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I've tried to open the WMDC for almost a week without any luck.
When I click on the WMDC icon from my start menu, WMDC logo pops up from the screen says "Please wait while Windows Mobile Device Center starts." for about good 15 seconds... and the poof. Nothing happens.
I uninstalled the WMDC and reinstalled it many many many times without any luck. I even deleted the device driver from driver manager... no luck.
What is going on? I has been working fine until last week?!? and I can't seem to pin pont what the heck is wrong with my computer...
BTW, I have a Titan (Verizon Wireless X6800) with DCD's 2.2.6 rom with the 3.27.00 radio rom... and of course Hard-SPL has been done. I suspect nothing really is wrong with the phone and am pretty sure that it has got to be the computer itself..
Can anyone chime in on this matter? I'd really appreciated all your help.
Can't anyone help me???
try opening sync center first. (control panel/network and internet/sync center), once open, plug in your device then open wmdc.
it might work
Have you tried rebooting the computer? Sounds like a "stuck" process.
make sure you actually have WMDC because Vista says it has it when you install it, but it actually doesn't...
uninstall WMDC and reinstall it. A few had this problem and thats how they fixed it. This is what i did:
1. Uninstall WMDC
2. soft reset phone and killed active sync
3. install WMDC
4. Plug in phone to computer...
I've done the uninstall/install like 10 times. Each time, I went to MS website and downloaded fresh copeis of the file.
Also, I've tried all the methods above...
Thanks for the input none-the-less.
Anyone else got an idea what's going on?
No one has this issue? So my only fix would be reinstalling the OS?
riDuh7 said:
No one has this issue? So my only fix would be reinstalling the OS?
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wait a minute? did u say vista? do you have User Access Control (UAC) turned OFF. and are you the ADMIN. pls reply to this before you attempt a format.
After you install WMDC, you should connect your Titan to the PC, to further initialize the WMDC setup. And thats where the UAC may interfere with the hidden setup. Jus see if its the root of all the probs, before you attempt formatting your OS.
Control Panel > User Accounts > UAC [turn off] PC will reboot.
Nope... this didn't do anything...
OMG... I'm getting so frustrated...
Do you know if I can move my MS Outlook 2007 contents to another computer that's running XP? I've tried to use the import/export funtion, but it won't move everything completely (i.e. pix and multiple phone # in one contact). Any idea what I can do about this?
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wait a minute? did u say vista? do you have User Access Control (UAC) turned OFF. and are you the ADMIN. pls reply to this before you attempt a format.
After you install WMDC, you should connect your Titan to the PC, to further initialize the WMDC setup. And thats where the UAC may interfere with the hidden setup. Jus see if its the root of all the probs, before you attempt formatting your OS.
Control Panel > User Accounts > UAC [turn off] PC will reboot.
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+1
I figured this out after struggling for roughly an hour trying to figure it out.
-disable UAC and any firewall (in my case windows firewall)
it works fine for me
There is an option in active sync on the device that needs to be disabled i can't remeber what it is.
In the usb to pc settings is the enable advanced function box checked ? If yes un check it.
Thank everyone for your input. I have tried every single options suggested above, but still no luck with it. Luckily, I have another computer so I just transferred all the contact and calendar info over and sync'd my phone there instead.
I have reported to MS about this problem, and I doubt they will respond to it, but might as well try. lol
Thanks again for all your inputs.
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Nope... this didn't do anything...
OMG... I'm getting so frustrated...
Do you know if I can move my MS Outlook 2007 contents to another computer that's running XP? I've tried to use the import/export funtion, but it won't move everything completely (i.e. pix and multiple phone # in one contact). Any idea what I can do about this?
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I'm not aware of a way to migrate backwards with Outlook. If you have Outlook 2007 on the other machine, you should be able to back-up and restore.
As far as hasta_la_VISTA goes, I can't stand it! I RARELY connect my phone to it, after going through exactly what you're going through. I was depending on the stinking computer, and it would just arbitrarily decide it had NEVER seen my phone before. Or, it would just not start the WMDC. I finally changed my email to IMAP, so that the messages stay on the server, and I don't have to sync with the laptop.
