Why does Windows think my Treo 700p is a Treo 680?

I have gone through a long , frustrating fruitless attempt to get my Palm Treo 700p to connect to my new Windows Vista computer.  here are the steps I have gone through...
Palm not connected to computer yet
1. run "PalmDesktopWIN62"
2. select english
3. install shield extracts a whole bunch of stuff
4. "welcome to the installshield wizard for palm desktop by ACCESS"
5. press next
6. accept EULA
7. download latest settings from internet
8. complete download, install
9. install tells me windows media player is in use when it is not...how do i close something that is already closed?
10. create desktop shortcut
11. congratulations! you have installed the palm desktop. now configure the sync software and perform your first hotsync
12. enter a new user name (God forbid it be able to get that off the Palm itself...now i have to remember what name i used before)
13. configuring and restaring hotsync
14. connect USB
15. WINDOWS HAS FOUND NEW HARDWARE!!! imagine that! it asks me to locate and install driver software.
16. ignore annoying windows message and press the hotsync button
17. "connecting with the desctop using cable"
18. still waiting for it to connect
19. still waiting
20. imagine that...it didn't connect.
21. ok...now i'll try to locate and install the driver software (didn't i do that in step 1?)
22. "installing device driver software" ... "insert the disk that came with you palm handheld"
23. yell at the top of my lungs "IF THAT WERE AN OPTION I WOULD HAVEW ALREADY DONE THAT YOU STUPID PALM DEVICE!!!"
30. after much searching, windows tells me that my Palm Treo 680 is not compatable with Vista. too bad I have a Palm 700p, not a 680.
31. yell at computer again.
so...given that my computer thinks I am plugging in an uncompatable device to my computer...i am outta luck. 
since I do not have a disk that Vista finds acceptable, how do I get the driver online I need?
Post relates to: Treo 700p (Sprint)
Message Edited by IHateMyPalm on 08-24-2008 07:47 PM

Have you put it into a different USB port than usual? it could be the autoplay settings.
You can check by right clicking the start button, click control panel then double clicking Default Programs then choosing auto play settings, the option will be under removable drives, alter it to whatever suits your needs.

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