Fixed reported bugs with Windows Explorer and XP Firewall integration.

Get Connected Wizard's interface modified slightly.

Improvements to USB drivers and issues related to synchronisation.

Improvements to support forthcoming Microsoft Office 2003 release and Windows Mobile 2003.

Improvements to the synchronisation wizard, other UI changes and general enhancements.

Corrects a discovered security flaw in ActiveSync.

Improves on remote synchronisation by preventing error messages and dialogues from halting sync process.

Customary security updates and synchronisation performance improvements.

Support for the new range of Smartphone devices.

Starting with Windows Vista, ActiveSync has been replaced with the Windows Mobile Device Center, which is included as part of the operating system. Windows Phone 7 doesn't support desktop ActiveSync synchronization. Supported mobile devices include PDAs or smartphones running Windows Mobile, Windows CE, BlackBerry 10 or iOS but not the older BlackBerry versions, Palm OS and Symbian platforms.

In case of Exchange Server, only emails, calendar, contacts and tasks may be synchronized.ĪctiveSync also provides for the manual transfer of files to a mobile device, along with limited backup functionality, and the ability to install and uninstall mobile device applications.

Only the contacts which are not in a subfolder are synchronized. For instance, contacts grouped into subfolders are not transferred. ActiveSync does not support all features of Outlook. On desktops, ActiveSync synchronizes emails, calendar, contacts and tasks with Microsoft Outlook, along with Internet bookmarks and files. In the Windows Task Manager, the associated process is called wcescomm.exe.ĪctiveSync allows a mobile device to be synchronized with either a desktop PC or a server running a compatible software product. It synchronizes data with handheld devices and desktop computers. mspxĪctiveSync is a mobile data synchronization app developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996. Windows Mobile Device Center and Zune Software Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP

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