While browsing Internet Explorer Mobile in Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC through a Desktop Passthrough internet connection, you may get an error 0×80072f78: Cannot locate page.
Try uninstallling Activesync 4.2 or 4.5 Beta and reinstall Activesync 4.1. This has been reported to solve the problem.

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Sometimes the Windows device manager recognizes the Windows Mobile adapter but Activesync does not recognize the device. In that case, go to Start—>Control Panel—>Network Connections. Look for the Windows Mobile adapter. Right click on it and go to properties. Under “This connection uses the following items” make sure 1) TCP/IP, 2) Client for Microsoft Networks [...]

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If you get an error: Synchronization failed with non-Outlook items (and if Outlook items like contacts sync fine) in Activesync 4.1 with a Windows Mobile 5.0 device, then are two things you might want to try out:
1) Delete Activesync partnership from desktop and device and then recreate the partnership
2) If Step 1 does not work, [...]

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I will be writing a series on Activesync 4 connectivity issue starting today. First in this series is Activesync 4.1 which does not detect the Windows Mobile 5.0 / Pocket PC device. I’ve seen that Verizon Access Manager blocks the connection between Activesync and the device. You will notice that the Windows Device manager will [...]

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Some Activesync 4.1 users have reported an error as soon as the Windows Mobile 5 device is cradled: : “Activesync Connection Manager has encountered a problem and needs to close”
This happens if Winsock is corrupted on the computer
To resolve this, first reset the winsock using KB811259
The “netsh winsock reset” command on Windows XP SP2 does [...]

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