Unable to install ActiveSync for Dell Axim x5

Hey, I got a Dell Axim x5 from a friend, and he came be a driver disc and told me i needed to download active sync. I installed the drivers fine, and it reconizez the pda in the device sysem properties. But I cannot get active sync to install, Ive downloaded it and it seems just to extract some where with no installtion wizzard coming up. But ever time i connect PDA I get a beaping noise as if it has found the device but cant access it.

Do I need the genuine DELL Disc for this PDA to work,

Many thanks!

no you don't this is because active sync is a pain in the arse

you are supposed to install active sync and then connect your device and it installs it for you... did you do it this way? if not it can be tricky

you may have to uninstall and do it again

Yeh I did this, I have recently found out, If you upgraded xp over another o/s this can effect it, ive tried it all on other machines works fine. so Its somthing to do with my PC I have narrowed it down