up until now I did all the following things:
- remove all mentions of "palm" and "hotsync" from the registry;
- download the correct version of the Palm Desktop app (4.1) that should
work with USB;
- install it and select USB - once as administrator and once as (user);
- check that all the dll files are in place;
- check that "local USB" is in fact marked with a V in the hotsync task bar
icon;
- unplug the USB cable from the front of the pc and replug it to the rear.
- reinstall palm desktop again after uninstalling it.

I wonder if the USB cable is physically damaged or else the palm m515 would
not synchronize with a USB cable in the first place.
if it's damaged then its a factory issue for not checking the equipment.
if the palm m515 is not going to work with USB in the first place then why
did they put such a cradle in the package to begin with?
the palm package contained a CD with an incompatible version for the USB
cable too, so if they had a USB cradle that is ALSO incompatible with the
palm itself then how am I supposed to connect it to my pc and synchronize
it????

"Adam S" <as538nospam@eng.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:cd0nm1$qsn$1@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk...
> On my c drive in the folder I have installed Palm Desktop to there is a
> folder called USB_Driver. It contains two files -  PalmUSBD.inf and
> PalmUSBD.sys (total size 36.7KB) if I right click on the inf file I get
the
> option to install it.
>
> There is also a PalmDevC.dll in the win\system32 folder (36KB in size)
>
> Where are you plugging the USB into? I have had a similar fault on some
> front connectors, as in the device was not reconised, as soon as I plugged
> it into a USB port on the rear of the PC it was reconised and worked.
Turned
> out the + and - data leads to the front plug were labled incorrectly. Have
> you tried other ports?
>
> Adam S
>
>


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