Activesync 4.5 Contacts problem

[Coronach]

And, the woes of my wife's phone continues...

Using Activesync allows everything to sync, except Contacts. What gives?

Version info:

Activesync 4.5
Windows XP
Kirvin Clean and Simple ROM


I have deleted both Partnerships (PC on the device, Device on the PC), and reset everything. Calendar syncs just fine. Contacts adamantly refuses to sync. Each time, Activesync checks it off as synched, but nothing ever transfers. The contacts are present on Outlook, but they never show up on the phone.

Oddly enough, the phone EACH TIME greys out the Contacts option on the Activesync options page. You cannot check it to add contacts to the sync list. You can, of course, delete the relationship...but the next time it will do it, too.

What the heck gives? My other phone synced contacts just fine (exact same setup).

Also, I have tried synching ONLY Contacts, trying to "force" AS to do the transfer. It does the same thing...on the computer side, it says it synched the contacts (but you can tell it hasn't, since it just puts a checkmark in the column, it never runs through the 100+ contacts), and they don;t show up on the phone. And still, if you disconnect the phone and open ActiveSync on the phone, it has the Contacts option greyed, and won't let you check it, but the other stuff (notes, calendar, files) are unchecked but can be checked.

Synching is accomplished via USB, not bluetooth. Activesync seems to have no problem establishing the link between the two devices.

FInally, the phone has no relationships with other computers, and the computer has no relationships with other phones, so that should not be a conflict.

Thanks,
Mike