Won't always sync- "port in use"

Probably about 6 times out of 10 attempts at syncing my palm fail.  I get the msg that the port is in use by something else.  The only thing I do is restart the computer to get it to sync.  Sometimes I have to restart many times before it happens.  I use a bluetooth usb b/c I have MS Vista64 which does not support my Palm Tungsten E2.  I'm guessing that the bluetoothis the root of the problem...but it's just a guess. Thanks for any help.   JD
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I'm afraid I have no suggestions for rileycrk, but I'm posting here because I have a problem that might be related.  I have a Treo 755 with Palm Desktop 6.22 (Access).  Last winter when my XP machine died and I ended up with an HP laptop on Windows 7 Home edition, I followed instructions I found here to get my Treo to sync via bluetooth.  It has worked like a charm until this week. 
Windows 7, as most of you probably know, has a total mind of its own.  It is always re-configuring itself and screwing up parameters I have carefully set up.  This week it suddenly re-installed drivers for the bluetooth keyboard and mouse I've been using all along.  Sometimes I can stop it from doing crap like this, but this time it refused to recognize the peripherals without an install.  I need the ergonomics, so I let it happen. 
And sure enough, now I can't get my Treo to be recognized.  I have deleted an reinstalled the device a couple of times.  The PC always finds it but then lists it as "unavailable".   This last time it listed it as a modem-- and I didn't get the opportunity to change that.  Hotsync will not work -- it flashes something too fast for me to see and then goes back to the screen showing the date and time of my last one. 
Is it possible this has anything to do with the Desktop Installation?  I have seen instructions elsewhere suggesting a clean uninstall and reinstall of that software (Hate making registry changes but will do it if I have to).  It doesn't seem like that should be the issue but does anyone have any thoughts on that or anything else? 
NB: I have often gotten the "port in use" message before all this, because I don't keep my phone's bluetooth on except when I'm hotsynching.  I've never had a problem with that before. 
Any thoughts or suggestions would be very much appreciated. 

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