How To Replace the CD That Came With Your Handheld or Smartphone

[Raphael Salgado]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=12393' target='_blank'>http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=12393</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Probably the single most asked question on the Brighthand forums goes something like this: 'I've lost the CD that came with my Palm/Pocket PC. How can I get a replacement?' In most cases, the simple answer is, 'You can't.' Fortunately, the story doesn't end there. While you generally can't get an exact copy of the CD you've lost, in many cases you can download software that will allow you to synchronize your device..."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/salgado-20060901-activesync.gif" /><br /><br />Ed Hardy goes back to basics with an article that helps the novice mobile device user on how to get set up or back on track, even when you lose the original CD. In all honesty, I sometimes do forget that not everyone here is a hardcore hacker, enthusiast, or developer, so this little blurb could be of assistance to those just starting out. :wink:

[Ed Hansberry]

Yeah. Best of luck finding that ActiveSync 3.8 download. MS seems to have pulled it so now everyone that needs to redownload gets to downloadsActiveSync 4.2 and lose their ability to synchronize with their PC via a network connection, like WiFi. :evil:

[Hooch Tan]

Found a link that is still active and it appears to work.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/downloads/as-eula38.mspx

For those that don't want worldwide English, this link is where I found it:

http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall/archive/2005/01/26/360927.aspx

Hope this helps! Get it while you still can!

[Darius Wey]

Found a link that is still active and it appears to work.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/downloads/as-eula38.mspx

Unfortunately, that's just a link to the EULA. If you follow through, it will eventually tell you that the file cannot be found.

[Hooch Tan]

Hmmm, that's odd. Perhaps it's geo-locked? I tested it before I posted the link, just to be sure and I was able to download a copy of Activesync 3.8. I even tested the installer to be sure it was AS 3.8.

In any case, since I've got a copy now, anyone know the legalities of passing it around? If it's legit for me to pass around, I'll gladly put up a link for people to get it.

[Clinton Fitch]

Just for everyone's knowledge, over on my H/PC site, HPC:Factor, we have all of the ActiveSync 3.x and 4.x builds available for download from our server. Heck, we even have CE Services still! 8O

For those who don't know, Windows CE Services was "ActiveSync" before it was called that.

While we don't have the content of OEM CDs at least you know you can get the syncing software.

http://www.hpcfactor.com/support/syncsoft/

Regards,

[CookieKid]

http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/8/2/782df1cb-302d-46dd-96a3-0cda97d195ac/MSASYNC.EXE

[Ed Hansberry]

http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/8/2/782df1cb-302d-46dd-96a3-0cda97d195ac/MSASYNC.EXE

Very strange. I get a 404 when I do that. They must be blocking some of us in the US of A. Anyone in NOrth America getting that download?

[SteveHoward999]

Very strange. I get a 404 when I do that. They must be blocking some of us in the US of A. Anyone in NOrth America getting that download?

I cannot get it either.

Like others here, I keep any downloads I get for this very reason - sometime, someplace the manufacturers will pull the files.

[mcsouth]

I have a tendency to never get rid of any installer that I've downloaded - there are exceptions, of course, but not many. (I've got Firefox installers back to when it was Firebird.)

I have several ActiveSync versions going back to about 3.4 or so (not all, though - never downloaded some as they didn't provide any advantage).

It does get a bit tiresome when doing backups, since I have both PPC and PC directories full of sub-folders of installer files, cab files, etc. that amounts to quite a signficant disc space, but it sure is handy to be able to go back and get the installers when I need to reinstall after a hard reset, Windows reload, etc.

Being a packrat can be a pain occasionally, but it does have its payoffs occasionally too!

[TOCA]

Just for everyone's knowledge, over on my H/PC site, HPC:Factor, we have all of the ActiveSync 3.x and 4.x builds available for download from our server. Heck, we even have CE Services still! 8O

Nice, thank you for that link :D

[SteveHoward999]

It does get a bit tiresome when doing backups, since I have both PPC and PC directories full of sub-folders of installer files, cab files, etc. that amounts to quite a signficant disc space


You ain't kidding! I just checked out my Internet Downloads folder, and it is 12.5 Gb!!! I think I need to do some culling :p

[Clinton Fitch]

I have a tendency to never get rid of any installer that I've downloaded - there are exceptions, of course, but not many. (I've got Firefox installers back to when it was Firebird.)

I have several ActiveSync versions going back to about 3.4 or so (not all, though - never downloaded some as they didn't provide any advantage).

It does get a bit tiresome when doing backups, since I have both PPC and PC directories full of sub-folders of installer files, cab files, etc. that amounts to quite a signficant disc space, but it sure is handy to be able to go back and get the installers when I need to reinstall after a hard reset, Windows reload, etc.

Being a packrat can be a pain occasionally, but it does have its payoffs occasionally too!

I remember sometime last year there was a thread here on PPCT about keeping old software versions/loads for various reasons.

I'm just as bad - I have software for my H/PCs and P/PCs that are 4-5 revs back for no good reason.... :roll:

[mirskym]

http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/8/2/782df1cb-302d-46dd-96a3-0cda97d195ac/MSASYNC.EXE

Works for me here in Toronto, Canada! Wow! Never thought that we Canadians would get more priviledges from Microsoft than Americans!

Would it be illegal for me to download and attach it here?

Michael

[mtmra70]

http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/8/2/782df1cb-302d-46dd-96a3-0cda97d195ac/MSASYNC.EXE

Very strange. I get a 404 when I do that. They must be blocking some of us in the US of A. Anyone in NOrth America getting that download?

Works for me....