I have found the cure for the activesync turning on the axim automatically in WM5

This works great! X51V (A01)

If you just want to charge the axim:
1. insert axim in cradle
2. quickly turn off axim before activesync connects.

If you waited for activesync to connect and then turn the PPC off, it will turn on again after a few min.

If you want activesync to stay off after you have finished syncing:

1. Turn off axim while in cradle
2. Turn on axim and quickly turn it off again before activesync connects.

Please give me some feedback

Or maybe you could go to Dell's website and download A.06 (just released today). I'm not interested in such workarounds since several posters have already indicated that this doesn't always work. Thanks anyway, its nice to know that the people on these boards look out for one another.