Guest marisa4755 Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 My new vario II arrives 2morrow (I truly hope), and I am hoping to also keep my other pda going for a while and rebuild it for my daughter. As one is WM5 (activesync 4.2?) and the other is WM2003SE (activesync 3.8) will this be OK? Will 4.2 automatically install OVER 3.8 or will they be happy to run side by side (not at the same time obviously) Has anyone tried this? Any tips? All help gratefully received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest proindigo Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 My new vario II arrives 2morrow (I truly hope), and I am hoping to also keep my other pda going for a while and rebuild it for my daughter. As one is WM5 (activesync 4.2?) and the other is WM2003SE (activesync 3.8) will this be OK? Will 4.2 automatically install OVER 3.8 or will they be happy to run side by side (not at the same time obviously) Has anyone tried this? Any tips? All help gratefully received. Update to 4.2 my wm2003 chugs along great on 4.2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NikLP Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 Active Sync is a terrible piece of software and you've just got to live with it. WM5 requires 4.0 minimum so you want to install 4.2. Anything below it should run the same, but god help you if you get any issues with your 2003 devices. You should be ok through exchange server, but that doesn't help most of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest proindigo Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 (edited) Active Sync is a terrible piece of software and you've just got to live with it. WM5 requires 4.0 minimum so you want to install 4.2. Anything below it should run the same, but god help you if you get any issues with your 2003 devices. You should be ok through exchange server, but that doesn't help most of us. Am running it fine though standard outlook(no exchange, only POP) No problems at all! If you are worried about problems uninstall activesync reboot and then install 4.2! (make a system restore point first, if you are paranoid!) Edited August 23, 2006 by proindigo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest marisa4755 Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 Am running it fine though standard outlook(no exchange, only POP) No problems at all! If you are worried about problems uninstall activesync reboot and then install 4.2! (make a system restore point first, if you are paranoid!) Me paranoid?! I just know that Msoft is out to get me! thanks for the advice, I guess the answer is, that you can't run both, you have to upgrade. Oh well, lots of backups I think is the answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pondrew Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 I never had problems when I used to run a Windows Mobile 2003SE Smartphone alongside my WM5 Pocket PC Phone on Activesync 4.2 (aside from the obvious fact that you can only have one connected at a time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest marisa4755 Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 Right, so consensus of opinion is: do backup (just in case) create restore point on pc (just in case) remove 3.8 install 4.2 and they all lived happily ever after. This shall be my plan. Will report back on this later. thanks for the advice all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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