Outlook express and syncing?

[lole_34]

My mother just got they same phone as i do (xv6700) and wanted me to set it up. I have had no major issues. I connot get her out look express to sysnc with the ppc. I get nothing I use hotmail and it was a snap but this is drving me bonkers. I need steo by step insructions. also her calender and note and taskes do not sync! but she dose not have microsoft ofice (her computer is 2 years newer than mine) it has microsoft works (which i do not have) any ideas my brain is fried!

[Nurhisham Hussein]

I don't believe you can sync PIM information with Outlook Express - you need to use the full Outlook version that comes with the phone.

[Sven Johannsen]

hishamh is absolutely correct. PPCs do not sync with Outlook Express. At least not out of the box. If you don't want to use Outlook, there are options like Intellisync that will let you use Express.

[Darius Wey]

SyncExpress (http://www.syncdata.it/syncexpress.html) is another solution that supports Outlook Express.

[Janak Parekh]

SyncExpress (http://www.syncdata.it/syncexpress.html) is another solution that supports Outlook Express.
Indeed, I believe this is the most common solution -- although I haven't tried it -- and, of course, it's limited, since OE doesn't support Notes, Tasks, or Calendar.

also her calender and note and taskes do not sync! but she dose not have microsoft ofice (her computer is 2 years newer than mine) it has microsoft works (which i do not have) any ideas my brain is fried!
Well, you must have Outlook for ActiveSync to sync those three types. ActiveSync does not support Microsoft Works, and I don't know of any third-party sync solutions that do. Why don't you just install Outlook on the machine from the supplied CD?

--janak

[lole_34]

i did install it but its my mother and this is the program she has been using for years (she is a little slow with these things) is it hard to get everything swiched over from express to outlook?

[melsam [MS]]

i did install it but its my mother and this is the program she has been using for years (she is a little slow with these things) is it hard to get everything swiched over from express to outlook?

Outlook offers wizards to import accounts, email and settings from Outlook Express. So it shouldn't be too hard to bring existing data over. The only problem is Outlook may be overkill for your mom. Did you give SyncExpress a try?

[lole_34]

I am in the prosses of giving it a try will keep you updated on the progress

[lole_34]

is there anyway you can get out look to send and recive from the deivce or is just sync? (by the way i get it to sync

[Janak Parekh]

is there anyway you can get out look to send and recive from the deivce or is just sync? (by the way i get it to sync
If you want to do email directly on the Pocket PC, you need to set up your ISP's POP3 or IMAP account inside the Messaging/Inbox applet on the Pocket PC itself.

--janak