That seemed to do it... thanks for the help, Charlie. The setting that
seemed to be the key was the Windows Firewall to Automatic (Recommended).
Until that was done, all of the other settings you noted did not do the
trick.

Thanks again.

Rob


"Charles Basile" <cbinny********.com> wrote in message
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> "Rob LaMora" <carrions******.com> wrote in message
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>> Has anyone been able to connect to a Pocket PC device with the Beta 3 of
>> the WMDC? I just received my IPAQ rx1955 and it does not connect.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rob
>
> I had all sorts of problems trying to figure out why my Del Axim X51V
> would not sync with Vista, either in the beta or the release version. This
> Sync problem was driving me nuts!
>
> The problem for me was I decided to use the trial Windows Live One Care.
> That was automatically changing the status of the Windows Firewall.
>
> To resolve, I removed Live Care's "Automatically change Firewall
> protection level..." AND I set the Windows Firewall to the Automatic
> (Recommended) setting. I also clicked on the Firewall conntection tool and
> under "Select the connections you want rhe Firewall Connection Tool to set
> up for you...: I checked the "ActiveSync/Windows Mobile Device Center".
>
> The device was FINALLY recognised and Windows Mobile Device Center is now
> fully synced with my PDA.
>
> I hope this helps you and all others, because this problem really had me
> scratching my head!
>
> Charlie...