No, there is no patch - Vista uses the new Mobile Device synching that only works on Windows Vista. Activesync is not supported on Windows Vista.
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After furious head scratching, Stanley8 asked:
| Thank you for the speedy reply Milly
| Do I understand you corectly...is there a patch or update to make
| activesync4.2 work with vista? That would be great
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| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
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|| If you cannot use the new mobile device sync center that ships with
|| Vista, then you are left with copying them by hand, or using an
|| older version of Windows with a compatible version of Outlook to get
|| your contacts into Outlook and then export as a .csv file that you
|| can import into Outlook on Vista.
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|| After furious head scratching, Stanley8 asked:
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||| I have a new computer that runs Vista. My smartphone(cingular 3125)
||| uses active sync 4.2 - that is not compatible with Vista (only up to
||| XP) how can I get my contacts from my phone into my laptop outlook?
||| My old laptop is no loinger available to export and save a .pst
||| file.