I've finally gotten to the point that I have two computers (and my phone). One is a desktop with XP, the other is a POS Vista laptop. Yesterday, it told me that I didn't have enough video memory available, so it was going to switch me to "Basic" video mode...which it did. Oddly, I've got 1GB of Video memory. So, I rebooted it. It's just another attempt at HostageWare by Microsofty.
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Nope... this didn't do anything...
OMG... I'm getting so frustrated...
Do you know if I can move my MS Outlook 2007 contents to another computer that's running XP? I've tried to use the import/export funtion, but it won't move everything completely (i.e. pix and multiple phone # in one contact). Any idea what I can do about this?
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riDUH7...
Hey see if this works...because I was having the same problem and I found this option in the Connections setting...
goto >start > settings > connections
there you will see something that says USB to PC
in there, there is a check box that says - Enable advanced network functionality...
UNCHECK this box click OK and go back to ur home screen connect ur USB cable and see if it works...
if that doesn't do it, the Microsoft website says to remove the 6.1 update of WMDC and re-install version 6.0... hopes this helps...
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Hi
I have upgraded to Activsync 3.7.1 and although the sync works between Outlook and PPC I cannot explore the PPC either using explore on the ActivSync menu or My Computer My Device.
I am trying to install TomTom 2 Maps to my SD card and it is not being regionised.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled and still getting the same. Any anyone else experienced this? I would be very grateful for any ideas on how to sort this.
Many thanks
Matt
An update
I preformed a hard resent on the device and still I cannot explore the PPC. HELP PLEASE.
Matt
So no problems before
So if I understand it right, You didn't had any problems before the upgrade to 3.7.1
That is correct, worked fine.
Make sure you've got all explorer windows closed before syncing.
If you have a previous window open, before syncing none of the windows will display anything - you need to sync and then open explorer
That is strange
I don't have to close any window.
OK. so if you place the machine into the craddle, you won't get the message connecting to.. is that right?
Hi
I do also have a problem with active sync 3.7.1 when I want to sync anything on my PC with my XDA.
I can only explore my device if I don't select contact, mail or something, otherwise my XDA crashes and I do have to do a soft-reset.
Try to have your partnership without any syncronisation... even if it bothers me a lot, I can currently live without syncronisation... hopefully I find the time to investigate this issue.
Does anybody has the same expierence ????
I don't want to do it with try-and-error...
What are your connection settings
Are all the three boxes ticket under connection settings? ( under active sync)
i seem to recall that zonealarm need to let some program get access before i can sync
other software firewall may require the same thing
including windows internal firewall
It worked before with older version so
If it worked fine with the older version, then it must be about settings within the new version (Igues)
When you installed the new version of activ sync, did you also altablish a new full partnership?
activesync hangs @ 91%
been doing wuite a bit of work on both the phone and laptop... no complaints at all.. but this morning AS didnt work.. so i uninstalled and reinstalled it again.. hoping that itd get back to place.. but while installing from CD or HD it stops @ 91%. says wceusbsh.cab file is not being read..! took it to the system administrator.. removed all entries from registry... and modified the evnt viewer as well.. everythng in vain..
the last retort is to take the back up of my comp.. and reinstall OS.. but is there anything i can do to avoid it..?
cherish
installed activesync that came with my xda exec yesterday. it synced once and i was able to browse the files on the pda from my pc.
but now however, it won't sync, just says connecting on the pc end and no syncing logo in the status bar on the xda. upgraded to activesync 4.1, but still the same problem.
also, i can no longer bring up the phone screen, i can make calls from the contacts list and receive calls, but the phone screen no longer pops up (sound still plays after clicking the phone icon thou).
only got the xda yesterday and set it up into personal mode, installed clearview pdf reader from the cd.
no other changes.
any ideas?
does soft reset erase all your documents and contacts?
thanks.
