Activsync and Multiple Computers

I'm looking at moving to a Pocket PC and have a question
about using ActiveSync with multiple computers.

I have a work computer and home computer, both running
Outlook 2000 and both with seperate calendar, contact,
task, etc. information. I understand I can partner with 2
computers with ActiveSync; if I partner with these 2
computers, what do I end up with on the Pocket PC and what
do I end up with on the two computers as I continue to sync
between them?

I'm hoping the answer is that I will see a combined
calendar, etc. on my Pocket PC and that ActiveSync will
remember what data on the Pocket PC goes with which
computer so personal and work data is not merged together
on either computer as subsequent syncs are done. Is this
what will happen and, if not, what will happen?

Thanks in advance for any answers, I've been searching
around trying to get an answer to this question and I see
people talk about multiple partnerships and I haven't see
an answer to my question.

Ed Reddy

Hi,
Unfortunately, ActiveSync MERGES all the data it sees regardless of what
desktop it syncs with. This is by design. See
http://www.cewindows.net/faqs/categorysync.htm

A workaround is to use Intellisync from www.pumatech.com to limit the
content you sync to a specific PC.


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"Ed Reddy" <> wrote in message
news:035601c4b89e$089cbdd0$...
> I'm looking at moving to a Pocket PC and have a question
> about using ActiveSync with multiple computers.
>
> I have a work computer and home computer, both running
> Outlook 2000 and both with seperate calendar, contact,
> task, etc. information. I understand I can partner with 2
> computers with ActiveSync; if I partner with these 2
> computers, what do I end up with on the Pocket PC and what
> do I end up with on the two computers as I continue to sync
> between them?
>
> I'm hoping the answer is that I will see a combined
> calendar, etc. on my Pocket PC and that ActiveSync will
> remember what data on the Pocket PC goes with which
> computer so personal and work data is not merged together
> on either computer as subsequent syncs are done. Is this
> what will happen and, if not, what will happen?
>
> Thanks in advance for any answers, I've been searching
> around trying to get an answer to this question and I see
> people talk about multiple partnerships and I haven't see
> an answer to my question.
>
> Ed Reddy

Thanks for the reply, Chris. Not quite sure how
Intellisync will work here since their support site says
specifically that it doesn't support multiple computers.
And it looked like from your web page that my choice with
ActiveSync, even with selective categories, is to sync to
the desktop or sync to the desktop and remove from the
Pocket PC.

I think I'll wait until I actually get my Pocket PC and
experiment than and I may have further questions then.

Ed

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>Unfortunately, ActiveSync MERGES all the data it sees
regardless of what
>desktop it syncs with. This is by design. See
>http://www.cewindows.net/faqs/categorysync.htm
>
>A workaround is to use Intellisync from www.pumatech.com
to limit the
>content you sync to a specific PC.
>
>
>--
>Chris De Herrera
>http://www.cewindows.net
>http://www.tabletpctalk.com
>http://www.pocketpctalk.com
>http://www.mobilitytalk.com
>
>"Ed Reddy" <> wrote in
message
>news:035601c4b89e$089cbdd0$...
>> I'm looking at moving to a Pocket PC and have a question
>> about using ActiveSync with multiple computers.
>>
>> I have a work computer and home computer, both running
>> Outlook 2000 and both with seperate calendar, contact,
>> task, etc. information. I understand I can partner with 2
>> computers with ActiveSync; if I partner with these 2
>> computers, what do I end up with on the Pocket PC and what
>> do I end up with on the two computers as I continue to sync
>> between them?
>>
>> I'm hoping the answer is that I will see a combined
>> calendar, etc. on my Pocket PC and that ActiveSync will
>> remember what data on the Pocket PC goes with which
>> computer so personal and work data is not merged together
>> on either computer as subsequent syncs are done. Is this
>> what will happen and, if not, what will happen?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any answers, I've been searching
>> around trying to get an answer to this question and I see
>> people talk about multiple partnerships and I haven't see
>> an answer to my question.
>>
>> Ed Reddy
>
>
>.
>