Apologies for the level of repetition of other posts but I've spent the best part of 6 hours trying to fix this - and can't. My setup is sligtly different to all the other posts here and I'm having real trouble.

My PC is running Windows ME, I am trying to connect my IPAQ2210 via a brand new Gigabyte Bluetooth Dongle. All the fixes above are either not applicable, or don't seem to help.

Activesync is trying to connect on COM5, the PocketPC is set to this COM port (inbound COM port in the Bluetooth: Serial Port tab in the control panel) as is the Serial Connection in My Bluetooth Places on the desktop. I've turned encryption on and off (to test if it requires this) on both the PC and the IPAQ, I've reinstalled the software, I've followed all the steps (as closely as possible) in the run-throughs.

I've heard very little mention of the Gigabyte dongle on these pages - is anyone familiar with it or the software its bundled with?

I can get FTP to work but all I get on Activesync is those darned spinning wheels...

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