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Required System Configuration
The minimum system configuration required for running ActiveSync
®
3.5 is described
below.
Microsoft
®
ActiveSync
®
3.5 System Requirements
Minimum Desktop Computer Requirements
•
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP, Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000, Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Millennium Edition, Microsoft
®
Windows NT
®
Workstation 4.0 with SP 6 or later, or
Microsoft
®
Windows 98
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Microsoft Outlook
®
98 or later required for synchronization to the desktop or
portable computer of e-mail, calendar, contacts, tasks, and notes. (Microsoft
Outlook
®
2002 recommended)
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1 or later
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Hard disk drive with 12 to 65 MB of available hard disk space (actual requirements
will vary based on selection of features and user’s current system configuration)
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Available 9 or 25-pin communications port (adaptor required for 25-pin
communications port), infrared port, or USB port (available for Windows 98,
Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows
®
XP only)
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One CD-ROM drive
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VGA graphics card or compatible video graphics adapter at 256 color or higher
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Keyboard
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Microsoft Mouse or compatible input device
Options for Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition,
Windows NT Workstation 4.0, or Windows 98
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Audio card/speakers for sound
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Microsoft Office 97, Microsoft Office 2000, or Microsoft Office XP
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Modem for remote synchronization
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Ethernet LAN connection for remote synchronization
Requirements for Microsoft Outlook
®
2002
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Hard disk space requirements will vary depending on configuration; custom
installation choices may require more or less hard disk space.
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245 MB of available hard disk space with 115 MB on the hard disk where the
operating system is installed
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RAM requirements depend on the operating system used:
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Windows 98, or Windows 98 Second Edition
24 MB of RAM plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for each Office program running
simultaneously
