Failures syncing contacts

I'm trying to sync my contacts in outlook with my Touch. I keep getting 78 conflicts, I 'resolve' the first 20-30ish but can't see all to resolve, message saying it can't contact the server, and finally a new window 'unable to retrieve conflict info from the sync server. Please try again next time the conflict resolver window is presented'.
I've successfully synced my old Touch and this newer one, but can't get this latest round of conflicts resolved. Ideas anyone?
iPod Touch 5th gen, 64gb, ~10 gb free
WinTel laptop, Win7 32 bit
Outlook 2010
latest iTunes 12.xx

Hello bhab,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To troubleshoot this issue where you're unable to sync your Outlook contacts with your iPod touch, please follow the steps in the article below.
Troubleshooting Sync Services on Windows with Microsoft Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, or Outlook 2010 - Apple Support
Take care,
Alex H.

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