We get this question a lot. Microsoft has lots of info about this, but here are some basics. You need to have a WinCE image running that has the cab installer included, active sync (even you aren't using it, I think), Wired Network support, Network utitlies (ipconfig, .etc), command window, command processor, network user interface, and a few others but these I think are the important ones. I think the cab installer is important one that people forget, since VS2005 will download some cab files to the device when it connects.

This blog post on MS runs through the steps, once you have WinCE running:
http://blogs.msdn.com/vsd...05/04/28/413304.aspx

Also, check out the video demos for connecting and debugging a VS2005 built app.

I had some connection issues with VS2005 after I installed it. I used the faq section of this link to help me resolve them, which dealt with the 'corecon' settings. This link describes the issues when installing VS2006 and CE 6.0 on a machine that already has CE 5.0 installed.
http://blogs.msdn.com/dco...ide-with-pb-6-0.aspx


Keywords: Visual Studio 2005, VS2005, ActiveSync, Windows CE 5.0, WinCE 5.0