Attn: Palm Users

[Guest]

I've been searching for a while for a solution to my problem. Vista works
great but to this day Palm has not updated their software or even released a
beta for it. So many of us Palm users have been left in the cold.

Palm Desktop seems to work fine under RC2 but hotsync never worked. So I was
never able to make use of the Palm Desktop, until today.

Thanks to a user on the Brighthand forum, it was mentioned that changing the
Hotsync.exe (under the PalmOne folder on the HD) to run in compatibility mode
for XP RC2 would work. And it sure does. No errors, nothing. I can't believe
I didn't think of this earlier but in case others are having similar issues,
hope this helps.

 

[Guest]

That should read XP SP2 rather than XP RC2.

 

[Kerry Brown]

Thank you. I'll have to try this with my Treo.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Rob,

You've probably saved me a lot of grief when I finally get around to usung
my Palm Tungsten W with Vista.

 

[martind]

Rob,
what was the sequence you followed in loading,
setting up and configuring the palm software?
Marty
"

 

[Guest]

I had an upgrade routine done with Vista 5744 from XP SP2. I already had my
palm software installed. The Palm desktop software ran fine. The only thing
is it would never hotsync; it would just sit there with the hotsync icon
showing in the system tray.

Although I didn't do that, I'm sure installing Palm Desktop software would
work fine with a fresh install of Vista. All you have to do is change the
Hotsync app (in palmone folder) to run in XP SP2 compat. mode and you're done.

 

[Guest]

Yes, I've only tested this on x86. Out of curiosity, does your Palm Desktop
software run at all in Vista x64?

 

[Jim]

Yeah, Palm Desktop 4.something runs fine, no problems.

Synching via bluetooth is slow, but at least I can keep my stable Palm
and not have to consider replacing it with a crash-per-day Windows
Mobile device


Jim