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Activpync wont install on my computer...

Any reasons why not? Im on Windows XP yet it comes up a warning saying that it will only work on computers with XP!
This is very frustrating...
Is there any other way to link my phone up to my computer? I would really like to transfer some music onto it

Have you got SP2 installed?

I cant, I dont have a genuine Windows.
Do you NEED SP2? Surely there is a way around this...
I can download activesync 3.8 but I think I need the drivers for the phone?
Any help... PLEASE!?!

I've had the same problem with my XP version
impossible also to install an update from windows site
I had to install an update on my windows 2000, that worked
and then activesync 4.1 finally worked 100%
other way to work around that was to download things on XP
put them on my old SPV E200 with activesync 3.7 wich works
and then send the things on my SPV M3000 by bluetooth...

Johnloner said:
I've had the same problem with my XP version
impossible also to install an update from windows site
I had to install an update on my windows 2000, that worked
and then activesync 4.1 finally worked 100%
other way to work around that was to download things on XP
put them on my old SPV E200 with activesync 3.7 wich works
and then send the things on my SPV M3000 by bluetooth...
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Or get a Legit copy of Windows XP!!!
You run a pirate operating system then compalin when software doesn't work with it properly.
Come back when you have a license. Is your Wizard stolen as well?

hmmm dude...
the post isnt if its right or wrong to steal windows! Its to do with how we can cheat them more!
I think the only way round this is to download a crack to get xp2.
If I could find the drivers for the phone would it work on activesync 3.8?
PS. No my phone is not stolen, Im sure you have a copied CD in your collection somewhere too.

There's a vast number of copied XP versions with SP2 pre-installed available out there. Should be all you need.

I can get a legal copy of windows xp from somewhere...
But to install it would I loose all of my documents?

chrisredmayne: it would be in your interest to backup your docs (and whole system) before installing SP2, even if your windows is legit. It's a big install!
You could make your own SP2 install disk, by "slipstreaming" SP2 into a windows install disk. Also, there are cracks for SP2, and there are also cracks for trial versions of windows.
I imagine the ActiveSync install could probably be cracked to skip the SP2 check, but it's not a long term solution.
I don't recommend any of this. When you start using SP2 and Windows in the future, you'll have to have a legitimate copy to download certain updates from Microsoft, so you might as well get hold of a legit windows, one way or the other. OEM copies are stupidly cheap, and you can even buy an OEM Media Center install for a small amount of money.
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chrisredmayne said:
Any reasons why not? Im on Windows XP yet it comes up a warning saying that it will only work on computers with XP!
This is very frustrating...
Is there any other way to link my phone up to my computer? I would really like to transfer some music onto it
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there is a piece of software at
http://www.softick.com/pocket-pc/cardexport2 called "card export II"
allows you to make the wizard look like a mass storage device, so activesync is not needed to transfer to the storage card.
ps (takes a few goes to install)

I dont get how to install it, only looked at it for a minute though. I unpacked all of the files, and it asks to open a prc file? and press hotsync on the cradle... (Guess that means phone).... Stumped

if i remember correctly .prc files are for palm user's not pocket pc.
i think you have downloaded the wrong version!

Use cardreader to download into mSD, anything you want:
Music, apps, but you need cab files to install it from mSD card.

aliendad said:
chrisredmayne said:
Any reasons why not? Im on Windows XP yet it comes up a warning saying that it will only work on computers with XP!
This is very frustrating...
Is there any other way to link my phone up to my computer? I would really like to transfer some music onto it
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there is a piece of software at
http://www.softick.com/pocket-pc/cardexport2 called "card export II"
allows you to make the wizard look like a mass storage device, so activesync is not needed to transfer to the storage card.
ps (takes a few goes to install)
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aliendad, can you confirm you actually have Softick Card Export II for Pocket PC working on a wizard device? I have tried this on my k-jam and it didnt work at all. Even when i contacted Softick support they have said they are still working on a WM5 / Wizard compatible version.
EDIT: i just went and downloaded v2.10 of CE2PPC (which funnily enough isnt even mentioned on the website). In the setup i downloaded, i found there is a WM5 ARM install cab however this still fails to install on my Wizard / K-JAM as with all the previous versions.
Thanks
Chris

