Vista/Outlook/Mobile Sync "Outlook has not been configured."

[Guest tidaking]

Hi, I joined the forum specifically for this problem and this is my

 

first post. I'm just going to spare you all the introductory bs and get

 

down to my concerns. And I didn't bother reading past the first page of

 

this thread even though it is apparently like four years old and a

 

solution has probably already been found. Forgive me, but I'm really

 

frustrated because I'm pretty good with computers and I've been at a

 

standstill trying to fix this for about 5 hours now.

 

 

 

I'm running Windows Vista Home Edition 32-Bit on my notebook.

 

I have Microsoft Office 2007 including Outlook.

 

My phone is a Samsung I-760 (Carried by Verizon) Running Windows Mobile

 

6.1 Professional.

 

 

 

The problem I'm having is the same as described for most of the thread,

 

Device Center will not let me backup my contacts because "Outlook not

 

configured". I screwed around with outlook, I screwed around with my

 

phone, I screwed around with WDC and hours later I haven't accomplished

 

a damn thing.

 

 

 

I can't update my phone for because I have no phone internet and am not

 

paying Verizon a boatload to back up my contacts.

 

Am I missing some ridiculous solution to Microsoft's conflicting OS's?

 

Is there a patch or something free I can download for my PC or something

 

to help?

 

 

 

 

 

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tidaking