After a few weeks of frustration I finally found the solution for my problem.
My Windows Mobile device name kept changing into HTCXX, where the XX were numbers. I blamed Active Sync, my bluetooth car kit, the phone itself. But eventually it was me.
It seems that when you have an underscore in your device [...]

I am running Windows 7 @home and it runs smoothly (single proc P4 2.8 GHz, 2 GIG RAM). I had some problems installing it on my raid drive, but fixed it by downloading newer drivers. Something to be aware of. I also created an account for my 5 years old daughter and setup parental control, [...]