- Device name changes on its own after sync with Vista
- Posted by AD on March 1st, 2008
Hi everybody!
I have 2 PCs and a Windows Mobile 6 device (HTC 3600) used to sync
between them. The two PCs are:
1. Desktop with Windows XP SP2 and ActiveSync 4.5
2. Laptop with Windows Vista and WMDC 6.1
I set the name of my device to HTC_3600 in the device itself. Set up
partnership and synchronize with XP, then with Vista. Then when I go
back to XP, in ActiveSync I can see the name of my device has changed
to WINDOWSMOBILE47.... If I rename it back to HTC_3600, it tries to
create new partnership. I delete old partnership, create a new one,
but after synchronizing with Vista, the device name changes again to
WINDOWSMOBILE54.. Same thing with other devices - it changes their
names to HTC29, and other random names....
So I wonder if there's a way for Vista not to change the name of my
mobile device? I want it called HTC_3600 and nothing else, and I want
to be able to sync with other devices and name them to whatever is
convenient for me. There's is no such problem if I sync between two
computers running XP.
Thank you!
- Posted by Chris De Herrera on March 1st, 2008
Hi,
With Vista, it will rename your device based on the name of the user that
logs into the PC.
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- Posted by AD on March 2nd, 2008
Thank you, Chris!
I log in to Vista with the same name all the time (there's just one
user - me), so you're saying Vista will rename my mobile device just
once to something like WINDOWSMOBILE99 and this name will stay? I can
live with that I guess, but it is still strange that Vista tells me
how I should name my devices.... I was thinking of adding another WM
device to sync, but I'll think twice....
On Mar 1, 10:59*pm, "Chris De Herrera" <s...@pocketpctalk.com> wrote:
- Posted by V Green on March 2nd, 2008
Wow. If that's true, that's yet another reason to dump
Vista. I never noticed that happening in the month I ran
Home Premium on my Fujitsu before wiping it for XP -
I was using a hX2750 and syncing between two laptops -
one with W2K and AS 3.7.1 and WMDC on the Vista
machine.
Vista just has waaaayyy too many problems.
"AD" <mtsrlx@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Thank you, Chris!
I log in to Vista with the same name all the time (there's just one
user - me), so you're saying Vista will rename my mobile device just
once to something like WINDOWSMOBILE99 and this name will stay? I can
live with that I guess, but it is still strange that Vista tells me
how I should name my devices.... I was thinking of adding another WM
device to sync, but I'll think twice....
On Mar 1, 10:59 pm, "Chris De Herrera" <s...@pocketpctalk.com> wrote:
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- Posted by Warwick Webb on April 13th, 2008
Sorry, I'm not much help, except to tell you that I'm having the EXACT same
problem. I sync with my Vista machine, then when I sync with my XP machine it
changes the device name to WINDOWSMOBILEXX, where XX is some incrementing
number. What I really love is that it creates a new synchronized file folder
each time.
Anyone from Microsoft listening?
"AD" wrote:
