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Jippy_
Desktop passthrough issues
Apr 24 2008, 1:35 PM EDT | Post edited: Apr 24 2008, 1:35 PM EDT
Howdy,

I bought an HTC Touch a month ago to replace my iPaq 2490. Everything about it works great except for the desktop passthrough feature that lets me connect to the internet when cradled to my PC.

With my iPaq, I could plug it into the cradle, open up IE, and surf to any website. I also had an app that would download RSS feeds to my device when connected. Both of these features no longer work. The error I get when trying to use IE to connect is this: "The page cannot be displayed or downloaded because the connection was lost. Check the connection and try again".

The funny thing about this is while connected to the cradle, I can check my POP3 email accounts without any problem. It also connects and updates my weather plugin, so there is an active connection, it just doesn't seem to work through Internet Explorer. Anything that uses IE to connect to the internet fails.

I've downloaded the Opera Mobile browser and I am able to connect to any website when cradled. Unfortunately all the RSS programs I know of use IE and therefore still cannot connect to update my feeds.

I don't believe it's Activesync related because if I plug in my old iPaq, the desktop passthrough works perfectly. I'm thinking it must be a setting in IE, but I can't find it.

I've done everything I've read from various posts on the net, such as:
- Changed connection type from "Automatic" to "Work Network" in Activesync
- Added the AllowLSP registry setting recommended to fix a similiar problem
- Tried it on Windows Vista with WMDC without any success.
- Tried it at home without any firewall
- Unchecked "Enable advanced network functionality" in the USB to PC setting on the device.
- Uninstalled Activesync 4.5 and reinstalled from scratch
- Done a hard reset of my device twice.

If I connect via GPRS or Wifi, IE works fine.

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