Hot sync Palm m500

I have a couple of old, but ever so useful, Palm m500/m505  PDAs,  which I could hot-sync with my old PC running on Windows XP.  Now I have up-graded to PC with Windows 7 Home Version - 32 bit and am at my wit's end trying to hot sync my PDA data on to my PC Palm Desktop. 
As I am of the older generation, (a senior citizen), could an expert give me step-by-step instructions on how to resolve my problem.  My Palm m500 PDA has too many contacts to manually transfer.
Also can I convert PDA contacts to Outlook Address Book and then hot-sync with Palm m500 series PDA ?
Waiting anxiously for help and guidance ..........

Hello myrarego,
I see that you are having a problem syncing your Palm device to your PC.
I would suggest posting your problem here at the HP Commercial Forum as well. This forum is specific to Palm products and you may find some more assistance.
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