New contacts don't import to Windows Address Book groups

I'm using Windows Address Book(WAB) as my contacts list on my laptop when I sync with the iPhone. I use WAB because it uses Groups and iPhone accepts it.
Today I was browsing through one of my groups on the iPhone and added a new contact, while I was still in the group (Business). I just synced my iPhone and the contact didn't download onto my laptop! Its still on my iPhone and it shows up both in "Business" as well as "All Contacts", but its nowhere to be found on my computer after the sync.
The first time I synced the iPhone, it was with my everyday settings: under Info -> Contacts -> All Contacts is checked.
I tried syncing a second time; however, instead of checking "All Contacts", I selected each group individually such that I'm syncing all my contacts. And this time it worked! I was able to import the new contact into WAB.
Weird! Any ideas why it would sync properly with method 2 but not with method 1?

BigT,
Contacts created on the iPhone should sync back to WAB using either method (using all contacts or selected groups). One feature that using "selected groups" provides is it lets you specify what group to sync contacts created on the iPhone back into in WAB.
If you notice this happening again, you may want to reset your Sync History. To reset sync history:
1. Open iTunes.
2. On the Edit menu, click Preferences.
3. Click the iPhone tab.
4. Click the Reset Sync History button.
Hope this helps,
Jennifer B.

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