I've been running Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit for 3 months now and recently started having problems syncing my Motorola Q.
When I would try and launch Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 nothing would happen and this error message would show in the event logs:
Failed to start the Windows Mobile-based device connectivity service due to EnableRAPIMgr(0x80070005) failure (see data for failure code).When searching the internet for a solution I found the following solution:
The solution:
Run in a cmd prompt:
net localgroup Administrators /add Local Service Here is a link to the Microsoft Forums Discussion on this topic http://forums.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/ShowPost.aspx?postid=2989559&isthread=false&siteid=65&authhash=b791a1d36fb36c638c9885b250097b4589f542e3&ticks=633408613414984248
UPDATE 3-10-08
I have had so many problems with windows mobile and vista, that I decided to get a BlackBerry Curve 8310 and I gotta tell you that I LOVE IT. It works flawlessly with exchange, and all of the syncing is done wirelessly.
May 4, 2008 at 1:37 PM Thanks Much this command got a Zune to sync with Vista. It was the only thing that worked after hours.
Jun 13, 2008 at 12:25 PM MANY THANKS!
That is the only solution that worked for me after researching a solution for several days!!!
Can't believe just those words can make such a difference.