Do a soft reset and the problem will be fixed.
Tip: XDA EXEC runs faster with less glitches in BASIC mode. Thought I mention it !
No, a soft reset will not erase any of your data. I would certainly start there. Do you (or a friend) have another PPC device to connect to your computer to see if A/S will work with that device?
I would think that since you just go it yesterday, today would be a good day to do a Hard Reset (if the above does not fix it). Chances are good you will wind up doing one anyway, so do it now to avoid further frustration and before you have a bunch of programs and data loaded.
Just my .02
Forgot to mention, soft reset doesn't erase anything, its like rebooting your PC.
Hard reset DOES erase, so be careful of this one !
i've just soft reseted it and now the phone screen works.
i changed the size of the icons and after the soft reset, they were back to normal. was this the cause of the phone screen problem?
i don't have another ppc around, but i can connect to my pc via bluetooth and transfer files both ways but not sync.
is there anyway to view/add/change the files on the xda without syncing/bt ie using the cable and windows explorer?
i don't expect to be emailing much from the xda, so is there any benefit to syncing?
i'll be doing a hard reset soon, the xda went into personal mode before i had time to read up waht the different modes did in the manual.
wifi & bt work very quickly thou, which is nice.
Don't know about size of icons thing as I haven't tried it.
The sync functionality doesn't just sync email, it does sync your calendar, notes , tasks and contacts too. It also syncs files for you.
You can set it so it syncs just the stuff you want it to sync including non (during setting up your sync just tick what you want synced or untick everything to sync nothing).
is there anyway to view/add/change the files on the XDA without syncing/bt ie using the cable and windows explorer?
i've had to soft reset the xda again as the phonepad was playing up again.
i'm going to hard reset into corporate mode, what do i need to save beforehand?
reading from another forum, i see that i have to save mms settings (done) and 3g settings (don't know where they are). anything else?
regards,
haroon.
is there anyway to view/add/change the files on the XDA without syncing/bt ie using the cable and windows explorer?
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Do you want to never Sync or only when you choose ? If never Sync when you installed ActivSync it gave you wizard to configure what you want syncing, here you could have unticked everything.
i've had to soft reset the xda again as the phonepad was playing up again.
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I kept getting that in Personal Mode, since changing to Basic mode I don't get the problem anymore. To change to Basic mode , click on your start menu then Programs then Install type.
Reading from another forum, i see that i have to save mms settings (done) and 3g settings (don't know where they are). anything else?
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I have never used corporate mode before so I don't know. I did come across another post on this forum which had all the settings for corporate mode listed. Try doing a forum search for setup.
got it running in corporate mode now, all seems so good so far.
still won't sync thou, doesn't get past the connecting stage.
i'm going to try reinstalling activesync from the cd and uncheck everything from the setup wizard.
i'll post the results a bit later.
thanks for the info linux!
Have you checked your personal Firewall (and/or XP's built in Firewall) as this will prevent ActiveSync making a connection..
These are the entries in mine:
Control Panel > Windows Firewall > Exceptions Tab
1. ActiveSync Application
2. ActiveSync Connection Manager
3. ActiveSync RAPI Manager
4. ActiveSync Service
If you click on the first one > Change Scope
Choose (*) Custom List
Entry: 169.254.2.0/255.255.255.0
This is set the same for 1->3..
The 4th option requires Port 26675 open on TCP
As I understand it, ActiveSync 4.x creates a TCP/IP connection similar to a TCP/IP network connection so a Firewall can screw things up a treat.
Might also be worth checking in your TaskManager list for the following executables when you startup ActiveSync:
1. WCESMgr.exe
2. wcescomm.exe
3. rapimgr.exe
These relate to the executables that are setup in those 1-3 services in Firewall Exceptions.
Hope it helps..
Today my ActiveSync connection stopped working.
It tries to connect for a while then it comes up with "ActiveSync cannot connect to the Windows Mobile powered device. ..."
WM5torage works, so does pinging the Wizard.