You need a minimum of SP1. You do not need SP2. For ActiveSync 4.1. If you cannot pass the genuine validation tool you need to enable automatic updates and to install them automatically. You cannot use the Windows Update site. If you set to install Critical Updates automatically it should bring down SP2 (as it is considered a Critical Update)
Also you can just download SP2 (the full install) and you should be able to install it. It should not require validation as you can install it if not connected to the network.
Although the above may not work if you truly have a messed up version of XP. I am assuming you have either a cracked version of a legit copy or an invalid product code.
I have read about people cracking XP Media Center 2005 and all worked well until the Genuine Validation tool. Then somebody came out with a crack for that. :lol:
Good Luck

I just got a disk with XP so I think its a fake validation code that I have.
I downloaded the SP2 from the windows update site, and from a random site somewhere that I searched on google for.
The problem was that when I tried to install it stopped after a few minutes and said that it wasnt a genuine windows. So Im guessing any version that I download will have the same check on it.
But I shall try and turn my updates on later and see if it works, or give that other program a go!

Puckster said:
aliendad, can you confirm you actually have Softick Card Export II for Pocket PC working on a wizard device? I have tried this on my k-jam and it didnt work at all. Even when i contacted Softick support they have said they are still working on a WM5 / Wizard compatible version.
EDIT: i just went and downloaded v2.10 of CE2PPC (which funnily enough isnt even mentioned on the website). In the setup i downloaded, i found there is a WM5 ARM install cab however this still fails to install on my Wizard / K-JAM as with all the previous versions.
Thanks
Chris
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yes, is does work, had to do a lot of soft reseting but now have a quick access icon at the bottom of the screen to select card export or active sync.
a few days ago did a hard reset, and installed card export as one of the first installs and it installed much more smoothly that the earlier install.
ps great prog makes things much easier, can't install activesync at work.

Vista hangs on startup after Windows update

Today I installed a Windows update that I was prompted to do. I should say that SP1 has been installed and happily running for a couple of weeks now, and that I am running a Spanish version of Vista.
It installed 9 updates and then configured 3 more components after the restart. After a further restart all seems to be going well until just before the logon screen (black screen) where the mouse freezes and nothing happens (I gave it a good 20 minutes) thus forcing a hard reset. I unplugged the USB hub and took out an SDHC card but all to no effect.
My Shift was pretty well updated including the new graphics driver with the registry hack to get it working, so I believe the updates from M$ are pretty recent. I note that my XP desktop PC had an update of various components too.
I booted up in safe mode and selected the "recommended" restore point which was for a Windows update. After the restore and restart, bang, the same problem!
With that failed I chose a restore point prior to both sets of Windows updates. On restart voilà! All is now working. Phew!!
Anyone else get this issue or is it just me? Anyone got an idea which update might be the cause of the issue?

Hmmm, I changed my Windows update settings to allow me to choose the updates I wish to install. The update listed that seems to be the most likely is a new Intel Video driver update.
Would this be a "real" new video driver? Or could it be that due to the registry hack of exporting and then importing two HKEYs after a previous video driver update it has confused Windows causing it to hang?
I would guess the point where it hangs is when Vista is about to be displayed which seems to confirm the video driver theory.

I too had problems with the new updates (on a german version shift): strange behavior during the install process as a screen flickering between black and different resolutions and after all an abrupt shutdown. after restart Windows run fine but shagcontrol didn't work. Following Daniels instructions I removed shagcontrol and installed it again - problem solved (Thanks Daniel!). I guess this issue has not been caused by the security updates but rather by the optional windows mobile update.
At last I had to update my internet security program (Trend Micro) due to "incompatibility problems with this Windows version".
Thus a lot of time waisted but fortunately my favorite toy works again.
R.

On many a blogs recomendation I removed the Trend Micro AV software and downloaded the free AVG software instead. You can pick up a copy at the below link:
http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html?tag=lst-3
It works just fine, is simple to use and has given no problems.

AngryRat said:
On many a blogs recomendation I removed the Trend Micro AV software and downloaded the free AVG software instead. You can pick up a copy at the below link:
http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html?tag=lst-3
It works just fine, is simple to use and has given no problems.
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Be careful .. AVG is one of the worst free antivirus ... (after Live One Care Beta ), I advise you to download antivir on www.free-av.com it's one of the best (if not "THE BEST") free antivirus.

