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GPS: ActiveSync Problem between Garmin MapSource and Non-Garmin Pocket PCs Running Garmin Que Software

If you have Garmin MapSource, a Pocket PC, and the Garmin Que software, you should be able to download/upload your waypoints and tracks from/to Que on the handheld to MapSource in Windows. Unfortunately MapSouce on some computers does not ActiveSync properly -- it does not recognize Non-Garmin Pocket PCs that have the Garmin Que software installed. Yesterday, I wasted several hours wondering what's wrong with my Pocket PC -- why MapSource doesn't recognize my iPAQ h4150 running Garmin Que. After the long hours of Googling, I finally came across this thread which leads to the original thread on MalSingMaps.com . wsian , the original poster who found a solution, suggested adding the following registry key, using Windows regedit tools [see the picture from the MalSingMaps thread here ]: Add a new key QueRAPI to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Garmin\ Try to plug your Pocket PC in, launch the Garmin Que software, and then use MapSource's Transfer -> Receive From Device comman

Pocket PC: Unresolved Inbox Items

I have been trying to fix an HP iPAQ h4150 Pocket PC, which runs Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003, for not synchronizing the Inbox items properly after an intentional hard-reset. Every single email in Microsoft Outlook on the desktop computer does not sync to the handheld if it contains an attachment -- no matter wheter it is a TXT file, a JPEG file or a DOC file. Websites and newsgroups such as the followings Google Groups: 4150 inbox unresolved attachment Google Groups: unresolved inbox suggest us to delete the ActiveSync partnership or to delete the file C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application DataMicrosoft\ActiveSync\Profiles\HandheldName\repl.dat to reset the synchronization status of the handheld so that everything would be overwritten by the content from the desktop. Someone on the newsgroups mentioned about unplugging the handheld from the cradle, soft-reseting it, and putting it back to the cradle to start a clean ActiveSync session. Since I set Pocket Outlook on the iPAQ