RE: Two PDA's on one computer

That is very easy to do. My Clie TJ37 synchs to my
home and work computer, both using XP. Just synch to
either as you normally would. 

Gareth

--- "J.T.Deppe, M.D." <[email protected]> wrote:

> This question was syncing two palms on
> one computer.
> How about syncing one palm on multiple
> computers?
> Ever since I obtained by T5 Tungsten, I
> have had problems syncing on my home
> desktop, office desktop, and my travel
> laptop.
> My Palm is the one constant that keeps
> my schedule and contacts together on the
> various computers.
> 
> Tim
> J. Timothy Deppe, M.D., F.C.C.P.
> Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
> Johnson Memorial Hospital
> Franklin, IN 46131
> [email protected]
> 
>  
> Beware of the young doctor and the old
> barber. 
> Benjamin Franklin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Gareth Gammon
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 5:24
> PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Tungsten_T] Two PDA's on
> one computer
> 
> Yes it is, but it is tricky and you have
> to keep your
> wits about you when you do it.
> 
> The secret lies in changing the name of
> the user
> folder each time you hotsync with a
> different device.
> For example, I currently have a Sony
> Clie TJ37 and a
> Palm M515 both synched to the same
> username. 
> 
> You can start one pda by adding the
> files and software
> you want and hotsync it with the
> username of your
> choice. 
> 
> Go the the Palm folder and find the
> folder marked with
> your username. For example, my username
> is Gareth
> Gammon. Palm created a folder called
> Gammong. This
> folder contains all the data from the
> one pda I
> hotsynched. RENAME THIS FOLDER. As I
> have a Sony Clie
> TJ37 I name this folder GammongClie37. 
> 
> Do a hard reset on the second handheld
> so it has no
> username and hotsync. The Palm Desktop
> will detect
> that the new pda has no username and
> will ask you to
> pick one. Choose the same username and
> hotsync.
> Because you have renamed the first
> folder something
> else, The desktop will think the data
> has been lost
> and will set up a new folder with a new
> set of data
> eg. Address book, calender, to do etc
> but of course
> they will be empty. Now you can add the
> software you
> want, using the same username to
> activate it. Each
> time you hotsync the backup folder will
> be filled with
> the new programs and files.
> 
> Moving address book and calendar data
> from the first
> handheld to the second is also possible.
> 
> If you want to go back to hosync changes
> to the first
> hand held, you MUST go back to the Palm
> folder, change
> the current username folder to something
> else, in my
> case I call it GammongM15, rename the
> first folder
> folder back to what it was originally,
> eg GammonClie37
> back to Gammong, and then hotsync.
> 
> This renaming of folders each time you
> change devices
> is extremely important and you must be
> careful that
> you don't mix up the two folders. This
> is because, in
> my case, there are files that work only
> on the Clie
> and if they were to get onto the M515 by
> accident
> could cause all kinds of problems. Also
> my Clie uses
> OS5.2 and the M515 is OS4.1. This is not
> always a
> problem, but best to keep the pda OS's
> separate. The
> Clie uses it's own hi-res format and the
> M515 is low
> res. Software settings for one device
> may not work
> properly on the other and some of my
> software is for
> OS5 ONLY and vice versa.
> 
> It is a lot of work and a little risky
> just to use the
> same username, but it is possible if you
> are careful.
> 
> If you mess up, just do a hard reset and
> re-build the
> pda from scratch. Not a bad idea to do
> this every once
> in a while anyway as there are always
> bits and pieces
> of files left over that are no longer
> needed that just
> use up your RAM without doing anything. 
> 
> Unless you are comfortable getting in
> the file
> structures in the Palm folders you might
> want to give
> this a miss!
> 
> Hope this is helps some.
> 
> Gareth
> 
> --- Mark Haydock
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Changing the direction of this topic
> slightly.
> > 
> > Does anyone have any experience of
> syncing two palms
> > to one username, is it
> > possible to keep two palms
> synchronised like this?
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Mark
> > 
> > 
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