Things I tried:
-Using the repair option from Active Sync setup
-Reverting the Wizard to a 3 day old backup made with SPB
Nothing worked :-(
What else (other than a hard reset) could I try?
See below for solution. And don't touch the notification queue if you don't know what you're doing
check if you firewall is blocking the activesync connection
if this is not the case ... good luck
try reinstalling activesync..
or get the latest one..
Install this cab application and select serial instead of RNDIS, just tap at YES button, and activesync will work perfect
Activesync gone mad
I am having the same problem with activesync not actually syncing my contacts and calender despite making all the noises I usually associate with a successful sync. My contacts are not updated and my calender has none of the appointments from outlook uploaded to it.
I have done a soft reset. a hard reset, gone back to activesync 4.2 and nothing works. I have also tried the usb switch that is mentioned elsewhere and no joy. I have other ppc's running PPC2003 and these are fine and update almost immediately, its only my xda mini s that is being a sod. I never had a problem before activesync 4 and several other machines before the mini s. I should also mention that my outlook files are fine and work on all other machines.
It is bad business that the world is becoming dependant on such bad software as this. It is not progress to make things worse and Mr Gates should be held to task for the problems caused from forcing us onto unreliable software in the name of progress. I was happy enough on activesync 3.8 and WM2003 and never had problems.
Please, Please someone give me an answer before hammer and xda meet in heated discussion.
I have the same problem with my MDA and both my PC and Laptop. I have been trying to resolve this problem for months. It is unbelievable that it is so hard to resolve this issue. I have been posting on this forum and on others and still am looking for a resolution. Maybe someday, someone will resolve this issue. Thanks for your postings and help in trying to resolve this issue. Frustrated beyond belief.
Sorry, this did not work either: Install this cab application and select serial instead of RNDIS, just tap at YES button, and activesync will work perfect
Update to previous
Just an update. I have tried this on another machine using the pst file from my machine and it syncs fine. Clearly, there is some problem on my machine with my software.
I have also removed outlook and reinstalled it. Also removed all profiles on main machine. At present, my calendar will sync but my contacts will not. Outlook tests say there is nothing wrong. Short of a complete software install I can not see another way to cure this other than the big hammer.
Go figure.
p.s.
If I had a hammer and Mr Gates was in front of me I would not be held responsible for my actions.
I found a corporate firewall that was preventing sync, I have to shut down the service and then it worked. Strangly, it would sync over bluetooth without stopping the service. A bit OT, but I can't seem to browse while synced. It asks for proxy info which I type in but it says bad user name/password. I KNOW I'm putting in the right proxy info (it defaulted it from my PC which browses fine) and correct user name/pw/domain. Any ideas?
FIXED
No firewall, no ActiveSync, no connection problems at all.
Fixed it by reverting my database to a backup.
When i had the well known alarm clock troubles i accidentially (= out of ignorance) deleted the whole notification queue.
Word of advice: Don't do that, it'll screw everything up
shadow# said:
No firewall, no ActiveSync, no connection problems at all.
Fixed it by reverting my database to a backup.
When i had the well known alarm clock troubles i accidentially (= out of ignorance) deleted the whole notification queue.
Word of advice: Don't do that, it'll screw everything up
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1. What is the purpose of the Notification queue?
2.What does it have to do with ActiveSync connectivity?
3.How is Notification queue set to make AS work?
Still cannot resolve my connectivity problem with my MDA. Thanks in advance.
asctony said:
1. What is the purpose of the Notification queue?
Manages the Operating System's list of scheduled actions.
2.What does it have to do with ActiveSync connectivity?
Still have no idea of how to get this back inot Notification queue.
3.How is Notification queue set to make AS work?
Still cannot resolve my connectivity problem with my MDA. Thanks in advance.
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Still looking for some help on this.
check this solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=271174&highlight=activesync
Is this related to the inability to pass-through browse while on activesync? I am able to sync fine, but when I try to browse I get an error saying bad proxy info (which I've check 1000 times). Or sometimes when I'm messing around with the settings I get a "lost connection" message rather than the invalid login/password. So frustrating! Will switching to the serial type of connection help me?