Hi.
I ve the spanish version too. Today Windows Update downloaded 10 updates too but all worked fine. video driver installed too with registry hack(but as you know driver version is overwitten and windows update will try to install it again, and again and...)
Dani

looks like the best thing to do is as said to set it for u to choose what to install or to turn off windows update all together. should be having less issues then.

danielherrero said:
Hi.
I ve the spanish version too. Today Windows Update downloaded 10 updates too but all worked fine. video driver installed too with registry hack(but as you know driver version is overwitten and windows update will try to install it again, and again and...)
Dani
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Mine updated nicely.
9 Of course, because the video was already done, and he did not even offer that one.
Huib

herpi said:
Mine updated nicely.
9 Of course, because the video was already done, and he did not even offer that one.
Huib
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well i guess it works for some and doesnt work for others.

Vista SP1

How to upgrade to SP1? In my computer (property), I don't find SP1 under Vista Business, that means I haven't graded to SP1 right?
I have tried Windows upgrade so many times. There is no file for me to upgrade. Thanks for your help!

wlchuccc said:
How to upgrade to SP1? In my computer (property), I don't find SP1 under Vista Business, that means I haven't graded to SP1 right?
I have tried Windows upgrade so many times. There is no file for me to upgrade. Thanks for your help!
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strange question friend very strange. the language and country of your system?

Have you upgraded the drivers from the htc web site ?
sp1 did not show up for me untill I had upgraded the drivers.

Microsoft identifies some conditions where SP1 doesn't show in Windows Update. I had the same problem. There are two versions of SP1 available thru Microsoft update web site dedicated for 32 bit Vista Business depending on your OS language. Spending 2 minutes with Google you'd find it quicker then posting your question. Note the file is more than 400MB and install takes some time. My Vista is stable afterwards, however still hasn't fixed my vanishing WLAN Marvell Device w/Bluetooth.
Regarding WLAN/BT problems maybe anyone has faced same problem? WLAN is simply not found on Device Manager list although latest WLAN Marvell drivers are installed. Funny thing is that during drivers installation, both devices appears on the Device list for 5-10 seconds (up&running) and dissapears right before installation process ends asking for restart. after restart no devices at all again... tried replacing sdbus.sys sd8686.sys with older 2007y version, no change. anyway keep fighting...

scottt said:
Have you upgraded the drivers from the htc web site ?
sp1 did not show up for me untill I had upgraded the drivers.
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Not yet...I am doing it now, however I have a problem now.
Before I installed finger sensor driver, I have got a message to remove the old version, then I did and reinstalled the new one.
Now before I log in to Windows, I always get this strange message, what to do?
Access violation at address 00409D0C in module 'CompPtcVUI.exe' Read of address 000000B8
Thanks

Hey are you reinstalling drivers only to see SP1 in Windows Update? tricky my friend...
if yes I'd rather suggest shortcut to
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6D-5EBB-413B-89C9-CB3D06D12674&displaylang=en
however read that driver's upgrade is worth considering before SP1 installation, which (SP1) on some Shifts runs fine while on others simply spoils things...
read the same about latest HTC drivers )
hope both htc and MS updates will just be fine on your unit. greetz

Symantec pcAnywhere mobile on HD

Hi!
Had someone tried to run Symantec pcAnywhere mobile on Touch HD?
I've got the following Problem:
Installed by .cab-File
Started, works great on this huge Display!
...but: After rebooting my PPC the following happens:
If I try to start now, it dosen't work anymore.
It seems, some components are missing.
What can I do?
Thanks,
Nomel

Hi Nomel, i have the save issue's. after several soft and hardreset and different installation of applications, i also find the error in symantec pc anywhere mobile.
i don't know how. but after a hardreset and a clean system i install only pca mobile. works first fine. but if you softreset your hd you cannot anymore run or reinstall it !!!!
yesterday i tested with making a backup before , softreset and the same !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
at moment i have no solution.

Symantec pcAnywhere mobile install on HTC Touch HD
Hi!
I have the same problem.
When I first install pcanywhere 12.5, it works fine, but in the first time I soft reset, it stops running.
After that, I have uninstalled and try to install again, so it give me this message:
‘Installation was unsuccessful. The program or setting cannot be installed because it does not have sufficient system permissions.’
The interest thing is that I have a Samsung Omnia with windows mobile 6.1 too, and works without any problem. I can soft reset and it still working.
The bad news is that I have contacted Symantec Support and they don't know what is happening. I start in the beginning of this month my first contact and four attendant try connecting with my pc, staying 3 hours and still have no solution for this problem.
They say that will contact me, but I’m still waiting.
If anybody knows how to resolve, please tell me. If I find the solution, I’ll put it here.
Thanks for everybody.

