Reinstalling would have been my next suggestion, so I'm glad you thought of
that and tried it. Congrats!

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"Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1945B8A8-3826-4FD8-A7D1-472E34642EF7@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> FIXED
>
> Out of the box Mobile Device Center was defective. I installed ver 6.1 and
> it worked right away. I saw it was installing the proper drivers for
> Windows
> Mobile and sure it enough it fired up the Device Center and ran.
>
> I thought it might be the version, but I went back and checked the other
> pc
> and it is running 6.0 which is what should have been on this machine. So
> it
> looks like the image right out of the box for the machine is bad or
> damaged.
> I haven't installed anything else yet so there's nothing to interfere on
> here.
>
> "Mark" wrote:
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>> Clarification...Mobile Device Center
>>
>> "Mark" wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> > It came installed on the pc, Both the Sync center and the Mobility
>> > center.
>> > However, I have found that I can't get the Mobility center to run. I
>> > don't
>> > know if this is because it doesn't see the deivce or not though. When I
>> > click
>> > on the Mobility center is asks what type of connections to allow and
>> > that's
>> > it.
>> >
>> > "Richard G. Harper" wrote:
>> >
>> > > Have you installed the Windows Mobile Device Center software? This
>> > > is
>> > > Vista's replacement for ActiveSync and is necessary to sync your
>> > > Smartphone
>> > > properly.
>> > >
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>> > > Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] [email]rgharper******.com[/email]
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>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > > news:DD7586DF-9459-4534-90B9-3C33B2635220@microsoft.com...
>> > > >I was syncing my smartphone to my laptop fine. I just got a new
>> > > >laptop and
>> > > > want to do the same with the previous phone. When I connect the
>> > > > phone to
>> > > > the
>> > > > pc it finds it, but it appears in sync center as a media device and
>> > > > wants
>> > > > to
>> > > > sync it with medai center. It's properties do say it is
>> > > > pocketPC(5.0 BTW).
>> > > > I
>> > > > can't create the proper type of sync partnership. I can browse the
>> > > > device
>> > > > from the computer applet but that's about it.
>> > > >
>> > > > I need to get Vista to allow me to see it as a Windows Mobile
>> > > > device as
>> > > > opposed to a media device. Do I need to delete a previous
>> > > > partnership on
>> > > > the
>> > > > phone first? I looked and couldn't find much.
>> > > >
>> > > > Oh, I don't want a dual sync setup, the new pc is defective and I'm
>> > > > setting
>> > > > up the new one to replace it. Single partnership only.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks
>> > >
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