Successfully Synchronizing My Palm TX to My New Hewlett Packard Pavilion dv6663 Notebook (Windows Vista Ultimate)

My Name is Steve, I am a psychotherapist, not a computer expert.
I got my Palm TX to work (synchronize) after severals days of failed attempts.
I just purchased an Hewlett Packard Pavilion Notebook a few days ago (dv6663us). I wanted my palm pilot to synchronize with it but could not get past the 32 bit technology difference of the USB port and the 64 bit technology of Window Vista Ultimate.
I downloaded the new Palm Desktop Beta software. I went to the computer store and purchased a Bluetooth wireless adapter for $43.00. Hewlett Packard makes one that looks like a USB high speed flashdrive, it is about 1 inch long and you just plug it into the USB port (HP bt450). I plugged it in, I did not have to load software, it was automatically detected and installed.
I went to the Control Panel; Network and Internet; Network and Sharing Center. I clicked on the Network and Sharing Discovery button. Then, I went to the; See Also Bluetooth Devices. I had to make sure the palm pilot was set to detect other networks. I had to make sure the computer was set to allow itself to be detected. I told the computer to search for a bluetooth device. I promted me to enter a password. I entered one. Automatically, the palm told me to enter the same bluetooth password. I also went to the hotsync icon on my Palm TX. At the top of the page, I selected local. I defined a bluetooth connection to my computer named STEVERIOS-PC.
When I went to synchronize. It worked. I feel so clever. It took about ten minutes for the first synchronization. After that, the average synchronization duration was just about one minute. I was so proud and relieved!
For me, bluetooth makes more sense than WIFI for synchronization. Here is why. I keep my WIFI at home, take my laptop to work and I need to sychronize in a portable way. The little bluetooth plug in made the most sense. The guy at the computer store discussed his experience with synchronizing a device using WIFI and decided it was not worth the hassle. The bluetooth was better for a mobile device and a mobile computer.
Steve Rios (a.k.a. River Fiasco)
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Very helpful experience - thank you for sharing.
This is a good approach for managing HotSync in a 64-bit era.

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