Vista connection problems

[cryptkiller]

Hi,

My hdd gave up in my laptop other day bought another 1 installed vista

now im having connection problems both with bluetooth and via usb with my

t-mobile ameo

does any 1 know if there is a update some where to get them working again

ive done a windows update and installed windows mobile device centre

thanks

[adamelphick]

Im running Vista business edition and had no problems at all - even updated my rom!

What do you get when you plus the Ameo in? Does it show up in the Device centre?

[cryptkiller]

sync centre has just got the usual offline folder

windows mobile device centre 6.1 has the mobile device settings and the not

connected bit at the bottom

its so weired it all synced b4 theres nothing different installed setup etc...

on the device it says "to synchronize this device, you must install activesync 4.5 or newer on your desktop computer"

thanks

[adamelphick]

How Wierd.... mine lliterally just fired up autoomatically. :confused:

[cayotte]

In your PPC, go to SETTING -> CONNECTIONS -> USB TO PC. Untick the "ENABLE ADVANCED NETWORK FUNCTIONALITY". Remove the connection by unplugging your USB cable and the plugging it again. No guarantee this will work, but you may try.

[cryptkiller]

i tried the unticking the advance option still didnt work...

i thought about the user account control in vista this came as my mobile

data card for my laptop wasnt installed correctly and after checking out the

install log and it saying access control n a load of other stuff saying

permission denied etc.... i thought id turn vistas user account control off this

fixed my data card problem ......i then pluged my t-mobile ameo in and hey

presto it picked it up as a black HTC Advantage :) due to my mobile 6 rom

upgrade

[Tomo]

I believe Active Sync won't work on Visat, you need Mobile Device Center, available here

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=83d513ea-9df9-4920-af33-3a0e2e4e7beb&displaylang=en

[adamelphick]

Makes sense as I have crappy user control switched off as it annoyed me greatly!

[quinbus_flestrin]

This solution worked instantly for us.

In your PPC, go to SETTING -> CONNECTIONS -> USB TO PC. Untick the "ENABLE ADVANCED NETWORK FUNCTIONALITY". Remove the connection by unplugging your USB cable and the plugging it again. No guarantee this will work, but you may try.

We had downloaded the upgrade device driver and the Windoze Vista replacement for ActiveSync... as Vista dictates on first connection.

We got the sound effect acknowledging USB connection, but Windoze Mobile Device Centre obstinately ignored the connection.

We tried the tricks suggested by the mages and sages, like adding ports etc. to the firewall, and deleting the driver in the Vista Device Manager... forcing it to re-install. None of it worked for the Ameos.

We removed the Mobile Device Centre and the upgraded driver, resolving to connect to the Ameos only via our XP Tablet instead.

It seemed that the USB connection was being made, but something else was blocking it.
Then this possible solution (reproduced here) caught our eye.
It was the work of a moment to follow the path and remove the check in that item.

Imagine our surprise and delight when we connected to Windoze Vista Ultimate again... and remember that there is no upgraded driver or Mobile Device Centre installed now... and we got the "what shall I do with this device" dialogue box. We checked the item to open the device in a folder each time and... it did... and does... just that.

We do not need synchronisation for our use of the Ameos since all of the significant email and document traffic occurs on the laptops and Tablet, but we can appreciate why someone would want that Mobile Device Centre to be re-installed. We won't be doing that anytime soon though.

Congratulations to you cayotte, and this forum as a whole.

BTW, I read about the problems folks have with the Microdrive. We have two Ameos. One works great with the Microdrive, the other one does not, and we have to leave it for data files only.
The older unit is the one which works well.

We already had the User Account Control turned off so I cannot say if that had any effect.

QF



In your PPC, go to SETTING -> CONNECTIONS -> USB TO PC. Untick the "ENABLE ADVANCED NETWORK FUNCTIONALITY". Remove the connection by unplugging your USB cable and the plugging it again. No guarantee this will work, but you may try.