Illustrated WMDC Partnership Creation

Copyright 2007 Todd Ogasawara
February 5, 2007

Here’s a simple illustrated journey through the process of creating a partnership between a Windows Mobile Smartphone and the new Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC) for Windows Vista.

1. Windows Mobile Device detected. Elect to partner WMDC with it.
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2. Select types of content to sync.

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3. Give the device a unique name.

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4. Wait for the partnership to be setup. Note: This takes a long time!

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5. That’s it. We’re done!

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6. Note the Last sync information near the bottom left of the screen.

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7. Programs and Services submenu

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8. Pictures, Music and Video submenu

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9. File Management sub-menu.

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10. Mobile Device Settings submenu.

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11. After disconnecting the Smartphone, I reconnected it. Note the Connecting message near the bottom left of the screen.

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