I went with a hard reset and exchange set up with no problem. It appears that the failed certificate confirmation may have stuck with the Pre until the reset.

Also, here's something scary. After the reset, I went to my Palm profile to repopulate my device adn it said that my profile was empty. Fortunately I had everything backed up, but this is pretty disconcerting in teh event of an actual crash.

I did lose my downloaded apps which I think are supposed to be saved in the profile. The most annoying thing is that Splash ID for WebOS still does not have a backup function. Apparently the major update coming out tomorrow will add a payment feature to the APP store so i better download my apps again before then. No telling who is going to start charging.

Thanks again for all your efforts,

Samir