mobile+Device+Center+Troubl eshooting)

Any ideas?

[tc6568]

Looks like I've answered my own question after playing around for a while.

In Windows Media Device Center 6.1
When phone is connected
Go to Mobile Device Settings -> Connection Settings
This computer is connected to : Automatic (or The Internet)

In Pocket Internet Explorer
Go to Menu -> Tools -> Options -> Connections
Tick : Automatically detect settings
Select Network : The Internet

In Phone Settings
Go to Start -> Settings -> 6 Connections
Menu -> Advanced
Internet Connection -> Automatic (or Passthrough Connection) - was set to Virgin GPRS

Its pretty handy to be able to do this, as within range of your PC (via Bluetooth) or connected via USB, you can :
1 - surf the web - check out opera.mini.com/beta
2 - Get google maps of your current location (with a Bluetooth GPS) on google mobile maps google.com/gmm
3 - Download RSS or newsfeeds (program like NewsCopier (http://maximumsoft.com/products/nc_sp/overview.html))