ActiveSync must be one of the most frustrating applications out there. I have tried all recommended fixes and still cannot get ActiveSync to recognize my MDA. The last time I did a sync was 9/06. Too much BS using this application. I have searched all over the web and cannot find any application that will allow me to update my PIM file without ActiveSync. So, I guess I will finally give up on this. Thanks to all of you who have tried to help me. Thank You!!
I've never managed to setup any of my phones to sync the way I want it.
Here I am... A clean install on my new laptop with Windows 7.
A new HTC-HD2. Cleain install of MS Outlook 2007.
I connect my HTC-HD2, and select sync on the popup.
The HTC-HD2 does get connected with Windows Mobile Device center.
The Sync Center does also say Sync in progress, and the green bar keeps moving from left to right.
As test I have added one address to Outlook, and created one date event .
I've now waited about 1 hr to see if anythig would happen, but no...
Anyone here with a suggestion on what it could be?
(firewall / virus scanner are off for this test)
What are you syncing with bluetooth or cable etc?
My mistake.. I'm using the USB cable from HD2
Sometimes disabling the option "Enable faster data synchronization" in the USB to PC options can help the syncing of devices. I don't own an HD2 yet, but that could be the issue.
Also check and see what your device is meant to be syncing in the sync options. Maybe nothing is selected.
interesting..
win7 here, able to sync both with hd2 and diamond
not a "clean install", as i've upgraded vista → win7 beta → rc → rtm
that should not be an issue however, since the hd2 is newer than all, thus there was nothing on the notebook related to the device from beforehand.
do you get any sync related error messages? or does the sync attempt just go on forever?
if so, are you able to cancel it -- sometimes that's not possible, you have to severe the connection by cable -- ?
gwelwhir said:
interesting..
win7 here, able to sync both with hd2 and diamond
not a "clean install", as i've upgraded vista → win7 beta → rc → rtm
that should not be an issue however, since the hd2 is newer than all, thus there was nothing on the notebook related to the device from beforehand.
do you get any sync related error messages? or does the sync attempt just go on forever?
if so, are you able to cancel it -- sometimes that's not possible, you have to severe the connection by cable -- ?
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No sync related error's. The sync attempt just keeps going on and on.
Canceling is no problem.
The only way I get a "good" sync is if I disable all the "content sync settings" under Windows Mobile Device Center > Mobile Device Settings
But than again I'm not syncing anything :-(
I've now been at it over 1/2 day, and I'm about to reinstall the Windows 7 system with absolutely nothing on it exept office.
madindehead said:
Sometimes disabling the option "Enable faster data synchronization" in the USB to PC options can help the syncing of devices. I don't own an HD2 yet, but that could be the issue.
Also check and see what your device is meant to be syncing in the sync options. Maybe nothing is selected.
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This option does not exist anymore.. Or I can not find it.. I know where to find it on my old XDA2s
htc-hd2 said:
No sync related error's. The sync attempt just keeps going on and on.
Canceling is no problem.
The only way I get a "good" sync is if I disable all the "content sync settings" under Windows Mobile Device Center > Mobile Device Settings
But than again I'm not syncing anything :-(
I've now been at it over 1/2 day, and I'm about to reinstall the Windows 7 system with absolutely nothing on it exept office.
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before you reinstall like that (last resort) may i suggest you to just:
1) disconnect hd2
2) uninstall windows mobile device center
3) reboot -- (even though win7 does not deem it necessary)
4) reinstall wmdc -- which will start automatically once you connect hd2
5) check windows update for wmdc updates (win7 might have one, vista did for sure) and if there is, install that
6) reboot (argh.. but please bear with me)
7) power off hd2 and on
now try not an "empty" sync, but instead with something minimal like tasks.
