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For all people having trouble installing SE Smartphone PC Suite On WindowS Vista, here is a workaround until SE release a fully Compatibile Vista Version.....

Follow These Carefully:

- Run the installation program
- When you get the error, do NOT click OK, but leave this open.
- go to localsettings/temp
- find a new folder with the most recent date and time (from when you extracted it)
- copy the MSI files to your desktop
- Use Orca.msi (http://www.brentnorris.net/orca.msi) to edit the Sony Ericssion PC Suite.msi file
- Edit a line called Launchcondition - remove the first line
- Edit a line called file remove the first 2 lines called msxml2.dll & msxml2r.dll (old verisons you have to remove them or the installation will halt as the system won't be able to overwrite the newer files in Vista)
- Save
- Run the Pc Suite.msi file and enjoy a full installation
- Download m-Router installer http://developer.intuwave.com/Downloads/m-Router & run it using Win XP Sp2 comptability Mode and with administrator Previliage.
- Connect your phone to the PC, check device manager to make sure all phone drivers are loaded and installed properly, if prompted always choose automatically locate.
- Restart your PC
- Voila you have a full working Smartphone PC Suite working On Windows Vista!

ENJOY!
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Posted: 2006-10-24 20:58:23
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The application finish with an error and then begin with the roller back action.

First, a windows error appears:

Windows: Backup Archive Server has stopped working

Then, in the registering proccess:
Sony Ericsson PC Suite for Smarphones: Unable to launch c:\\Program Files\\Sony Ericsson\\Mobile4\\InstSupport\\mRouter3Installer.exe

Also, I didn't find the lines msxml2.dll & msxml2r.dll, the libraries appear as msxml4.dll & msxml4r.dll. For the procedure you wrote, I deleted this two lines.

Any idea?
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Posted: 2006-11-21 15:28:40
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Yes..there aint msmxl2.dll anywhere, so this procedure fails.
If the author of the method could reply, that would be cool.
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Posted: 2006-11-29 11:13:26
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Exactly the same here. No solution to this yet?
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Posted: 2006-12-07 00:15:32
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Hi Guys,

I've just followed the instructions above for installing the PC suite on vista, and it's installed successfully.

This is what I did:


- Ran the installation program (PC_Suite_for_Smartphones_1.2.15)
- got the error, left this window open.
- Browsed to V:\\Users\\Username\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\_is5BF2\\ (Where V:\\ is your partition with Vista installed, Username being the username you are logged in as and _is5BF2 the folder which has been created with the Sony Ericsson PC Suite for Smartphones.msi file in it.
- Copied the entire folder to somewhere more accessible, preferable desktop.
- Downloaded Orca (http://www.brentnorris.net/orca.msi) to edit the Sony Ericssion PC Suite.msi file
- Edited the line called Launchcondition - removed the first line where it says about WindowsNT blah blah, this will stop the installation program from halting because you are using Vista
- Edited a line called 'file' remove the first 2 lines called msxml4.dll & msxml4r.dll. I left these files in at first because they weren't named msxml2 but i got permission issues with it so I removed them.
- Saved msi file
- Ran the Sony Ericsson PC Suite for Smartphones.msi file, encountered an error for Toshiba bluetooth and something else which came up whilst installing, the installer seemed to be taking a while doing nothing but i left it and it successfully installed, it detected my P990i and i'm backing up as we speak. I didn't download any extra software from intuwave, the site wasn't working. Also I've not restarted the PC yet. :S

Anyway hope this helps, drop me a message if you still have problems.
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Posted: 2006-12-17 23:08:24
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Yes, seems to work quite well, with some exceptions.
Backup, Application installer and File Manager work fine.
Also the synchronization with Microsoft Outlook 2003 it do it well. The problem is that any time you boot the computer or close the synchronization application, if you try to synchronize again clicking the “Synchronise now” button, the “Synchronisation Setting Wizard” window always appear and you have to set the settings again and again.
To add to your procedure, I installed the msi from a command console running as administrator.
Perhaps is the best we can get with the actual version…
Any new experience?

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Posted: 2006-12-20 14:43:28
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I followed the instructions above.

Also had msxml4 in file instead of msxml2, but deleted them anyway.

It complained about the backup archiver server, which i clicked on close rather than go to MS to find an answer.

Then at what looked like 100% complete (the green installer bar all the way across), i got this error message "Error 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer Package. A program required for the install to complete could not be run."

Only had the option of clicking OK on this error window, which then rolled back the installation.

I tried it a 2nd time and copied the msi back into the temp directory overwriting the original and ran it from there. Got the same error.

Hope this helps others (as it doesnt help me at the moment).
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Posted: 2007-01-10 15:31:12
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Does anyone have any updates on this? It doesn't work for me, get an error about a program not working properly.
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Posted: 2007-02-03 19:27:20
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Vista is to new to be any good. Sw, driver probs. Plus pc suite still has troubles in its current version. I don't eXPect Vista to be gaining tracktion until 6mo after launch.
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Posted: 2007-02-03 20:45:56
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I agreed totally.

This message was posted from a T630
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Posted: 2007-02-03 20:58:11
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