reinstalling Activesync

[blazin-asian]

hi everyone,

just a quick question. i am going to format my PC and try installing Vista. I am home for the holidays and left my Activesync CD at school so i wont be able to get it for 3 weeks.

the question is:

is there a way i can retreive my cd key from the registry or anything so i can reinstall activesync on vista?

thanks everyone :)

[funman]

If you are wanting to use vista, well you will not need it, as it comes with vista, it is a new one and you can not run the old ones with vista!

[blazin-asian]

If you are wanting to use vista, well you will not need it, as it comes with vista, it is a new one and you can not run the old ones with vista!

so it comes with Vista? are u positive? the Activesync CD that came with my phone has a product key on the back like other MS apps. will i be able to sync my phone and reinstall software with Vista? can anyone else please confirm this?

thanks in advance

[andy_morgan]

so it comes with Vista? are u positive? the Activesync CD that came with my phone has a product key on the back like other MS apps. will i be able to sync my phone and reinstall software with Vista? can anyone else please confirm this?

thanks in advance

The key is application licence (wm5), activesync is a free download from ms for windows, the new release vista is built in.

[bobbydylan]

I just tried to sync my MDA to Vista, and got the following error message:

Previous versions of ActiveSync cannot be installed on Windows Vista. The features previously found in ActiveSync are now available in Windows Device Center. Connect your Windows Mobile powered device to the PC to get the Windows Mobile Device Center from Windows Update.

So I went to Microsoft, entered the Windows Mobile Device Cenet as a search, it took me a new page all about Vista and ActiveSync. I downloaded the beta, it installed and work great! Very nice interface, all tools on one page. I'm a happy camper!