xda neo ActiveSync with Win98SE machine ?

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My xda neo (Prophet from O2 Germany) with Windows Mobile 5.0 only accepts ActiveSync connections with machines on which ActiveSync 4.1 (or higher) is installed. AS 4.1 requires Windows XP on the other machine.

But I would like the xda neo to connect to my good old Win98SE laptop, too. I was told that ActiveSync 3.7.1 and 3.8 work with Win98SE AND support Windows Mobile 5.0. When trying to instal ActiveSync 3.x on the other machine and connecting to the xda neo, I encountered the RNDIS problem. This was solved after installing usbswitch.exe on the xda neo and disabling the RNDIS protocol.

But still I cannot establish a connection because the xda neo rejects Win98SE-compatible ActiveSync versions.

Can anyone suggest a solution?

For new devices with WM5.0 you must use ActiveSync 4.x, and you can only use Win2k (with SP4 ; and it isn't the best for synchronize), or later. Then with Win98 I don't think it's possible... Sorry.