Ye hah, got a flash new Dell Latitude e6500. Makes the old Acer 1353XC seem like the sick camel I always thought it was.
So, we all do mobile things here don't we? Guess what I wanted to do? Sync Outlook. Right.
The help tells me that if I just plug in, Windows Mobile Device Centre will suddenly activate and just go through the simple steps and all will be well. Did all that exactly as indicated, tried to sync. Nothing!
So I poked around for ages during which I discovered that I could explore the mobile from the PC, so some of it was working. Then, later, I realised that my files were being synched just fine, but not Outlook.
Of course I checked the settings in the WMDC. Of course each section that I wanted was Checked. I even looked in the link "Sync Settings". Strangely the Outlook ones are different to the files ones. The Outlook ones just had two check boxes which seemed defaulted to "Windows PC" checked and "Windows PC 2" not checked. Since the Help files nowhere even mention either of these, I figure I should leave well alone.
Several hours later, after plugging in and out, switching on and off, adding dummy entries just to see if it needed to be new entries and so on, I finally thought, dang (well actually it was more like a deleted expletive), the only thing I haven't done is check "Windows PC 2". So I did that, and (a large and voluble number of deleted expetives later) I went off to tell the family that it was all working now!
So come on. This new Windows 7 that allegedly works thing out for you but doesn't give the needed defaults? This amazing help system that doesn't even mention a vital option? The hours wasted trying to do something that should have just worked first time? Are any of these failing to convince anyone why I think MS are rubbish?
And does anybody understand why one PC talking to one mobile should involve the use of something called "Windows PC 2"? What on earth is this mythical second PC?
Life is too short for this at the best of times. When the Big C is promising you even less of it, this sort of time wasting is just intolerable.
Sorry, but I just had to get it off my chest.
So, we all do mobile things here don't we? Guess what I wanted to do? Sync Outlook. Right.
The help tells me that if I just plug in, Windows Mobile Device Centre will suddenly activate and just go through the simple steps and all will be well. Did all that exactly as indicated, tried to sync. Nothing!
So I poked around for ages during which I discovered that I could explore the mobile from the PC, so some of it was working. Then, later, I realised that my files were being synched just fine, but not Outlook.
Of course I checked the settings in the WMDC. Of course each section that I wanted was Checked. I even looked in the link "Sync Settings". Strangely the Outlook ones are different to the files ones. The Outlook ones just had two check boxes which seemed defaulted to "Windows PC" checked and "Windows PC 2" not checked. Since the Help files nowhere even mention either of these, I figure I should leave well alone.
Several hours later, after plugging in and out, switching on and off, adding dummy entries just to see if it needed to be new entries and so on, I finally thought, dang (well actually it was more like a deleted expletive), the only thing I haven't done is check "Windows PC 2". So I did that, and (a large and voluble number of deleted expetives later) I went off to tell the family that it was all working now!
So come on. This new Windows 7 that allegedly works thing out for you but doesn't give the needed defaults? This amazing help system that doesn't even mention a vital option? The hours wasted trying to do something that should have just worked first time? Are any of these failing to convince anyone why I think MS are rubbish?
And does anybody understand why one PC talking to one mobile should involve the use of something called "Windows PC 2"? What on earth is this mythical second PC?
Life is too short for this at the best of times. When the Big C is promising you even less of it, this sort of time wasting is just intolerable.
Sorry, but I just had to get it off my chest.
