John Macvie <gilmartin@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> a box pops up saying "Connection lost please re-try"- but the taskbar

I would suspect a firewall issue. If I connect my phone, or my GPS, via
USB, my VPN drops, with an error message about changing TCP routes.

> Am I missing something or am I another victim of Nokia's shitware?

Oh, dear, you've never suffered with Motorola software have you? Or the
lack of features in a three year old PCSuite. The current one is a thing
of beauty. It's Vista causing problems with it's crippling of most
connectivity in the interest of poorly designed security.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5