check the sync settings - it sounds like its removing/replacing the
categories.

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"Ken W" wrote in message
...
In Vista, the calendar appointments were all color-coded. I synchronized
the
calendar with my cell phone for the first time in this new Vista PC, and
all
of the color-coded appointments turned to blue. As I create new
appointments, I can color code each one, but something seems to have
happened.