NO WAY!!!!!!! i thought you were going to love me. I went through the exact same thing this morning. My laptop has vista and I never hooked the Imagio up to it. it took me 2 hours to solve. Anyways, here is the web site that I got my info from. There are 3 or 4 things to do. I found my solution in a thread below(on this website).
But did you get out of that connection screen before you tried again? i unchecked and them tried to connect with no luck. It wasn't until i "ok'ed" or hit the check mark above to save my setting that it instantly worked after(next to the battery meter)
On the 'USB to PC' screen, the only thing checked is "ActiveSync (Sync with Outlook)". make sure thats all you have checked.
then they talk about "advanced network". Same section as "USB to PC" you will see a icon for "Advanced network". Mine is set to "PAP authentication". Look at that also...
http://www.tipandtrick.net/2008/wind...dc-activesync/
still let me know. The "delete the wmplayer.exe" fix might be it
Sorry, I thought I was going to FINALLY help someone