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This is precisely what put me off with ActiveStink.
I use it only to produce the .cabs from .exes (bonus points to anybody who gives me an utility to do this) which I then copy to a folder and later, copy it to the CF card via wifi network shares. I don't even let it run in the background.
I pity the people who have to use ActiveStink. I really do. Its another MS app which has somehow managed to corner the market and delude people into thinking its the bee's knees.
Its not. Its an over-engineered solution which is more difficult to repair when something does go wrong. Syncing your Pocket PC should be as simple as connecting and running a small utility which performs the deed with minimum fuss or choosing an option to export changes since last sync to a file and transfer it manually on either the PC or PPC.
I mean, to add the functionality to sync a new file type involves writing a plugin, installing handlers, etc. Why? Why not just add a few lines to some ini file to copy this file type from this dir if newer than the same on PPC or vice versa? If conversion is needed, then the ini could contain paths to a third party converter. Its KISS. It works. Use it, MS for God's sake.
And another point: Why can't Pocket Word simply read MS Word file format in full? Simply marking the elements it doesn't support as plugins so you can edit around them. Why the need for the ridiculously over-complicated conduit and the extra file type?
Regarding your x50v ROM update. Just use the backup utility and backup programs and settings. Apply the newer ROM, hard reset as usual, then restore. Alright, you may lose functionality in general cases, but not here in this case. Dell hasn't changed all that much - besides, you can do this and simply opt to do the full deed at a later date like I did. I reinstalled clean a few days ago - feels no different to after I restored following the update.
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