Kurt Shintaku's Blog

So I’m a little late posting this announcement about the release of WMDC 6.1 and many people have cut-and-pasted the description information on the download so there’s not much point in doing the same thing here.

DOWNLOAD:  (12.1MB)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=46f72df1-e46a-4a5f-a791-09f07aaa1914&DisplayLang=en

Here’s a few observations as someone that actually has in fact downloaded it, and is using it right now:

1) NO VALIDATION NECESSARY
Surprisingly, no Windows validation is necessary for this thing.  It just allows you to download it without any sort of verification, which I suppose makes sense considering it’s technically a driver model and a service handler for Windows Mobile-based devices.

2) WORKS WITH WINDOWS MOBILE 6.0
There had been some issues getting the original WMDC 6.0 for Windows Vista to work with Windows Mobile 6.0 devices. This appears to work flawlessly.

3) UPGRADE IN PLACE
Disconnect your device and just run the install.  It’ll stop the Sync service currently running and upgrade all the WMDC components.  You’ll see the "swirlly" disappear from the System tray however the next time you plug your device it, it’ll take another pass at installing drivers for your mobile device, then start WMDC running again. 

It’ll ask you if you want to register for notifications of free software and stuff.  It’s worth it.  We make deals with certain developers to provide free copies of their stuff to our customers usually as a marketing technique to get their names out there.  Give it a shot.