Connection trouble!

For Some strange reason my device totally refuses to connect to my Windows Mobile Device Centre despite changing the cable and restarting both device & laptop several times. This means that I can't connect and use the phone as a modem. Result - no blog posts for the next 4 weeks! If anyone has any idea why or what I can do about it there is a serious drink in it for them! Fortunately emails will still get through to my handheld but I'm really not posting regular blogs on this piddly thing so sorry; unless a genius comes forth or it wakes up, I shall vanish into the internet ether until I return! Bye, bye world!