Chapter 3 | Connecting to your desktop PC | 51Accessing a computer on your corporate networkTo access a PC on your corporate network from a remote location,you must have an account provided by your networkadministrator, and you must set up a connection to your networkserver using HP dialup (see chapter 6). In addition, you must setup the target PC to receive your calls as follows.• The target PC must be turned on.• Microsoft ActiveSync must be set up on the target PC. (See theInstalling Microsoft ActiveSync section earlier in thischapter.) Also, the synchronize setting on the Sync Mode tabunder ActiveSync Options should be set to one of theautomatic options.• Microsoft ActiveSync must be running, and the Waiting formobile device to connect status message must be shown inthe ActiveSync window.• In the Microsoft ActiveSync Connection Settings dialog box,the Allow network (Ethernet) and Remote AccessService (RAS) server connection with this desktopcomputer checkbox must be selected.• Any folders or drives you want to access must be shared.If you will be dialing in to a desktop PC running Windows 95,you must also have Dial-up Networking components set up onthe target desktop PC.Accessing a computer not on a networkIf you want to dial in to a computer that is not on a network (suchas your home PC with Windows 95/98), you must set up thetarget PC to receive your calls as follows.• The target desktop PC must be turned on.• The target desktop PC must have a modem installed andconfigured and must be set to receive incoming calls. (Refer tothe instructions from the manufacturer of your desktop PCmodem.)• Dial-up Networking (Windows 95/98) or Remote AccessService (Windows NT) must be set up and configured so thatyour target PC can act as a server. (See your Windowsdocumentation for further instructions.)