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This option does not exist anymore.. Or I can not find it.. I know where to find it on my old XDA2s
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that option -does- exist in the hd2 also.
struggling with the Dutch ROM here, it's located at:
instellingen / overig / usb aan pc
to describe: it's the 12th item in settings (or 2nd one from the bottom)
and then, usb to pc
it's the checkbox there for faster sync.
hope this helps.
gwelwhir said:
that option -does- exist in the hd2 also.
struggling with the Dutch ROM here, it's located at:
instellingen / overig / usb aan pc
to describe: it's the 12th item in settings (or 2nd one from the bottom)
and then, usb to pc
it's the checkbox there for faster sync.
hope this helps.
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Found it.. Thank you.
(I'm also with the Dutch ROM)
After disabling it (and reboot of HD2 and PC) still no go.
gwelwhir said:
before you reinstall like that (last resort) may i suggest you to just:
1) disconnect hd2
2) uninstall windows mobile device center
3) reboot -- (even though win7 does not deem it necessary)
4) reinstall wmdc -- which will start automatically once you connect hd2
5) check windows update for wmdc updates (win7 might have one, vista did for sure) and if there is, install that
6) reboot (argh.. but please bear with me)
7) power off hd2 and on
now try not an "empty" sync, but instead with something minimal like tasks.
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I'll give it a go, and report back.
Thank you for your help.
Okay.. After uninstalling office, the syncing is working as it should (only option available to sync is Mobile Favorites)
As soon as I install office again, and enable one of the office options (like E-mail or Notes) it does not work.
Do I need to enable something in office to make it work?
i've had the same problem syncing with Office 2007 installed on windows 7, altho Office 2007 + Vista had no problems.
I also get a problem backing up my phone contacts in Office, i end up getting a combination of the phones contacts + my hotmail (the email account i use in Office 2007) all together in my phone's contacts..
Do you get the same problem?
what office version are you using?
do you use Outlook?
as this is a clean install I only have one email, and one e-mail address in it (not a hotmail).
I've got an old HDD here what I will use for a new install of Windows 7, to see if I can get it to work.
Googleing my problem does return a lot of messages!
As does this link: http://social.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/windowsmobileactivesync/threads/
How can you stop ActiveSyncn from starting automatically? The "usual" solution that worked for the HD (create a fake account within ActiveSync) does not work in the Leo.
Any ideas?
I'd like to know it as well. Fake server method doesn't work properly.
What exactly do you mean by "stop ActiveSync from starting automatically"? Do you mean to stop it from running at boot or stop syncing items?
If the later, to stop it from syncing, just chose "Menu", "Schedule" and select "Manually".
If you mean to stop it from starting at boot, I have no idea...
If you mean stop it synching automatically when you connect it to teh PC, go settings - menu - all settings - connections - USB to PC and fiddle with the settings in there. You can have the pc automatically see it as a USB disk, or ask you every time you connect, etc.
Thank guys for quick response. I mean to stop it completely. I don't need it at all (Linux on desktop, MacOS on the laptop ). The best option for me would be possibility to uninstall it (I need to learn how to cook then ). I tried "fake server method" to switch off scheduled activesync activation. It is working on my sister's HD perfectly but unfortunately not on HD2 .
In that case just use USB to PC and set it to disk mode automatically, and it simply wont start activesync.
Believe me it will. Activesync is working in the background all the time. When you switch it off it will be back. I'm a purist. I just don't like useless things.
how odd,I unplugged mine from the pc twenty minutes ago and as is currently not running, neither in programs or processes. after a soft reset still doesn't show up until I plug it into the pc and select as instead of disk.
oh well guess I'm just lucky , hehe, best of luck.
Yes, you are. Maybe it's because of SONE Rom?
I've got it back after each system restart for example.
hi,
so then, there is no good solution for this pb ?
Hi,
Try this.
On your PC go to start ->run and type msconfig.
On the startup tab uncheck wcescomm,apply,close and restart PC.
That will stop it starting up with each reboot.
You can also go into control panel and find your startup menu and take it of of startup.