Anyway, this was still bothering me, and I found an answer elsewhere that relates to this. You can correct this so that ActiveSync loads manually, rather than automatically. Read the following fix for the Axim, which works for the Treo 700wx as well;
http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showt...8&page=1&pp=20
Just in case the Activesync running all the time does take some battery, or at the least, to reduce a small amount of memory being used, follow the directions in that post. Worked for me.
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