I also had to load the upgrade twice using XP. I reinstalled all software from scratch.

Somewhere today while reading ALL the post, I saw a question re Pim.vol, and heres help on that ... The Pim.vol file I keep in a backup folder on the MicroSD pasted into the device folder and worked fine, of course prior to pasteing it I renamed the default Pim.vol to Pim1.vol and deleted Pim1.vol after a soft reset.

For software I only use ....
PhoneAlarm Pro
Resco File Explorer
Resco Today Plugin (launcher)
WeatherPanel 2.0
PowerStatus.exe (battery and memory status indicator

I also noticed that the today screen standard clock still will NOT display 24 hour time even though it is selected in the global settings.

The fix if anyone wants it is here Dr Puttingham Samsung Time download at Freeware Pocket PC