Synchronization 32Installing Microsoft® ActiveSync®Section 3: SynchronizationTopics Covered• Installing Microsoft® ActiveSync®• Customizing Connection Settings• Connecting Your Phone to a Computer• Connecting with a PC data cable• Synchronizing Information• Customizing Synchronization Settings• Windows Mobile Device Center 6 for Windows VistaThis section describes Using Microsoft® ActiveSync ®, you can synchronize data onyour desktop computer with the data on your phone. Synchronization compares thedata on your phone with your desktop computer and updates both your phone andcomputer with the latest data.With ActiveSync, you can:• Keep Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, or Inbox data up-to-date by synchronizing yourphone with Microsoft® Outlook data on your desktop computer.• Copy (rather than synchronize) files between your phone and desktop computer.• Control the moment when synchronization occurs by selecting a synchronizationmode.• Select data types to be synchronized and control the amount of synchronized data.Warning!: Microsoft® ActiveSync® synchronizes two devices using the latest data.Therefore, if you deletesome specific data from the phone after synchronization, and then perform a synchronizationagain, the corresponding data on the computer is deleted. Be careful not to lose important data.Installing Microsoft® ActiveSync ®Before beginning synchronization, you must install Microsoft®ActiveSync ® on yourdesktop computer using the supplied Getting Started CD. You can also download thelatest version of ActiveSync from the Microsoft web site.http://www.microsoft.com
