Somehow, I am failing to explain the distinction to you correctly.
Active Sync worked on XP (and other previous Windows versions) to sync with
Microsoft Outlook and a supported PDA.
Active Sync (any version) will not install or run on Vista--*it* has been
replaced with Windows Mobile Device Center.
Once WMDC is correctly installed on Vista, it will sync with Microsoft
Outlook and a supported PDA.
Windows Mail (as Outlook Express did not in previous Windows versions) will
not sync with anything, using anything.
All this boils down to the fact that you *must* install and use a version of
Microsoft Outlook suitable for Vista if you want to use WMDC to sync
contacts/mail/calendar/etc with a PDA.
I hope I was better at explaining it this time.
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Maxwell Bluemeanie
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"MissPhyllis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ok. You've shaded light on my question abd yes, my pda from verizon did
> come
> with activesync software to download for Windows XP (that was on my old
> laptop).
>
> So are you saying that I will not be able to sync my pda smartphone with
> this new windows mail....even if trying to use the windows media center?
> If
> I upgrade to the new 4.5 activesync, windows mail (vista) doesn't support
> it,
> right?
>
>
> "Max" wrote:
>
>> Windows Mail did not replace Outlook, it replaced Outlook Express.
>> Outlook is still required to sync with a PDA, as it always has been.
>> You must have had, and been using, Microsoft Outlook on your previous
>> Windows installation (many times a version of Outlook came bundled with a
>> PDA on the same setup CD that contained Active Sync, since it was
>> required
>> for Active Sync to function in that capacity).
>>
>> You can't. Just as you could not with Outlook Express under previous
>> Windows
>> versions.
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>> Maxwell Bluemeanie
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>> "MissPhyllis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:174D53FA-ACEF-4F30-842C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Thanks Max. However, I'm a little confused; I don't have Outlook on
>> > this
>> > new
>> > laptop...I am using Windows Vista Home Ed. and have Windows Mail for my
>> > email
>> > retrieval, calendar events and contacts because it took the place of
>> > Outlook.
>> > How can I sync my pda to this new windows mail so that anything that I
>> > enter
>> > in windows mail, e.g., contacts tasks, meetings on my calendar are
>> > transferred to and from my mobile device?
>> >
>> > "Max" wrote:
>> >
>> >> You need to install this:
>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>> >>
>> >> However, be aware that (like always, even with the old Active Sync),
>> >> that
>> >> you will only be able to sync with Outlook (from MS Office--preferably
>> >> version 2003 or newer), not Windows Mail (aka the new Outlook
>> >> Express).