Tuesday, March 11, 2003
ActiveSync Continues to Suck
Posted by Jason Dunn in "THOUGHT" @ 09:00 AM
Fresh install of Windows XP. Fresh install of Office XP. All patches applied, all updates installed. System is purring like a 2.53 Ghz kitten. ActiveSync 3.6 fresh from PocketPC.com. Install, sync, weep.
I know I've beaten this topic to death, but why, oh why does ActiveSync have to suck so much? The install is 30 minutes old, and already it's giving me an aneurysm...if Outlook isn't running when I dock my Dell, a little window pops up asking me to pick my Outlook profile. I only have one friggin' Outlook profile! :really mad: How hard can this be Mr. ActiveSync? And no matter how many times I select "make this the default profile", it doesn't stick. This error was introduced with ActiveSynd 3.6, with no signs of a fix coming.
Oh wait! It gets better! Upon my first sync I already had 15 unresolved Inbox items, and they wouldn't resolve, nor did I get an error message that told me anything useful. I shuffled around some email messages, then thought that perhaps I could disable the Inbox sync and re-enable it to see if that would fix it. Guess what? Disabling the Inbox sync option while the device is still cradled causes ActiveSync to essentially lock up. After a reboot, and I docked the Axim and proceeded to add the option to sync Inbox back in - same response. "Looking for changes" lasts forever, and killing the two ActiveSync processes seems to be the only way to restart ActiveSync.
ActiveSync is the single worst thing about the Pocket PC platform right now.
I know I've beaten this topic to death, but why, oh why does ActiveSync have to suck so much? The install is 30 minutes old, and already it's giving me an aneurysm...if Outlook isn't running when I dock my Dell, a little window pops up asking me to pick my Outlook profile. I only have one friggin' Outlook profile! :really mad: How hard can this be Mr. ActiveSync? And no matter how many times I select "make this the default profile", it doesn't stick. This error was introduced with ActiveSynd 3.6, with no signs of a fix coming.
Oh wait! It gets better! Upon my first sync I already had 15 unresolved Inbox items, and they wouldn't resolve, nor did I get an error message that told me anything useful. I shuffled around some email messages, then thought that perhaps I could disable the Inbox sync and re-enable it to see if that would fix it. Guess what? Disabling the Inbox sync option while the device is still cradled causes ActiveSync to essentially lock up. After a reboot, and I docked the Axim and proceeded to add the option to sync Inbox back in - same response. "Looking for changes" lasts forever, and killing the two ActiveSync processes seems to be the only way to restart ActiveSync.
ActiveSync is the single worst thing about the Pocket PC platform right now.
