pocket pc 2002---> vista chris parr 12/27/2008 4:59:01 PM I have recently bought a new laptop with vista premium on it. I also have my dads old pda, running pocket pc 2002- which i use for my course studies. problem is, these machines are notorious for having volatile memory, and if power is lost, so are my installed programmes- such as adobe reader and pocket slides- both vital. at home during the holidays this isnt a problem, i have access to windows xp and can use active sync to reinstall (or to install brand new software). once i leave for uni.... i cant. active sync doesnt support vista, and vistas mobile device centre doesnt support pocket pc 2002/windows CE. how the dickens am i supposed to use my pda now? (file transfer support is supported thankfully- its just file installation thats a problem). is there an alternative system i can use, or a way of making them talk?

Re: pocket pc 2002---> vista "V Green" <vanceg[ at ]nowhere.net> 12/27/2008 5:40:58 PM Yep, I fought this too. My situation might have been even more critical - I use PPC's to run my service business and cannot imagine functioning without them. Most flavors of the PPC OS past 2003SE are pretty much cow dung, inflated with worhless fluff you don't need and/or want, missing things I rely on (like syncing over 802.11). Since Vista wouldn't properly support them, I upgraded the new UMPC I bought that came with Vista with XP Pro (you betcha, XP is a definite upgrade to Vista) after wasting a month running Vista trying to get my legacy hardware to work. I do NOT believe in the irresponsible "just buy new hardware until the OS works" model of consumptive marketing - I use stuff until it wears out (I have bought enough spare 2003SE devices + laptops that run or have driver support for XP to last me for years). I reinstalled all the stuff I was used to on XP (and which worked as it was supposed to) and life was swell once again. "chris parr" <chris parr[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AABA30DB-D6A6-4634-B4ED-5DB3987CA9C3[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I have recently bought a new laptop with vista premium on it. I also have my > dads old pda, running pocket pc 2002- which i use for my course studies. > problem is, these machines are notorious for having volatile memory, and if > power is lost, so are my installed programmes- such as adobe reader and > pocket slides- both vital. at home during the holidays this isnt a problem, i > have access to windows xp and can use active sync to reinstall (or to install > brand new software). once i leave for uni.... i cant. active sync doesnt > support vista, and vistas mobile device centre doesnt support pocket pc > 2002/windows CE. how the dickens am i supposed to use my pda now? (file > transfer support is supported thankfully- its just file installation thats a > problem). is there an alternative system i can use, or a way of making them > talk?

Re: pocket pc 2002---> vista "Richard G. Harper [MVP]" <rgharper[ at ]email.com> 12/27/2008 10:25:42 PM You can use it in its most simple form as a connected device, but you are correct that more advanced features such as sync, program installation, etc. won't work any longer. There is no work-around that will allow you to use your old PDA with Vista the way you want to. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Desktop] rgharper[ at ]gmail.com * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ "chris parr" <chris parr[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AABA30DB-D6A6-4634-B4ED-5DB3987CA9C3[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I have recently bought a new laptop with vista premium on it. I also have >my > dads old pda, running pocket pc 2002- which i use for my course studies. > problem is, these machines are notorious for having volatile memory, and > if > power is lost, so are my installed programmes- such as adobe reader and > pocket slides- both vital. at home during the holidays this isnt a > problem, i > have access to windows xp and can use active sync to reinstall (or to > install > brand new software). once i leave for uni.... i cant. active sync doesnt > support vista, and vistas mobile device centre doesnt support pocket pc > 2002/windows CE. how the dickens am i supposed to use my pda now? (file > transfer support is supported thankfully- its just file installation thats > a > problem). is there an alternative system i can use, or a way of making > them > talk?

Re: pocket pc 2002---> vista "Bender" <imnotgivingmynametoa[ at ]machine.net> 12/28/2008 4:07:54 AM If you use the Vista Windows Mobile Device Center, you can sync with a Pocket PC 2002 device. I have a ViewSonic PDA running Pocket PC 2002, (version 3.0.11171). When Vista first came out, only my newer PDA was supported running Windows Mobile 2003 SE (version 4.21.1088). But one day a few months ago I discovered that my older PDA was now supported. Another option is to use any backup software built into (provided by the pocket pc manufacturer) the device and do a full backup onto a location on the device that is not volatile memory or a memory card. Then if you lose your memory, a backup restore should put all your apps back onto the device. Both of my PDA's have such backup software included on the device. "chris parr" <chris parr[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AABA30DB-D6A6-4634-B4ED-5DB3987CA9C3[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I have recently bought a new laptop with vista premium on it. I also have > my > dads old pda, running pocket pc 2002- which i use for my course studies. > problem is, these machines are notorious for having volatile memory, and > if > power is lost, so are my installed programmes- such as adobe reader and > pocket slides- both vital. at home during the holidays this isnt a > problem, i > have access to windows xp and can use active sync to reinstall (or to > install > brand new software). once i leave for uni.... i cant. active sync doesnt > support vista, and vistas mobile device centre doesnt support pocket pc > 2002/windows CE. how the dickens am i supposed to use my pda now? (file > transfer support is supported thankfully- its just file installation thats > a > problem). is there an alternative system i can use, or a way of making > them > talk?

Re: pocket pc 2002---> vista "Bender" <imnotgivingmynametoa[ at ]machine.net> 12/28/2008 4:17:04 AM These devices with Pocket PC 2002, version 3.0.11171 at least do work with Windows Mobile Device Center. I just synced my outlook data and Microsoft Reader onto my device to check and indeed it does work. "Richard G. Harper [MVP]" <rgharper[ at ]email.com> wrote in message news:#N1hPIHaJHA.4480[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > You can use it in its most simple form as a connected device, but you are > correct that more advanced features such as sync, program installation, > etc. won't work any longer. There is no work-around that will allow you > to use your old PDA with Vista the way you want to. > > -- > Richard G. Harper [MVP Desktop] rgharper[ at ]gmail.com > * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ > * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups > * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ > > > "chris parr" <chris parr[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:AABA30DB-D6A6-4634-B4ED-5DB3987CA9C3[ at ]microsoft.com... >>I have recently bought a new laptop with vista premium on it. I also have >>my >> dads old pda, running pocket pc 2002- which i use for my course studies. >> problem is, these machines are notorious for having volatile memory, and >> if >> power is lost, so are my installed programmes- such as adobe reader and >> pocket slides- both vital. at home during the holidays this isnt a >> problem, i >> have access to windows xp and can use active sync to reinstall (or to >> install >> brand new software). once i leave for uni.... i cant. active sync doesnt >> support vista, and vistas mobile device centre doesnt support pocket pc >> 2002/windows CE. how the dickens am i supposed to use my pda now? (file >> transfer support is supported thankfully- its just file installation >> thats a >> problem). is there an alternative system i can use, or a way of making >> them >> talk? >