I no nothing about these devices, i have just received a Dell Axim X5 i purchased off ebay and can't get
DVD Profiler Moble to install. I get an error message that the "cab" file isn't a valid CE file. Here is a link
to my moble device providing info on it.

http://www.mobiletechreview.com/dell_axim_x5.htm

Before i purchased this unit i read the readme.txt file from DVD Profiler Mobile to make sure the unit
i bought was supported. According to the link above the unit was supposed to ship with Pocket PC 2002 but this was changed to Windows mobile 2003 which is still ok according to the readme.txt file.
Dispite this DVD Profiler reports the connected device isn't supported.

Please advise

David

ps i have MS active sync ver. 4.5 installed on my desktop PC.

I don't know how to install anything on the PDA. I have downloaded MS Active Sync 4.5 and installed it on the desktop PC and installed Dvd Profiler 3.03 on the desktop PC. I have also downloaded the DVD Profiler Mobile setup program ( 5.91 MB ) and installed it on my desktop PC. When i run DVD Profiler Mobile setup i have MS Active Sync connected to the PDA however i don't know what version of active sync is installed on the PDA, does it matter?

When i get connected with active sync and run DVD Profiler Mobile it attempts to install Microsoft.NET
CF 2.0 onto the PDA. I get a message on the desktop pc after my attempt to install Microsoft.NET CF 2.0 that reads "Application Downloading Complete" "Please check your moblile device screen to see if any additional steps are necessary to complete this installation" and when i check the PDA screen i am presented with an error on it  "SETUP FAILD" " The file "\Windows\Appmgr\Install\Microsoft.NET CD 2.0\CAB" is not a valid Windows CE setup file.

After i select OK on the PDA and then go back to desktop message that told me to check the mobile device screen and select ok there i get a new message on my Desktop PC that reads "Unsupported Device Type" Invelos Software, INC DVD Profiler Mobile does not support the connected device type. Application manager will make the application available for installation when a supported device type is connected.

Phoenix, have you checked the information screen in the PDA itself to confirm what OS it is running ?

I was just wondering if you had an Axim that was shipped with 2003 or one that has had a ROM upgrade.  I had one of those in those years, it came with 2002 and after I upgraded to 2003 I had a few things that didn't work very well.

What I think here is that when ActiveSync tries to install the .NET Framework it doesn't properly read what OS you have and tries to install in incorrect version.  What I would do is find the correct .NET 2.0 Framework and install it myself.  Then when you install DVDP Mobile, active synd should see that .NET is there and no try to install it again or at least prompt for confirmation before overwriting, to which I would say NO and let DVD installs.

Check out this link

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9655156b-356b-4a2c-857c-e62f50ae9a55&displaylang=en

Thats exactly what i've been looking for, funny you should suggest it. There seem to be many versions of it too. I just download one that was 38 MB and it didn't work so now i'm working on this version and its description seems to match.

I just got this device on ebay, i've only had it for 1 day now. Sure hope i can get it working. I bought it just for Profiler Mobile.

Thanks fellas i'll have to give this another shot tommorow i'm out of time for now. I have to be at work in 6 hours and haven't got any sleep yet from messing with this Axim X5. I really appriciate
all the help you all are giving me. I am despriate to get this working. The 24 MB version i downloaded
it older that what is installed on the PDA now ( i didn't think it installed anything ). That hard reset
sounds good too as well as the links 8ballmax left. I'll give those a spin tommorow.

Thanks again

Glad to hear it is now working.  Had a feeling it was an Active Sync issue with the current OS on your PDA. 

Also, congrats on getting your feet wet in the PDA world.  If used to it's full potential you can become best of friends with your PDA.  Just remember to do a backup via Active Snyc at least once a week.

There are also some great games you can put on your PDA, for those times when the meetings at work are just tooooo boring.  LOL

Leo

I have tried installing this on my Toshiba E350. I tried going back to the original version of active sync (3.7) and it still fails. I have tried the latest version of active sync as well. I keep getting that CF 2.0 wasn't designed to run on my device. I've just about given up trying to run Mobile. Thanks for everybodies help.