Thursday, August 12, 2004
More Installation Problems: ActiveSync
I installed the latest version of ActiveSync this morning and ran into more installation problems. Hopefully the right people will see this and get it fixed. Here's what happened.
I installed ActiveSync 3.7.1, Build 4034 to sync my iPaq with my laptop. At the end of the install process, I was told I needed to reboot. (All software vendors ... are you listening??? STOP REQUIRING A REBOOT!!!!) Anyway, I said No...don't reboot at this time. However, the install program still shutdown all active programs. I lost some work I was doing in a cursor in VFP. The PC however, did not reboot. I thought maybe a reboot should be done, so I rebooted.
When Windows restarted and I logged in, I was told I needed to reboot again!!!! This is not good. If a reboot should not be required (per Windows guidelines), then two should definately not be required.
While I'm on the subject of ActiveSync, it has one extremely annoying "feature". Everytime you put the handheld into the cradle, ActiveSync launches and becomes the top-most program. Why can't it just synchronize everything in the background and then notify me only if there's a problem?
I installed ActiveSync 3.7.1, Build 4034 to sync my iPaq with my laptop. At the end of the install process, I was told I needed to reboot. (All software vendors ... are you listening??? STOP REQUIRING A REBOOT!!!!) Anyway, I said No...don't reboot at this time. However, the install program still shutdown all active programs. I lost some work I was doing in a cursor in VFP. The PC however, did not reboot. I thought maybe a reboot should be done, so I rebooted.
When Windows restarted and I logged in, I was told I needed to reboot again!!!! This is not good. If a reboot should not be required (per Windows guidelines), then two should definately not be required.
While I'm on the subject of ActiveSync, it has one extremely annoying "feature". Everytime you put the handheld into the cradle, ActiveSync launches and becomes the top-most program. Why can't it just synchronize everything in the background and then notify me only if there's a problem?
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