I have been using PCAnywhere for months with no problems after many soft resets.

mpconti said:
Hi!
I have the same problem.
When I first install pcanywhere 12.5, it works fine, but in the first time I soft reset, it stops running.
After that, I have uninstalled and try to install again, so it give me this message:
‘Installation was unsuccessful. The program or setting cannot be installed because it does not have sufficient system permissions.’
The interest thing is that I have a Samsung Omnia with windows mobile 6.1 too, and works without any problem. I can soft reset and it still working.
The bad news is that I have contacted Symantec Support and they don't know what is happening. I start in the beginning of this month my first contact and four attendant try connecting with my pc, staying 3 hours and still have no solution for this problem.
They say that will contact me, but I’m still waiting.
If anybody knows how to resolve, please tell me. If I find the solution, I’ll put it here.
Thanks for everybody.
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I'm having the same problem. I'm using NFSFAN's custom ROM on my HTC Touch. Only on his later 2 versions does this problem occur. I believe he got the ROM build from the Omnia....
So, the problem could be some kind of conflict between the program and these newest builds of WM 6.1.
Damn....

I have the same problem with rom 1.56 ITA . with the previous version everything was ok even after softreset. with the new one I find the described error during install

htc touchpro2 pcanywhere solution
i have installed pcanywhere 12.5 on my htc touchpro 2 and it worked great until i soft reset it (powered down and up again) and i get the same problem. wont run and wont reinstall. so i threw pcanywhere 11.5 in the ol' cd rom and just installed the moble onto my phone and it works just fine. i still have 12.5 installed on both my machines and the mobile 11.5 connects to my xp box great. not sure about vista or win7. try that guys. hope it works!

This worked for my Touch Pro 2
I found this fix somewhere (don't remember where).
But if you rename
MFC80***.DLL to MFC80***.dll
there are a few of these files in the Windows directory.
I used resco explorer and hit rename and it automatically made the .DLL to lowerecase .dll and voila, pcAnywhere mobile worked.
You may have to do a fresh, new install and then do the rename before a reboot.
I hope this works for you.
(windows directory of the phone)

Hi,
I have Hd2, have few questions please.
1) Does mobile version works with 3G (HSPDA) or just Wifi ?
2) How to connect from your mobile ? mine always gives me the error unable to connect though my host is active & waiting for incoming connection !
3) Do i need to config my router ? open ports ?
Many thanks for your help.

kbriaz said:
Hi,
I have Hd2, have few questions please.
1) Does mobile version works with 3G (HSPDA) or just Wifi ?
2) How to connect from your mobile ? mine always gives me the error unable to connect though my host is active & waiting for incoming connection !
3) Do i need to config my router ? open ports ?
Many thanks for your help.
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This is actually the HD forums. You'd be better asking this in HD2 forums

HTC Sync install problem & no PC Sync

Second day with my Hero and really like it so far, but;
When I tried to install HTC Sync, near the end of the install, I get,
"Generic Device Management Executable has encountered a problem and needs to close",
and wants to send a report to Microsoft, after dismissing the first one another one the same comes up, then after the install I get;
"Unable to create a device manager instance".
When I try to Sync with the PC, HTC Sync won't find the phone.
I've tried the HTC Sync that came with the phone and the latest from the HTC website with the same results.
I'm running Windows XP Home, fully up to date, anti-virus is disabled during the installation.
I have spent the best part of eight hours today searching this site and googling the problem, I've found people with the same or similar problems and still can't get it to work.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have the same problem, tried uninstalling/reinstalling both versions, but the problem still exists.
I am also running Win XP SP3.

Lupus77 said:
I have the same problem, tried uninstalling/reinstalling both versions, but the problem still exists.
I am also running Win XP SP3.
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Me too. XP SP3.
Speaking directly to HTC gave no answers, and I gave up as I don't need to sync to outlook.

Im having problems getting HTC 2.04 to work after update.
C:\Program Files\HTC HTC Sync\Application launcher\Application Launcher.exe
This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
And no it didn´t, tried it. Has tried remove and afterwards reinstall, but still not. Connection to USB is working, but can´t sync.

Just for info, I emailed HTC yesterday and got a reply back today. I tried it, but it didn't solve the problem, good customer service from HTC though.
I've pasted it (as sent) if anyone wants to try it, god luck.
"please try the following on you PC. STart, sun, msconfig, services, "hide all Microsfot Services" then "disable all", start up, "disable all", apply, close and reboot. Try the install again in this mode with no internet connection plugged in (as your AV will be fully shut down). If this works, you can reenable evertyhing, start, run, msconfig, normal startup, apply close, and reboot."

