Windows 10: Is my new laptop syncing with my older laptop?

Okay, I bought a new laptop today, and after the setup and updates were finished, I noticed that the desktop was displaying the screen calendar from my older laptop on it - which is a 3rd party software that I have to install. The strangest part is, it was only showing August 2017, with no interactive functionality, as if it was a screenshot or something.

At the same time, the screen calendar on my older machine started glitching in various ways. Even after a reboot it's not quite right. ....but that's just one thing I noticed.

A second thing is how I set up the date & time settings on the new laptop - different from those on my older laptop. However, when all was said and done, the older one now has the date & time settings of the new one.


So... was there some kind of syncing setting I failed to notice during setup? I've never seen this happen before, and I've set up quite a few computers the past 20 years.

:)

 

Unable to Sync My Settings in Windows 10

I have a new tablet and an older laptop. On the laptop, the sync my settings feature is turned on. But on the tablet, the buttons are grayed out, so I can't use them. This is the second tablet I've had in the last month. The first one had another issue,
and was replaced. However, I was able to sync that one. I know because it had the same wallpaper as my laptop. With the new tablet, though, I can't sync it, as I said. I even tried resetting, so it reinstalled Windows 10, but that didn't work.

How can this be fixed?

 

Can I sync my contacts from the website back to my cell phone?

I have a laptop running windows 7 and an older laptop with outlook 2003. I installed outlook on the win 7 laptop and then tried to sync my Samsung Omnia from Verizon wireless to the new laptop. Now my phone only has 7 contacts in it. I started with over
400. They are in the myphone on the web. Can I bring them back to my cell phone?

 

That depends if both are using a roaming profile with a Microsoft LIve account. Older items and third party software will not install on its own. does help if you state what the calendar is.

 

@cbiweb

Hi there. If signed into any device with an MS account there is an option to sync or not. Not sure upon install. Assuming you clean installed > I haven't clean installed anything for quite awhile. You could read through here: Clean Install Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials

Open Settings app (WinKey/I) > Accounts > Sync your settings. Choose what you want in there.

 

Yes, both are logged into my MS account.

It's brand new laptop right out of the box. First-time setup. If there was a sync option offered during setup, I never noticed it, but that's me getting old. *chuckle

 

LOL. I can relate to old. *Smile

Not altogether sure, but I would think syncing would be on by default. Did you get your problem resolved?

In thinking about it, your new laptop may have displayed the calendar as Desktop background.

I have 4 devices and 6 OSs. I find syncing to be quite handy.