Once ActiveSync is installed, you can physically connect your iPAQ to your PC. This will initiate a conversation between your iPAQ and the PC as they attempt to establish communication. The first time you connect a new iPAQ to your system, a wizard will open, asking whether you want to set up a partnership with the device. A partnership is required if you want to allow your iPAQ to synchronize calendar, contacts, notes, e-mail, and other Pocket Outlook data with your PC. If you only want to use the cable to load software or files onto your iPAQ, then you do not need to set up a partnership. Without a partnership, a device will be connected as a guest. Select Yes, With This Computer or No, and tap Next to go on to the next screen of the New Partnership Wizard. The middle option on the screen, Yes, With This Computer And A Server, is to be used only if your company has acquired and installed the Microsoft Mobile Information Server with ActiveSync. This feature is great for the mobile corporate professional and allows for syncing of your Calendar, Contacts, and Inbox of your iPAQ from remote locations over a wireless or wired connection.
In the second screen, you will be asked whether you want to synchronize this device with
more than one computer. If you only ever synchronize with one system, then choose Yes to set up the relationship. If you choose No, then you will not be given the option to synchronize e-mail. However, if you have a computer at work and another at home and want to connect to both of them, you can configure your settings to accommodate this. Set up the computer where your primary e-mail account resides as a Yes (exclusive) relationship, but set up the other machine as a No relationship. This will synchronize your calendar and contact lists on both systems, but your e-mail will only synchronize with the machine that has the Yes relationship. Tap Next after you have made your selection.
If you want an e-mail account to stay synchronized instead of relying on ActiveSync to keep the e-mail on your iPAQ, use a new e-mail service with IMAP4, which will always keep your Inbox in sync, no matter which computer you are syncing with. The next screen of the wizard will ask you which programs you want to synchronize with your iPAQ. Each of the programs has separate settings that you can configure to modify how it synchronizes. The programs to synchronize are AvantGo, Calendar, Contacts, Favorites, Files, Inbox, Notes, Pocket Access, and Tasks.

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