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ActiveSync 3.8 - how to get it, and why you need it

ActiveSync 3.8 about box[Update 6:55 PM - as ScOObyDoo notes in the comments below, this post relates to pre-Windows Mobile 5 devices]

ActiveSync might be one of Microsoft's most-maligned pieces of software. It's been around for years, and most of its users have a love / hate relationship with it. When it works, it's fantastic, and when it doesn't, well, it's downright painful.

Over the years ActiveSync got better and better, and in terms of usefulness really peaked at version 3.8. This is the last version in the 3.x line before Microsoft did a major overhaul for the release of 4.0. Now, I'm not going to try to tell you that ActiveSync 3.8 is more stable than the 4.x series. I'm sure it's not. But, in their infinite wisdom, Microsoft removed one of the most valuable features in ActiveSync for version 4: the ability to synchronize over a network, or wireless network. This ability was removed and replaced with the ability to sync via BlueTooth.

The sheer freedom that can be gained from being to be anywhere in your home or work office and check your email, or change the time for a meeting is completely destroyed if you install ActiveSync 4.x. So my suggestion is just don't. Luckily you can simply uninstall whatever version of ActiveSync you are using, then download and install version 3.8 from the fine folks at HPCFactor, and you're back in business.

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