Windows 7 / Hotsync

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Windows 7 / Hotsync

persingd

2009-10-05 20:55:53 UTC

I use a Palm TX for GTD as well as many other things. Currently I Hotsync my Palm with Windows Vista. In a few more weeks I will be getting Windows 7.

Have any of you tried Windows 7? Have you been able to get it to Hotsync with your Palm? I have searched the forums at Palm.com to no avail; not much info there.

Dave Persinger

Michael

2009-10-05 22:04:05 UTC

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Let's hope if Palm needs to upgrade the Palm Software, they are doing it
now. HP is already postintg Win7 printer drivers, so I am optimistic.
Hopefully history will not repeat itself again: Palm took forever to release
the Vista Update. Furthermore, let's hope the update is not just for Pre and
the other smart phones- the only items they are selling now.

What I have seen and heard from Microsoft is that this upgrade will not have
the kind of changes that will affect the syncing.

We shall see..... I am a 680 owner and sync all the time!

I use a Palm TX for GTD as well as many other things. Currently I Hotsync
my Palm with Windows Vista. In a few more weeks I will be getting Windows 7.
Have any of you tried Windows 7? Have you been able to get it to Hotsync
with your Palm? I have searched the forums at Palm.com to no avail; not much
info there.
Dave Persinger

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persingd

2009-10-05 22:10:53 UTC

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The few posts I was able to find on the Palm forums didn't sound hopeful. People were complaining Palm Desktop/HotSync wouldn't install on Windows 7 and they were surprised because everything else in Windows 7 seems to work fine. Palm's response was they they would not comment on or support software that hasn't even been released yet.

That's why I was wondering if anyone here had any success in getting Hotsync to work with Windows 7, since Windows 7 has been widely available for quite some time now in free preview mode.

Dave Persinger

Post by Michael
Let's hope if Palm needs to upgrade the Palm Software, they are doing it
now. HP is already postintg Win7 printer drivers, so I am optimistic.
Hopefully history will not repeat itself again: Palm took forever to release
the Vista Update. Furthermore, let's hope the update is not just for Pre and
the other smart phones- the only items they are selling now.
What I have seen and heard from Microsoft is that this upgrade will not have
the kind of changes that will affect the syncing.
We shall see..... I am a 680 owner and sync all the time!

I use a Palm TX for GTD as well as many other things. Currently I Hotsync
my Palm with Windows Vista. In a few more weeks I will be getting Windows 7.
Have any of you tried Windows 7? Have you been able to get it to Hotsync
with your Palm? I have searched the forums at Palm.com to no avail; not much
info there.
Dave Persinger

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alanportman2002

2009-10-06 13:12:52 UTC

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How did you get your Palm to sync with Vista? I have a Zire 72 that is being a very pretty paper weight since buying a new desktop. I am just glad I synced everything to Time and Chaos before the old computer died.

Post by persingd
I use a Palm TX for GTD as well as many other things. Currently I Hotsync my Palm with Windows Vista. In a few more weeks I will be getting Windows 7.
Have any of you tried Windows 7? Have you been able to get it to Hotsync with your Palm? I have searched the forums at Palm.com to no avail; not much info there.
Dave Persinger

persingd

2009-10-06 21:42:19 UTC

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Awhile after Vista was released, Palm came out with a Vista compatible version of Palm Desktop; Palm Desktop 6.2 and HotSync Manager:
http://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/na/zire/72/unlocked/solutions/article/32859_en.html

You could give it a try...although the Zire isn't one of the listed devices:
Palm devices
¡Palm Centro; Treo 755p , 700p, 680, 650
¡Palm TX, Z22; Tungsten E2

Dave Persinger

Post by alanportman2002
How did you get your Palm to sync with Vista? I have a Zire 72 that is being a very pretty paper weight since buying a new desktop. I am just glad I synced everything to Time and Chaos before the old computer died.

persingd

2009-10-06 21:45:50 UTC

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There's also a thread on the Palm forums titled "Synchronizing older Palm devices with Palm Desktop 6.2 and VISTA" that you could check out:
http://forums.palm.com/palm/board/message?board.id=windows_hotsync&thread.id=38625

hoppe_christoffel

2009-10-06 12:51:07 UTC

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Dave,

you'll be able to run all legacy software/palm desktop on a virtual machine performing any xp-version.
i think, there is to be an embedded XP as virtual machine coming out of the box with the pro versions of win7.
alternatively there are free VMs from vmware or microsoft.
i use xp-pro with fusion2 on a mac which works seamless with palm desktop and
i used to fiddle around with vmware for windows on my old xp-pro notebook just to
give it a try and it also worked fine for me, afair. (that notebook was one of the first centrino's with one single-core 1,3gb/500gb ram and the performance of a xp-VM under xp-pro was not too bad. So new machines will surely have enough horsepower to make it not a pain, too)

Robert

yongweihu

2009-10-11 05:08:34 UTC

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I'm using Windows 7. There is no problem hotsyncing my Plam with it. Everything works fine. By the way, I use a Centro, not Plam TX.

Dwight C

2010-11-25 22:54:48 UTC

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What version of Palm Desktop are you using? I don't want to leave version 4. I tried Palm Desktop 6.2, but I lost a lot of capabilities so I went back to the old version.

Regards,
Dwight...

Post by yongweihu
I'm using Windows 7. There is no problem hotsyncing my Plam with it. Everything works fine. By the way, I use a Centro, not Plam TX.

Joseph B. Welsh

2009-10-16 02:20:00 UTC

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I have Windows 7, a Palm TX and Palm Desktop 6.2. No Problem synching
at all.

Joe Welsh

persingd

2009-10-27 17:44:03 UTC

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Joe,
Did you upgrade to Windows 7 over the top of a working Vista/Palm Desktop installation, or did you install Palm Desktop 6.2 in Windows 7? I've read some posts on the net saying that it won't install in Windows 7, and Palm isn't offering any help on their site.
Dave Persinger

Post by Joseph B. Welsh

I have Windows 7, a Palm TX and Palm Desktop 6.2. No Problem synching
at all.
Joe Welsh