I have a MOTO Q running wm5. PC running vista home premium. Can't seem to
sync my contacts with my pc. I have outlook 2003. In wmdc "change my sync
settings" it says "sync FROM pc". I want to sync FROm my phone to the pc and
vice versa at times. In the xp active sync system it would sync the latest
changes on either the pc or pda. Is this not the way wmdc sync work? Thanks.

Should work exactly as you remember AS working on XP. Can't even find what
you indicate yours says. Under "Mobile Device Settings", mine says "Change
content sync settings" and that takes you to the page that you can select or
deselect items to sync; contacts, mail, etc.

I don't find the wording you noted anywhere. The first time you sync a
device, you used to have the option of overwriting the PPC from the PC, or
combining data. I don't even recall seeing that option in WMDC. It has
seemed to merge by default when I have connected a new device, or one that
was hard reset, or that the partnership was removed.

You've never had an option of selectively overwriting data one way or the
other, it has always been a SYNC. Data changed on either device, is sync'd
to the other upon connection. You still have a little control over
'conflicts', where the same piece of data got changed on both the PPC and PC
between syncs. You get to choose which device always wins. You used to be
able to select ASK, but that is gone. This is under the 'Manage a
partnership' element of 'Mobile Device Settings'.

WMDC is version 6.1.6965 here. Is yours older?

--
Sven
MVP Mobile Devices
"Neil" <Neil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E7C08798-C103-4D28-A17D-D0083D3D9D8A@microsoft.com...
>I have a MOTO Q running wm5. PC running vista home premium. Can't seem to
> sync my contacts with my pc. I have outlook 2003. In wmdc "change my sync
> settings" it says "sync FROM pc". I want to sync FROm my phone to the pc
> and
> vice versa at times. In the xp active sync system it would sync the
> latest
> changes on either the pc or pda. Is this not the way wmdc sync work?
> Thanks.

Check the "about" on your pc and assure that it's not a third party sync
tool.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

Neil wrote:
> I have a MOTO Q running wm5. PC running vista home premium. Can't seem to
> sync my contacts with my pc. I have outlook 2003. In wmdc "change my sync
> settings" it says "sync FROM pc". I want to sync FROm my phone to the pc and
> vice versa at times. In the xp active sync system it would sync the latest
> changes on either the pc or pda. Is this not the way wmdc sync work? Thanks.


I had the same problem in WM6.

Try

Start, settings

If there's a 'USB to PC' setting in WM5, open it and see if it is ticked.
If it is, untick it. Then try a re-sync

argusy wrote:
> Neil wrote:
>> I have a MOTO Q running wm5. PC running vista home premium. Can't seem
>> to sync my contacts with my pc. I have outlook 2003. In wmdc "change
>> my sync settings" it says "sync FROM pc". I want to sync FROm my phone
>> to the pc and vice versa at times. In the xp active sync system it
>> would sync the latest changes on either the pc or pda. Is this not the
>> way wmdc sync work? Thanks.
>
>
> I had the same problem in WM6.
>
> Try
>
> Start, settings
>
> If there's a 'USB to PC' setting in WM5, open it and see if it is ticked.
> If it is, untick it. Then try a re-sync

I'll try that again - Start, settings, connections for the 'USB to PC'
setting