Lol, looks like a bold move
But good idea with the services, maybe we can narrow it down.
Do you have Itunes installed? Just a wild guess now as I have it installed, maybe the Apple Sync conflicts with HTC Sync.

Im not sure if that im able to do the services thing, but i will try.
No itunes is not on, but at home im using Vista 64 with itunes and its working!

Hmm, didn´t work for me.
Hope that HTC will come with an update.
For now im using CompanionLink to sync between Lotus Notes and Google Calendar, but it will only work for 2 weeks, then i have to pay.

Didn't work for me either. I tried disabling all not needed services.
@SharDK Do you have the problem in Win XP SP3 too?

@Lupus77
Yes its Win XP Sp3
Sry i wrote fail in my nick, its Shark, but nevermind

New reply from HTC.
"Are you able to try again in Safe Mode? "
Tried but still no good.

Is anyone here who got the HTC Sync working with Win XP SP3?

Phone not being recognized by the HTC Sync program
I had no problem installing the HTC Sync software BUT it does not recognize my phone. Yes I am running Windows XP Service Pack 3. I have read the manaul carefully and done everything they say, including enabling USB debugging. But to no avail. I also have tried both the new and old versions of the software.
PLEASE HELP!! I need to update my ROM

Weird, since before upgrae i had no problem connecting to sync either in Vista nor Xp SP3.
But after, then XP SP3 gives problems.
@Salmanbodla
When you connect to XP with USB, do you mount the SD card!
If you can here´s driver for XP http://www.pdauser.dk/files/driver.zip
When you connect, go to Device manager and look for ADB and try update the driver. Even try connect the Hero 2-3 times mounting the USB, that way i got the ADB in device manager. But then Sync failes, but had no problem before update.
I wrote HTC yesterday, so hoping that they will come with a solution.
Now they returned an email, writting to me that since i have a Danish Win XP, i have to install sync in Program Files/HTC/HTC sync
Im sry but im not using a Danish XP, so therefor its in the right place already.
Looks like HTC ´dosn´t have a solution for sync, very bad, since i have to use it to sync Lotus Notes at work.

Latest from HTC. Want NFO logs.
Latest Email from HTC:-
"HI STephen,
We are trying to replicate this issue here, are you able to send us the NFO logs?
Many hanks
MIke"
It's nice to see they have an interest in the problem.
Now the question. How do I send them the NFO logs? I'm a bit lost here.

Just wanted to add my "me too". I'm experiencing the same problem.
It used to work but since I reinstalled XP (serious crash) I get this error when trying to start HTC Sync:
C:\Program Files\HTC HTC Sync\Application launcher\Application Launcher.exe
This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
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The only difference between my old and new install of XP is that my old install was SP2 and the new install SP3.

Me too
I cant get HTC sync to work on Windows VIsta. Had Hero for 2 weeks. But cannot connect with HTC sync. I only need this for ROM upgrade... not for syncing.

Stephen did you get an answer from the htc support.
I have the same problem.

Has anyone had luck fixing the issue with HTC Sync refusing to run because 'the application isn't configured properly'?
It worked fine for me about 2 weeks ago with Win XP Service Pack 3, but doesn't anymore. I'm not entirely sure what I've changed since. I went on Windows Update and downloaded these patches (Update for Root Certificates [September 2009] (KB931125), Security Update for Windows Media Format Runtime 9, 9.5 & 11 for Windows XP SP 3 (KB968816), Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430), Security Update for Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB952069), Security Update for Windows XP with Windows Media Format Runtime 9.5 and 11 (KB941569)); I changed which SATA port on my mobo the hard drive connected to; and that's about all I know of. Everything else would have been using programs already installed, which I had used before trying to use HTC sync.
I'm not sure which version of HTC Sync I used before, as it may have been the one on the SD card when the phone shipped, or it could have been downloaded from the website. It was probably the one on the SD card. Yesterday I tried uninstalling it after the error message and reinstalling v2.0.4 downloaded from the HTC website, but still no luck.
So, has anyone had any success with this?

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(Update for Root Certificates [September 2009] (KB931125), Security Update for Windows Media Format Runtime 9, 9.5 & 11 for Windows XP SP 3 (KB968816), Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430), Security Update for Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB952069), Security Update for Windows XP with Windows Media Format Runtime 9.5 and 11 (KB941569)); .
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Any chance you can uninstall those updates to see if they are the offending items?