Hi Nat,

I remember from some other threads that it might be a problem if you have special characters in the gmail password. That seems to sometimes cause syncing problems with the Google calendar. You might want to try changing your Google Calendar account password to something that has no special characters. I guess special in this case means all the ones above the number keys: !@#$%^&*()_+.

Also, it might be interesting to know what version of the HP TouchSmart Calendar you have. There should be a Settings button in Calendar and in there I think there is an About button. If you can't find it I'll have to verify for myself where exactly the buttons are.

I sure hope you won't put your fist through it. I think you'd hurt your fist pretty badly... :)

Right, there should at least be some options. I have the same version of Calendar, and I see Google, Windows and None in the sync options. I'm not sure exactly what the problem could be at this point. There is an Advanced button in the sync config screen where you can test just emailing with Google. Is that available on your system? Does it work?

Right. Screen shots are probably not necessary. What worries me is that it seems to "crash" when you attempt to sync (and then the calendar tile goes away and you have to turn it back on). Does your Windows User Account have more than one word? Such as "Joan Smith" or "Family Account" (don't reveal your real full Windows account name, please, I don't need to know, neither does the rest of the Internet)? Or perhaps something other than just letters? I recently learned that, for example, an ampersand character in the Windows User Account name can cause a problem in the Notes program. I'm just wondering if the Calendar program has related issues.

Okay. So I guess now it's down to whether the calendar is confused about some of the data in the files it uses to store your appointments and stuff. Let's test that theory. I'm hoping you'll be able to follow what I'm about to say at a high level. If not, let me know and I'll try to get more detailed.

Shut down the HP TouchSmart software completely using the Close button (look closely at the Close button - it should have a full circle with a line inside it, not a circle that's open at the top with a line in the open space)

Now, using Windows Explorer, find the hidden folder C:\ProgramData\TouchSmartData and inside that folder, rename the Data folder to something like Data_Old

Then start HP TouchSmart again and go to the Calendar. Are the options for syncing back?