After installing Windows Live OneCare on my new laptop, I wanted to set a partership with my mobile device to no good, Vista's Mobile Device Center wouldn't "see" my mobile phone. A little digging got me to this article:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter/onecare.mspx
Frankly, it is a little bit surprising that OneCare would not recognize mobile device thru the Mobile Device Center.
Follow these steps to allow Windows Live OneCare to recognize Windows Mobile Device Center: |
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| 1. Open the Windows Live OneCare application by double clicking on the system tray icon
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2. On the left pane, click on Change OneCare Settings and accept prompts to bring up settings screen
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3. Navigate to the Firewall tab and click on Firewall Connection Tool
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4. Ensure that ActiveSync/Windows Mobile Device Center – synchronize my mobile devices with my computer rule is checked
Click OK to exit the tool. |
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5. Click on the Advanced Settings button to bring up the advanced settings configuration screen
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6. Navigate to the Ports and Protocols tab and click Add
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7. Make sure to:
- Create a port called “Windows Mobile Device Center”
- Specify TCP Port range to be port 5721
- Specify “Inbound [local ports]” in the “For Connections” dropdown
- Scope is set to “Local network (subnet)”
Click OK to exit the screen and successively to exit all Windows Live OneCare screens. |  | |